Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the

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n state of

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with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about northwest of

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

on a

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between the

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and the

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on a

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from

Mittenwald Mittenwald () is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the river Isar, ...

to Innsbruck that has been important since the

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. It was first mentioned in 1022 and since the 14th century has been a pilgrimage site, benefiting not only from the visit of numerous

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s but also from its

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s as a trading station between

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and the

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. Also since the 14th century,

Tyrolean shale oil Tyrolean shale oil is a black, strong-smelling oil found in the stones of Karwendel Mountains, a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria and Germany. It is also known as Ichthyol. According to legend, it is the blood of the gian ...

has been extracted in the area. Seefeld was a popular holiday resort even before 1900 and, since the 1930s, has been a well known winter sports centres and amongst the most popular

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s in Austria. The municipality, which has been the venue for several

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Games, is the home village of

Anton Seelos Anton "Toni" Seelos (4 March 1911 – 1 June 2006) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. In the 1930s, Seelos invented the parallel turnNick Howe''The Blitz Form Kitz'' Skiing Heritage 1/1997 p.17. and became a world champion in the s ...

, the inventor of the

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. With more than one million overnight stays each year, it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...

in winter, but also for walking holidays in the summer.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

To the northwest Seefeld borders on

Leutasch Leutasch is a municipality in the northern part of the district Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol about 30 km northwest of Innsbruck and 10 km northwest of Seefeld in Tirol Geography The village lies in the Leutaschtal, ...

(village of Weidach), to the northeast on

Scharnitz Scharnitz is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located north of Innsbruck and from Seefeld in Tirol on the German border. It is one of the largest municipalities and has 10 parts: Au, Eisack, Gi ...

(village of Gießenbach). Its eastern municipal boundary with Zirl runs along the arête from the Seefelder Joch and Seefelder Spitze. To the south lies Reith (village of Auland) and to the west

Telfs Telfs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol, west of Innsbruck. It is the third largest municipality in Tyrol. Telfs received its status in 1908 and maintains its own district court. Population Refe ...

(village of Mösern).

Topography

The village is situated on the south-facing

Seefeld Plateau The Seefeld Plateau () is a montane valley and basin landscape in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps about 500 metres above the Inn valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol (Bundesland), Tyrol. The plateau covers the valley basin around the villages ...

north of the River

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 accomm ...

on the watershed between the basins of the Inn and the

Isar The Isar () is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel mountain range of the Alps. The Isar river enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Krün, Wallgau, Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching ...

. The plateau (which also comprises the villages of

, Reith,

and Mösern) is surrounded by the

Wetterstein The Wetterstein mountains (), colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps, crossing the Austria–Germany border. It is a comparatively compact range located between Gar ...

mountain range to the west, and the

mountain range to the east; it falls away in a steep drop off to the Inn valley to the south. To the north, the high valley leads through the village of

towards the border with

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. Seefeld has two main mountain areas (for walking or skiing): one is the rounded hill, the Gschwandtkopf (1,495 m); the other is on the slopes of the mountains to the east and called the ''Rosshütte'' after the large mountain restaurant halfway up. These mountains dominate the Seefeld Plateau; from left/north to right/south, they are the Seefelder Joch, Seefelder Spitze (2,215 m), Härmelekopf (2,224 m) and Reither Spitze (2,374 m). Notable other landmarks include the Seekirchl, a small, onion-domed church, and the Pfarrhügel, a spur of the Gschwandtkopf running into the town centre and forming a small attractive hill. There is also a popular bathing lake called the Wildsee.

Lakes and streams

On the east side of the ''Seefelder Joch'' rise the tributaries of the ''Haglbach'', which flows west through the valley of ''Hermannstal'', then swings south on reaching the

to run along the municipal boundary and feed the Wildsee. The Wildsee is threatened by

sediment Sediment is a solid material that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. It occurs naturally and, through the processes of weathering and erosion, is broken down and subsequently sediment transport, transported by the action of ...

deposition from the ''Haglbach''. In future it is planned to excavate a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

east of ''Innsbrucker Straße'' to collect these sediments. The tailstream of the Wildsee, now called the Seebach, runs through Seefeld in a northerly direction and collects the waters of the Raabach shortly after passing the village centre. This section was called the ''Mühlbach'' by Peter Anich in 1762. The Raabach has its source in the southeast near the Mösern ''Mähder'' and was once impounded to form a reservoir that gave the church of Seekirchl its name. Below the Schlossberg, near the Seebach, is a

