|
Kitzbühel District
The Bezirk Kitzbühel is an administrative district () in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the Kufstein and Schwaz districts in the west, and the Pinzgau region (Salzburg) in the east and south. Area of the district is 1,163.06 km2, population was 61,966 (January 1, 2012), and population density 53 persons per km2. Administrative center of the district is Kitzbühel. Administrative divisions The district is divided into 20 municipalities, one of them is a town, and three of them are market towns. Towns # Kitzbühel (8,134) Market towns # Fieberbrunn (4,396) # Hopfgarten im Brixental (5,556) # Sankt Johann in Tirol (8,734) Municipalities # Aurach bei Kitzbühel (1,125) # Brixen im Thale (2,673) # Going am Wilden Kaiser (1,866) # Hochfilzen Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Austria
A district ( ; Grammatical number#Overview, pl. ) is a second-level division of the executive (government), executive arm of the Austrian government. District offices are the primary point of contact between residents and the state for most acts of government that exceed municipal purview: Marriage in Austria, marriage licenses, Driving licence in Austria, driver licenses, passports, assembly permits, hunting permits, or dealings with public health officers for example all involve interaction with the district administrative authority (). Austrian constitutional law distinguishes two types of district administrative authority: *district commissions (), district administrative authorities that exist as stand-alone bureaus; *statutory cities ( or ), cities that have been vested with district administration functions in addition to their municipal responsibilities, i.e. district administrative authorities that only exist as a secondary role filled by something that primarily i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative status, or historical significance. In some regions, towns are formally defined by legal charters or government designations, while in others, the term is used informally. Towns typically feature centralized services, infrastructure, and governance, such as municipal authorities, and serve as hubs for commerce, education, and cultural activities within their regions. The concept of a town varies culturally and legally. For example, in the United Kingdom, a town may historically derive its status from a market town designation or City status in the United Kingdom, royal charter, while in the United States, the term is often loosely applied to incorporated municipality, municipalities. In some countries, such as Australia and Canada, distinction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kössen
Kössen is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 24 km north of Kitzbühel as well as 15.50 km north of Sankt Johann in Tirol at the Kitzbühler Ache near the border to Germany. Geography Kössen is located in a broad basin between the Chiemgauer Alps in the north and the Kaiser Mountains in the south of the confluence of Großache river, the ''Kohlenbach'' and the ''Weißenbach''. Population Sights Maria Klobenstein is a pilgrimage church in the community Kössen in Tirol on the border with Bavaria (municipality Schleching). Activities Kössen's topography lends itself to air sports in the summer months. The surrounding mountain massifs create great thermals, which are near-perfect for hang gliding and paragliding flights, whilst the valley-floor makes safe landing-grounds, as it is broad, flat and mostly meadow-land; furthermore, the winter ski-lifts allow equal access to the summits in their off-season, for the new mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchdorf In Tirol
Kirchdorf in Tirol is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located north of Kitzbühel as well as north of Sankt Johann in Tirol at the Kitzbühler Ache. By area, Kirchdorf is the second largest municipality in the district. The village obtained its name from an old church which was built in the 8th century. The main sources of income are agriculture and tourism. Geography Kirchdorf lies in the Leukental valley, near St. Johann in Tirol. The parish consists of several hamlets and scattered settlements. A large part of the Wilder Kaiser mountain ridge also falls within the parish boundary. Kirchdorf is the second largest parish in Kitzbühel district by area. Subdivisions Bicheln, Einwall, Erpfendorf (village with its own church and school), Erpfendorf-Dorf, Erpfendorf-Wald, Fabrik, Furth, Gasteig (also with its own school), Griesenau, Habach, Haberberg, Hinterberg, Huberhöhe, Jageregg, Kaiserbachtal, Kirchdorf-Dorf, Moosen, Litzlfelden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchberg In Tirol
Kirchberg in Tirol is a municipality in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel district. It is located 6 km (4 mi.) west of Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh .... It is also a village. Population References External links Kirchberg Gigapixel Panorama (6.000 Megapixel) Kitzbühel Alps Cities and towns in Kitzbühel District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochberg, Tyrol
Jochberg is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district of Tyrol, Austria. It is the southernmost municipality in the Leukental and is located south of Kitzbühel. Population Economy There used to be copper mining in Jochberg, until it was ceased in 1625 for lack of profitability. Nowadays Jochberg is part of the Kitzbühel ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North Am ..., connecting the Kitzbühel skiing area to the slopes west of the Pass Thurn. References Kitzbühel Alps Cities and towns in Kitzbühel District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itter
