Going am Wilden Kaiser is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the district of Kitzbühel in the

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n region of

Sölllandl Sölllandl (also Söllandl or Sölland) is a valley and geographical region located in Tyrol, Austria that covers the villages of Söll (Tirol), Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Ellmau, and Going am Wilden Kaiser in the Tyrolean Unterland between Wör ...

. It is located 8.5 km northwest of Kitzbühel and 5 km west of

Sankt Johann in Tirol St. Johann in Tirol is a market town in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. In the regional ductus, the last syllable of the name is stressed as "Sankt yo-Hahn'". History St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from Jo ...

. The village has 1849 inhabitants and is divided into 5 sub-districts. Its main source of income is tourism. It is connected to the large ''Ski Welt'' skiing area by the ''Astbergbahn''

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, which takes skiers rapidly from Going in the valley up to the large expanse of ski terrain on the mountainsides.

Geography

Going lies west of St. Johann in Tirol between the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone) ...

in the south and the Wild Kaiser in the north in the

. Other hamlets in the municipality are: Schwendt, Aschau, Prama, Sonnseite and Schattseite. ''Neighbouring municipalities:''

Ellmau Ellmau is a municipality in the district of Kufstein in the Austrian region of Sölllandl. It lies 12 km southeast of Kufstein and 9 km west of Sankt Johann in Tirol. It is located at an elevation of 820 m above sea level. It was ment ...

Oberndorf in Tirol Oberndorf () is a municipality in Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located in the Leukental valley, on the Kitzbühler Ache stream, halfway between St. Johann in Tirol and Kitzbühel. The municipality consists of a mai ...

Reith bei Kitzbühel Reith bei Kitzbühel is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4.50 km northwest of Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbühel ...

, St. Johann in Tirol,

Kirchdorf in Tirol Kirchdorf in Tirol is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located north of Kitzbühel as well as north of Sankt Johann in Tirol at the Kitzbühler Ache. By area, Kirchdorf is the second largest municipalit ...

History

In 1160 the village was first mentioned in a deed at Baumbach Abbey as ''Gouwingen''. In 2010 the 850th anniversary of this record was celebrated. The name is derived from a Bajuvarian nobleman, ''Guowo'' or ''Gauwo''. This suggests it was founded by the Bavarii. However latest research show that those mentions refer to Gauing located in

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(

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). The village church is one of the most impressive rococo churches in Tyrol. It is consecrated to the Holy Cross and the martyr, Laurentius. Its architect was Andrä Hueber and the frescoist was Matthias Kirchner, both from Kitzbühel. The altars and holy figures were carved by Going sculptor, Thomas Blieml. There is an interesting madonna in the altar niche of the left-hand altar, carved around 1480. Copper and silver were mined at Rehrobichl between Going and Oberndorf in the first quarter of the 16th century. The miners (''Bergknappen'') lived in the hamlet of Prama. Prama is Celtic and means "the place where the blackberries (''Brombeeren'') grow." This is a clue that it was a Celtic settlement. The Celts mined copper and silver in this region in around 800 B. C. The mine was closed around 1773. In its heyday, about 12,000 kg of copper and 7,000 kg of silver were won annually. The smelter was in the hamlet of Bärenstätten von St. Johann. The deepest, vertical mineshaft was about 880 metres deep.

Economy

Today, in addition to many handicraft, industrial and trading businesses, Going is dominated by agriculture and the winter and summer tourist industries. * Summer activities and facilities: hiking trails, climbing, mountaineering, natural bathing lake with the longest open-air water slide in Tyrol, beach volleyball, tennis courts and halls, squash hall, 27 hole golf course, riding hall and bridleways, cycle paths, ''asphaltstockbahnen'', ''Zimmergewehr'' firing range, open air

climbing wall A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used i ...

, children's and family programmes, moorland experience world, etc. * Winter activities and facilities: Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental, Going-Ellmau ski area, cross-country skiing trails, toboggan runs, winter hiking trails, tennis hall, squash hall, ice rink, ''Zimmergewehr'' firing range, ''asphaltstockhalle'', indoor climbing wall.

Personalities

* Johann von Sieberer (1830-1914), insurance general inspector and philanthropist

External links

Website of the municipality
at Landesserver Tirol
Website of the Going Information Office
''Tourismusverband Wilder Kaiser'' (www.going.at)

References

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