Hopfgarten im Brixental is a

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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 an elevation of 622 m above

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. With an area of 166.57 km² it is the largest municipality in the district, and among the largest in

Population

Tourism

It is a popular place for all levels of

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er with a variety of slopes ranging from ''black slopes'' for expert skiers to ''nursery slopes'' for beginners, and featuring a ski school.

Notable people

Andreas Benedict Feilmoser Andreas Benedict Feilmoser (born 8 April 1777, in Hopfgarten, Tyrol; d. Tübingen, 20 July 1831) was a theologian and Biblical scholar. Life He studied at Salzburg from 1789 to 1794, took a two years' course in philosophy at the University of ...

, theologian

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