Itter is a municipality in the Kitzbühel District in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 18.60 km west of Kitzbühel, 5 km southeast of Wörgl, and 2.5 km north of Hopfgarten im Brixental. The village lies on a terrace above the Brixental valley and its main source of income is tourism. Population History Itter is first mentioned in a deed dating back to 902 as „''Uitaradorf''“, when the hamlet was owned by the bishopric of Regensburg. Sights The small castle of the village, Itter Castle, was a prison for French high personalities during World War II. Two days before the war ended, a battle was fought there against the Waffen-SS The (; ) was the military branch, combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscr ..., one of two occasions when American and German forces fought on the same side d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016. It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing. In Biathlon World Championships 2017, 2017 (9 to 19 February) it hosted the Biathlon World Championships, as it also did in Biathlon World Championships 2005, 2005, Biathlon World Championships 1998, 1998 and Biathlon World Championships 1978, 1978, and it is a regular venue in the annual International Biathlon Union, IBU Biathlon World Cup, World Cup series. Training area In 1875 Hochfilzen was joined to the railway network and soon afterwards a military training area was established here. The training area is used today by the Bundesheer, Austrian Bundesheer as an army sports centre for biathlon as well as survival training by the Jagdkommando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Am Wilden Kaiser
Going am Wilden Kaiser is a Municipality (Austria), municipality in the district of Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel in the Austrian region of Sölllandl. It is located 8.5 km northwest of Kitzbühel and 5 km west of Sankt Johann in Tirol. The village has 1,849 inhabitants and is divided into five sub-districts. Its main source of income is tourism. It is connected to the large ''Ski Welt'' skiing area by the ''Astbergbahn'' chairlift, which takes skiers rapidly from Going in the valley up to the large expanse of ski terrain on the mountainsides. Geography Going lies west of St. Johann in Tirol between the Kitzbühel Alps in the south and the Wilder Kaiser, Wild Kaiser in the north in the Sölllandl. Other hamlets in the municipality are: Schwendt, Aschau, Prama, Sonnseite and Schattseite. Municipalities neighboring Going include Ellmau, Oberndorf in Tirol; Reith bei Kitzbühel, St. Johann in Tirol; and Kirchdorf in Tirol. History In 1160 the village was first menti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brixen Im Thale
Brixen (; , ; or , ) is a town and commune in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography Brixen is the third-largest city and oldest town in the province, with a population of nearly twenty-three thousand. It is located at the confluence of the Eisack and Rienz rivers, and today it is the capital of the Eisack district community. The Brenner Pass, on the Italian-Austrian border, is 45 km to the north of Brixen, and Bolzano lies 40 km to the south. To the east lies the Plose mountain massif with three peaks, the closest of which being the Telegraph peak (Monte Telegrafo) (2,486 m), formally known as Fröllspitze. On the western side, there is the Königsangerspitze mountain (Monte Pascolo) (2,439 m) and the Pfeffersberg slope (Monteponente), both of which are located within the Sarntal Alps. Brixen is especially known for its skiing, with a major ski resortthe Plose ''Frazioni'' Brixen is made up of about 22 smaller villages and hamlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurach Bei Kitzbühel
Aurach may refer to: Places * Aurach, Germany, municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany * Aurach bei Kitzbühel, municipality in Kitzbühel District in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol * Aurach am Hongar, municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Rivers * Aurach (Regnitz, Mittelfranken), in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Regnitz * Aurach (Regnitz, Oberfranken), in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Regnitz * Aurach (Rednitz), in Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Rednitz * Aurach (Ager), in Upper Austria, tributary of the Ager {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Johann In Tirol
Sankt Johann in Tirol, called Sainihåns () in the local dialect, is a Market town#German-language area, market municipality in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. In the regional ductus (linguistics), ductus, the last syllable of the name is stressed as "Sankt yo-Hahn'" (). Geography St. Johann in Tyrol is located in the center of the Leukental in the Tyrolean Unterland. The municipality is situated in a wide glacial cirque, intersected by the Leukental in a broadly north-south direction. Northwest of St. Johann are the Wilder Kaiser, the southern range of the Kaiser Mountains, Kaisergebirge in the Northern Limestone Alps. To the east is the mountain group of the Lofer Mountains, Loferer and Leogang Mountains, Leoganger Steinberge. Extending to the southeast is the valley of the . In the south is the Kitzbüheler Horn, a nearly mountain that sits at the centre of the Kitzbühel district and is part of the Kitzbühel Alps. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
