The Tuxertal is a valley located in

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. A side valley of the Zillertal, from which it branches at Mayrhofen, the Tuxertal is about 13 km long and accessible on the Tuxer Straße (Tux Road). From Mayrhofen () to Hintertux (1500 m) in the municipality of

Tux Black tie is a semi-formal wear, semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and American conventions for clothing, attire in the 19th century. In British English, the dress code is often referred to synecdochically ...

, the village that gives the valley its name, there is a height difference of about 850 m. The valley ends at Hintertux and the Hintertux Glacier. The Tuxbach, which rises near Hintertux, flows as far as Mayrhofen where it empties into the River

Ziller The Ziller () is a right tributary to the Inn, in the Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria. It is long, and its basin area is . It springs from the ridge of the Zillertal Alps, and feeds the Zillergründl Dam. In Mayrhofen it receives the Zemmbach (that ...

. The five main settlements in the Tuxertal are (from the head of the valley): Hintertux (1,500 m), Madseit (1,385 m), Juns (1360 m), Tux (former Lanersbach) (1,300 m), Vorderlanersbach (1,300 m) and the parish of

Finkenberg Finkenberg is a Municipality (Austria), municipality in the Schwaz (district), Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. Geography Finkenberg lies about 3 km southwest of Mayrhofen at the entrance to the Tuxer valley. Sights ...

(840 m). The Tuxertal is the only way of reaching the Hintertux Glacier by means of road and cable lift.

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Tux cattle The Tux-Zillertal, german: Tux-Zillertaler, italic=no, is an endangered Austrian breed of domestic cattle. It was created in 1982 when two similar Alpine breeds, the Tux and the Zillertal, were merged. The two names derive from those of the munic ...

Image:Tuxerbach Austria 2007-05-26.JPG, Tuxbach stream, fed by meltwaters

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The Tuxertal - the westernmost of the side valleys
{{Tyrol-geo-stub Valleys of Tyrol (state)