{{Coord, 47, 10, 21, N, 11, 38, 16, E, region:AT-7_type:landmark, display=title The Wattentaler Lizum (locally also Wattener Lizum) is the name of the head of the

Wattental The Wattental is a southern side valley of the Inn valley. The valley, through which the Wattenbach stream flows, is incised deeply into the quartz-phyllite rock of the Tux Prealps. The two dispersed settlements of Wattenberg and Vögelsberg ( ...

valley which branches off the lower

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...

valley near

Wattens Wattens is a market town of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is chiefly known as home of the Swarovski crystal glass company. Geography Wattens is located in the Lower Inn Valley of North Tyrol, about east of Innsbr ...

. ''Lizum'' means "alpine pasture at the head of the valley" in Tyrolese. The Wattentaler Lizum lies at the eastern end of the valley in the municipality of Wattenberg. Wattentaler_Lizum_3

Lizum-Walchen Training Area

The

military training area A military training area, training area (Australia, Ireland, UK) or training centre (Canada) is land set aside specifically to enable military forces to train and exercise for combat. Training areas are usually out of bounds to the general public, ...

of Lizum-Walchen has an area of over 50 km² and is the second largest in Austria after the Allentsteig Training Area. It covers the area of the Wattentaler Lizum and the ''Mölstal'' valley to the west. It belongs to the

Austrian Armed Forces The Austrian Armed Forces (german: Bundesheer, lit=Federal Army) are the combined military forces of the Republic of Austria. The military consists of 22,050 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 0.74% of natio ...

and puts up to 40,000 soldiers each year through military Alpine training. There are two military camps in the training area: ''Lager Walchen'' (1,410 m) and, four kilometres further south, ''Lager Lizum'' (1,995 m). File:Wattentaler_Lizum_AT6112_Picture1.jpg, Lizum Camp (historic photo)

Tourism

The Wattentaler Lizum is a base for walks and

ski tour Ski touring is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas. Touring is typically done off-piste and outside of ski resorts, and may extend over a period of more than one day. It is similar to backcountry skiing but excludes the ...

s in the relatively gently, but sometimes avalanche-prone slopes in the surrounding ring of mountains. The area is highly suitable for professional Alpine training all year round due to its numerous descents (depending on the snow conditions) and summits as well as the infrastructure, both civil and military). During military exercises, walking in the region is sometimes restricted. On firing days, hikers must have passed the check points by 8:45 am and left the out-of-bounds area. In the Lizum in the Wattental valley is a mountain hut, the '' Lizumer Hut'' (2,019 m), which was renovated in 2006/07 by the

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Alpine Club. This

Alpine Club hut Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...

lies on the intersection of several international long-distance hiking trails: the ''

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, Eagle Way, Munich-Venice Dream Path, Olympia Way - Garmisch-Innsbruck-Cortina, Central Alpine Way No.02A, Glungezer & Geier Way No. 315''. Nearby huts are the ''

Glungezer Hut The Glungezer is a mountain in the Tux Alps in Tyrol (state), Tyrol southeast of Innsbruck in Austria. History Origin of the name The name "Glungezer" (historical spelling also ''Glunggezer'') probably goes back to an onomatopoeic imitat ...

'' (8 hrs.), the '' Tuxer Joch Haus'' and the '' Weidener Hut.''

Summit service

Traditionally there is a mountainside service on the first Sunday after the

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on the Mölsbergphoto
8ung.at statt. This is normally celebrated at the summit cross at 11:30 am. In bad weather, it is held at 11 in the Chapel of Christ the King (''Christkönigskapelle'') in the Lizum. On this day Lizum Training Area is opened to private cars with a Tyrolean number plate (only four-wheeled vehicles, no quads) at 10:30. File:Wattentaler_Lizum_AT6112_Picture2.jpg, Lizum: Chapel of Christ the King (''Christkönigskapelle'')

External links

Schießzeiten am Truppenübungsplatz Lizum Walchen (Gemeindeamtstafel Wattenberg)LizumerhütteOeAV Hall in Tirol

References

Regions of Tyrol (state) Military installations of Austria Innsbruck-Land District Tux Alps