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-containing spring, that, under the name of the Franz Josef Spring, was mentioned in 1900 for the first time in the Directory of Spas of the Imperial-Royal Province of Tyrol and Vorarlberg (''Verzeichnis der Kurorte und Bäder der K.K. Statthalterei für Tirol und Vorarlberg'') and used until 1984 as a health spring.Mag. Helmut Pintarelli: Gutachten zum Verkehrswert, ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss (Geschäftszahl: 20 E 84/12k) vom 13 December 2012, pp. 12 ff.
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per litre is rather low (the limit for

drinking water Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also calle ...

is 1,000 Bq/L). The ''Klammbach'' originates at the Wildmoosalm below the lake of Wildmoossee and runs northwest of the village on the far side of the Geigenbühel, passes the Triendlsäge (where there is a reservoir with a capacity of 450 m³ which supplies a small

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generating 45 kW) and merges with the ''Seebach'' by the ''Lehenwald'' woods in front of the ''Bodenalm'' to form the ''Drahnbach''. The latter flows towards

and empties into the

tributary, the Gießenbach. Kaltwassersee Tyrol

The reservoir at near the ''Rosshütte'' (called the ''Kaltwassersee'' and named after the local area) has a capacity of 66,500 m³ and receives its water from the public mains. In 2015 it was additionally fed between April and August from the ''Blauer Schrofen'' spring below the Seefelder Spitze. The additional water from the Kaltwassersee for

snowmaking Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun", also known as a "snow cannon". Snowmaking is mainly used at ski resorts to supplement natural snow. This allows ski resorts to improve the reliabilit ...

was raised in 2009 from 100,000 m³ to 165,000 m³ per year.

Climate

Population

Culture and sights

* Parish and

pilgrimage church A pilgrimage church () is a church to which Christian pilgrimage, pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves o ...

of St. Oswald * Former Augustine monastery west of the church, today a five-star hotel. Founded in 1516 by Maximilian I as a hostelry * Pfarrhof, above and south of the church * Lake church of the Holy Cross (Seekirchl) in the west of the village: symbol of Seefeld, built under Archduke Leopold V by Innsbruck's court architect, Christoph Gumpp, in the

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style (built 1629–1666), paintings by Josef Anton Puellacher * Seefeld's woodland cemetery on the eastern edge of the village with its chapel and monument to those who died on the railway journey from

Dachau concentration camp Dachau (, ; , ; ) was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, s ...

at the end of April 1945 * Hermitage and old ruined castle of Schlossberg north of the village * Milestone, originally unengraved, probably Roman. A

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has been inscribed later

Infrastructure

Rail services

Seefeld is on the Karwendel Railway with links to

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

via

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

and

. It is also served by

S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...

line 5 from Innsbruck to Scharnitz (to Garmisch-P.). From the start of the winter timetable in 2010, Seefeld station became the highest

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(ICE) stop in Europe. At weekends it is served by two ICE trains in each direction daily (2014 timetable).

Bus services

Three bus routes run by the Tyrol Transport Association stop in Seefeld, as does a long distance bus route (at the Rosshütte bus stop):

Road transport

The Bundesstraße 177 federal highway (''Seefelder Strasse'') to the German border is part of the

European route The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E1 up and its roads cross national borders. It also reaches Central ...

E 533. It runs from Zirl over the

Zirler Berg The Zirler Berg near Zirl in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol is a mountain, high, in the Karwendel Alps, a western part of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is a southern foothill of the Reither Spitze (2,374 m) and is known mainly b ...

and

. Another road link from the

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runs from

via Mösern, along the road to

and enables Mittenwald to be reached over the Scharnitz Pass.

Innsbruck Airport Innsbruck Airport , also known locally as ''Kranebitten Airport'', is the largest international airport in Tyrol in western Austria. It is located approximately from the centre of Innsbruck. The airport, which was opened in 1925, handles regio ...

lies about 20 km from Seefeld. In winter there are direct flights from e. g. Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt.

Communication and telecommunication

The

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by ''Telesystem Tirol'' for

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was conducted in 1975 by a family firm based in Auland. Today about 900 participants in Seefeld and Reith are connected.

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is transmitted by a

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on the Gschwandtkopf.

