Fieberbrunn is a
market town
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in the
Austria
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n state of
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 ...
in the
Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in 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). ...
. Fieberbrunn is the most populous municipality in the
Pillerseetal valley.
According to a legend, the fountain near its church, and later also the market town received the name ''Fieberbrunn'' (''fever
well
A well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...
'') when Tyrolean
Countess Margarete Maultasch
Margaret, nicknamed ''Margarete Maultasch'' (1318 – 3 October 1369), was the last Countess of Tyrol from the House of Gorizia (''Meinhardiner''), and an unsuccessful claimant to the Duchy of Carinthia. Upon her death, Tyrol became united with th ...
was healed from fever after drinking from it. Previously the market town was named ''Pramau''.
Fieberbrunn is a
winter sports resort and venue of international
snowboarding events (like ''Lords of the Boards''), as well as a
hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...
and
mountaineering resort in summer. Since 2006 Fieberbrunn is venue of a new event called '
SNOWFEVER', which is one of the biggest
Big Mountain Events in Austria. It is also home of the
churchjump.
Schloss Rosenegg
is a (castle) in Rosenegg, Fieberbrunn, Austria.Hotel brochure It was built by Baron Rosenberg in 1187 and takes its name from the Rosenberg family, which governed the surrounding area from 1534 to 1872. Since 1938, it has been operated as a ho ...
is nearby. The bathing lake of the
Lauchsee
The Lauchsee is a large moor lake, 2.3 hectares in area, in the Tyrolean district of Kitzbühel. It lies on the territory of the municipality of Fieberbrunn
Fieberbrunn is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel distr ...
is important for summer tourism.
Population
Gallery
File:Pillerseetal Kitzbüheler Horn 2011.jpg, from Fieberbrunn to the west, view of Pillerseetal, the Kitzbüheler Horn (left), Wilder Kaiser in clouds (right)
File:Tussen Fieberbrunn en Sankt Johann, wegpanorama foto1 2012-08-07 16.25.jpg, between Fieberbrunn and Sankt Johann, panorama
File:Fieberbrunn, water door dorp foto1 2012-08-07 16.46.jpg, Fieberbrunn, water through the village
File:Fieberbrunn, Katholische Pfarrkirche in straatzicht1 foto2 2012-08-07 16.59.JPG, Fieberbrunn, church (Katholische Pfarrkirche) in the street
References
External links
Fieberbrunn, PillerseetalFieberbrunn InfoPictures of FieberbrunnSkigebiet FieberbrunnSnowfever Homepage
Kitzbühel Alps
Cities and towns in Kitzbühel District
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