Pertisau is a small village on the

Achensee Lake Achen (german: Achensee) is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria. It is the largest lake within the federal state, and has a maximal depth of 133 metres. Together with the Achen Valley it parts the Karwendel mountain range in the west f ...

Lake in the

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

region of

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Pertisau is in the

Schwaz (district) The Bezirk Schwaz is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the districts of Kufstein, Kitzbühel and Pinzgau (Salzburg) in the east, South Tyrol (Italy) in the south, and the Innsbruck ...

. It is located in the

Karwendel The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps. The major part belongs to the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, while the adjacent area in the north is part of Bavaria, Germany. Four mountain chain, chain ...

Alpine Park, one of the oldest, cross-border, protected areas of the Eastern Alps. The town was used by English school story writer Elinor M. Brent-Dyer as the first setting for her

Chalet School The Chalet School is a series of 64 school story novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970. The fictional school was initially located in the Austrian Tyrol, before it was moved to Guernsey in 1939 following the ...

series, under the fictionalised name of Briesau am Tiernsee; a plaque on the wall of the village bookshop commemorates her writings.Friends of the Chalet School: Locations
/ref> Pertisau is also the center for the Achensee shipping business. Ships start their journey along the lake from Pertisau and connect the villages around the lake with the

Achenseebahn The Achensee Railway (german: Achenseebahn, ) is a long metre gauge railway running between Jenbach () and Seespitz () on Lake Achen in Tyrol (Austria). Within its length it rises some in height, with the steeper sections using the Riggenba ...

rack and pinion railway at Seespitz Station. The village produces Tirolean mineral oil, an all-purpose tonic with a 100-year-old tradition of ''Tiroler Steinöl''. The parish church is the work of the Austrian architect

Clemens Holzmeister Clemens Holzmeister (27 March 1886 – 12 June 1983) was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 projects. He was the father of ...

. Pertisau is also the location of the Fürstenhaus, a country residence of

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Maximilian I of

. Above the town are two main winter ski areas, the Planberg Wiesenlifte, which has one easy trail, and the Karwendel Bergbahn, which has eight easy and eight intermediate trails. The town also has paragliding, kite-surfing, mountain biking, rafting, and diving, hiking, sailing, and cycling activities.

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External links

Pertisau Information Bureau

Pertisau Pictures
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