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and

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is available in the entire permanent settlement of Seefeld at a rate of 42.2

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. It is naked DSL with symmetric bandwidth of up to 20 Mbit/s,

ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper wire, copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem ...

up to 30 Mbit/s. Broadband internet is also provided over the cable network. Since August 2012 there has been free

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access in the pedestrian zone, the spa park, the sport and congress centre, around the Seekirchl and at the ''Casino Arena'', around the

ski jump Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

s on the Gschwandtkopf and at several stations in the Rosshütte

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Sports facilities

In recent years Seefeld has expanded and renovated its sports facilities and positioned itself as the Nordic Competence Centre (''Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum'') for the training of national teams and clubs as well as the Stams Skiing Grammar School (''Skigymnasium Stams''). * Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jumps in the ''Casino Arena'' on the northwest slopes of the Gschwandtkopf ( HS 109 und HS 75) *

Biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

stand with 30 firing points * 279 km of runs for

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...

, 125 km of which is for skating and 154 km for classic cross-country skiing *

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roller skiing Roller skiing is an off-snow equivalent to cross-country skiing. Roller skis have wheels on their ends and are used on a hard surface to emulate .Bryhn, Rolf and Knut Are Tvedt (eds.): ''Kunnskapsforlagets idrettsleksikon''. (Norwegian Encyclopedi ...

route with a length of 3.6 km and width of 3 m with variations from 560 m to 4.7 km * FIS- homologated courses for slalom and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

on the Gschwandtkopf *

Ski area A ski area is the terrain and supporting infrastructure where skiing and other snow sports take place. Such sports include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow boarding, tubing, sledding, etc. Ski areas may stand alone or be part of a ski resort. ...

s of Rosshütte, Gschwandtkopf and Geigenbühel-/Birkenlifte *

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s for skating and Bavarian curling * Two grass areas for

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, another is planned * WM Halle with 8 indoor

tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variet ...

s and 4 outside courts * Seefeld Tennis Club with 6 clay courts * Golf courses: Seefeld-Reith Golf Club (9 hole, par 70) and Panorama golf course of am Geigenbühel, an 18-hole course in Wildmoos (Telfs) * 266 km waymarked

running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move quickly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walkin ...

and

Nordic walking Nordic walking is a Finland, Finnish-origin total-body version of walking that can be done both by non-athletes as a health-promoting physical activity and by athletes as a sport. The activity is performed with specially designed walking poles sim ...

routes * 570 km of

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and

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routes *

Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

court * Two

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s with outdoor riding paddocks * Fitness studio

Economy

Tourism

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Seefeld is an important centre for

. The Nordic events at both the 1964 and 1976

were hosted at Seefeld. Competitions during the

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and 2019 FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships also took place here. In both the Winter Olympics and the 1985 World Championships only the normal hill in

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took place in Seefeld, the large hill took place in

) as well as some of the events at the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games in January 2012. World Cup competitions have been located here a number of times. During the 2019 World Championships, ski jumping took place in Seefeld in Tirol. The 1963 Biathlon World Championships also took place in Seefeld in Tirol. The

alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...

area is small and appropriate for beginners. There are two separate small areas which are not connected except by a ski bus (free of charge) or taxis. The terrain itself is quite good and there is good access to other facilities (walks, shops and the Olympia swimming complex). Seefeld is popular with walkers because of its plateau location; there are many attractive walks which don't depend on climbing up and down mountains. However, the walks into the mountains are beautiful too, especially since the

is a huge nature reserve. Recommended walks include down through the Schlossbachklamm to Hochzirl (then the train back), and from the cable car stations down into the Eppzirlertal (if you're fairly fit). There are possibilities for multi-day walks through the Karwendel towards the

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. Together with eleven other towns Seefeld is a member of the community ''Best of the Alps''.Seefeld member page on Best of the Alps
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Notable people

(1911–2006) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. In the 1930s, Seelos invented the

. The Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze in Seefeld in Tirol is named after him. * Regina Schöpf (1935–2008) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the

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. She was born in Seefeld * Jan-Carl Raspe (1944-1977) was a member of the German militant group the

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. Raspe was born in Seefeld. He co-founded Kommune II in 1967 and joined the

, also known as the " Baader-Meinhof Gang" in 1970

Gallery

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of Seefeld with the

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in the background File:At the minigolf, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg,

Mini golf Miniature golf (also known as minigolf, putt-putt, crazy golf, and by several other names) is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game. The aim of the game is to score the lowest number of poi ...

in Seefeld File:From Rosshütte, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg, The

from Rosshütte

, Seefeld File:Bergbahnen Rosshütte, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg, The

funicular A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep grade (slope), slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to ...

to the Rosshütte

File:Colours of Kaltwassersee, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg, Colours of

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Kaltwassersee, Seefeld File:From Wildsee, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg, The

from Wildsee

References

1964 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 95–103. Accessed 30 October 2010.
1976 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 199–203. Accessed 10 November 2010.

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