Fulpmes is a market town and a municipality in

Stubaital The Stubai Valley or Stubaital () is an alps, alpine valley in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. It is the central valley of the Stubai Alps. The river Ruetz (river), Ruetz flows through the valley. This 35-km long valley runs in northeastern dire ...

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 ...

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. In 2015 it had a population of 4,250, of whom 14.5% did not have Austrian nationality. Fulpmes is the center of

iron Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...

production in the area, and lies at the base of the Schlick 2000 ski area.

Geography

The municipality of Fulpmes belongs to the Innsbruck Land district. It has an area of , and an altitude of 936 metres (3,070 ft). The neighboring municipalities are Neustift to the west and

Telfes Telfes (officially Telfes im Stubai) is a village in the district Innsbruck Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is situated in the Stubaital 11 km south of Innsbruck. The municipality consists of the districts ''Telfes'', ...

and

Mieders Mieders is a municipality in the southern part of the district Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is located on the right side of the Stubaital 10.60 km south of Innsbruck. History Founded in 1100, the scattered ...

to the east. Fulpmes is the terminal station of the narrow-gauge railway

Stubaitalbahn The Stubaitalbahn (Stubai Valley Railway) is an long narrow gauge interurban tram from Innsbruck to Fulpmes in Tyrol, Austria. In the city of Innsbruck, it uses the local tramway tracks Tramway track is used on tramways or light rail o ...

from

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 ...

Population

Landmarks

The Stubaier Bauerntheater, founded in 1903, is one of the oldest peasant theatres in the Tyrol.

Notable people

Clemens Holzmeister Clemens Holzmeister (27 March 1886 – 12 June 1983) was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 pro ...

, (1886–1983) architect * Gregor Schlierenzauer, ski jumper

References

External links

Cities and towns in Innsbruck-Land District {{Tyrol-geo-stub