Fieberbrunn is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

in the

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n state of

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

in the

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 ...

district. It is located at , in the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps ( 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). Location Two-thirds of ...

. Fieberbrunn is the most populous municipality in the

Pillerseetal The Pillersee Valley () is a valley in the district of Kitzbühel District, Kitzbühel in the Austrian state of Tirol (Bundesland), Tyrol, on the border with Salzburg (Bundesland), Salzburg state. Location and landscape The Pillersee Valley is ...

valley. According to a legend, the fountain near its church, and later also the market town received the name ''Fieberbrunn'' (''fever

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'') when Tyrolean

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Margarete Maultasch Margaret, nicknamed 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 the Duchy of Aus ...

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 Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralym ...

events (like ''Lords of the Boards''), as well as a

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and

mountaineering Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become mounta ...

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 hot ...

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 (state), Tyrol in the K ...

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, Pillerseetal

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