The Alpbachtal is a valley in

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 ...

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 ...

. It is a side valley of the

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The Alpbachtal takes its name from the ''Alpbach'' stream, which flows through the entire valley. The entrance to the valley is the municipality of

Brixlegg Brixlegg is a market town (since 1927) in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The town lies in the Lower Inn Valley and at the entrance of the Alpbachtal. Neighbouring municipalities Alpbach, Kramsach, Radfeld, Rattenberg, ...

. A road from Brixlegg runs through the valley to the parish of Inneralpbach. The neighbouring valleys are the Ziller valley and

Wildschönau Wildschönau is a municipality within the district of Kufstein in the state of Tyrol 6 km south of Wörgl. The 24 km long high valley near Wörgl is one of the district's tourist centers. Besides a few hamlets, the municipality consists ...

Mountains

The highest mountains in the Alpbachtal are the: * Große Galtenberg (2,425 m) *

Sonnenjoch The Sonnenjoch is a mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Tyrol. The summit has a height of The Sonnenjoch (also Sonnjoch) lies between Alpbachtal, Wildschönau and Kelchsau. Its summit borders on three Tirolean districts (Kitzbühel, Kufstein, S ...

(2,287 m) * Standkopf (2,228 m) *

Wiedersberger Horn The Wiedersberger Horn is a mountain in the Alpbachtal valley in 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 federat ...

(2,128 m) *

Gratlspitz The GratlspitzeBundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen: Austrian map series 1:50.000AMAP Online accessed on 18 January 2011Alpenvereinskarte 34/1 Kitzbüheler Alpen, West, 2003. or Gratlspitz, is a mountain in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the ...

e (1,899 m) * Schatzberg (1,898 m) * Loderstein (1,830 m) * Reitherkogel (1,337 m)

Tourism

The main source of income both in summer and in winter is tourism. There is a large ski area in the Alpbachtal on the south side of the

with 2 gondola cableways and 15 ski lifts. A smaller ski area with one gondola cableway and 4 ski lifts is located at the entrance of the village of

Reith im Alpbachtal Reith im Alpbachtal is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the state of Tyrol located in the Alpbachtal valley, 32.9 km southwest of Kufstein, 19.6 km west of Wörgl, and 44.1 km east of Innsbruck, the main capital of Tyrol ...

. The other skiing areas are only served from the other valleys. In summer the valley, which has several alpine meadows (''alms''), is a hiking area.

Forum

The annual ''

European Forum Alpbach The European Forum Alpbach (EFA) is an Austrian nonprofit organisation and foundation based in Vienna, Austria. It is best known for hosting the event of the same name in the village of Alpbach. It is an interdisciplinary platform for science, po ...

'', attended by politicians and academics and others from around the world, takes place in

Alpbach Alpbach (, ) is a town in western Austria in the state of Tyrol. History The earliest written record of the name Alpbach comes from 1150, although human settlement is known to have begun there before and around the year 1000, and a bronze axe f ...

Municipalities

The valley has 2 municipalities:

and

. The head of the valley is the village of ''Inneralpbach''.

Gallery

File:Alpbachtal_Schigebiet1.jpg, The Alpbachtal Ski Region, near the Gmahkopf

References

External links

Website of the Alpbachtal Ski Region

Website of the Alpbachtal & Tiroler Seenland Tourist Association
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