Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in

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, about east of the state capital

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and is the administrative centre of 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 (). Kitzbühel is one of the most famous and exclusive

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s in the world. It is frequented primarily by the international

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and has the most expensive real estate in Austria. The proximity to

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has made it a preferred location for vacation homes among the German

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Geography

Kitzbühel is situated in the Kitzbühel Alps between Zell am See and

. It lies in the Leukental valley on the Kitzbüheler Ache river. The town is subdivided into the municipalities of Am Horn, Aschbachbichl, Badhaussiedlung, Bichlach, Ecking, Felseneck, Griesenau, Griesenauweg, Gundhabing, Hagstein, Hausstatt, Henntal, Jodlfeld, Kaps, Mühlau, Obernau, Schattberg, Seereith, Siedlung Frieden, Am Sonnberg, Sonnenhoffeld, Staudach, Stockerdörfl and Zephirau. The neighbouring municipalities are Aurach bei Kitzbühel, Jochberg, Kirchberg in Tirol, Oberndorf in Tirol, Reith bei Kitzbühel, St. Johann in Tirol and Fieberbrunn. Kitzbühel's historic centre is mainly car-free and hosts a large selection of luxury shops, cafés and fine dining restaurants.

Climate

History

Earliest people

The first known settlers were

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ns mining copper in the hills around Kitzbühel between 1100 and 800 BC. Around 15 BC, the Romans under

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extended their empire to include the Alps and established the province of

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. After the fall of the western Roman Empire,

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settled in the Kitzbühel region around 800 and started clearing forests.

Middle Ages

In the 12th century, the name ''Chizbuhel'' is mentioned for the first time in a document belonging to the

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monastery (where it refers to a "Marquard von Chizbuhel"), whereby ''Chizzo'' relates to a Bavarian clan and '' Bühel'' refers to the location of a settlement upon a hill. One hundred years later a source refers to the

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ei of the

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monastery in ''Kicemgespuchel'' and, in the 1271 document elevating the settlement to the status of a town, the place is called ''Chizzingenspuehel''. Kitzbühel became part of

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in 1255 when Bavaria was first partitioned. Duke Ludwig II of

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granted Kitzbühel town rights on 6 June 1271, and it was fortified with defensive town walls. During the next centuries the town established itself as a market town, growing steadily and remaining unaffected by war and conflict. The town walls were eventually reduced to the level of a single storey building, and the stone used to build residential housing. When Countess

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married the Bavarian, Duke

Louis V the Brandenburger Louis V, called the Brandenburger (May 1315 – 18 September 1361), a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Margrave of Brandenburg from 1323 to 1351 and as Duke of Bavaria from 1347 until his death. From 1342 he also was co-ruling Co ...

, in 1342, Kitzbühel was temporarily united with the

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(that in turn became a Bavarian dominion as a result of the marriage until Louis' death). After the Peace of Schärding (1369) Kitzbühel was returned to Bavaria. Following the division of Bavaria, Kufstein went to the

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line of the

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. During this time, silver and copper mining in Kitzbühel expanded steadily and comprehensive mining rights were issued to her that, later, were to become significant to the Bavarian dukedom. On 30 June 1504 Kitzbühel became a part of Tyrol permanently: the Emperor Maximilian reserved to himself the hitherto

offices () of Kitzbühel, Kufstein and Rattenberg as a part of his Cologne Arbitration (), that had ended the Landshut War of Succession. However, the law of Louis of Bavaria continued to apply to the three aforementioned places until the 19th century, so that these towns had a special legal status within Tyrol. Maximilian enfeoffed Kitzbühel, with the result that it came under the rule of the Counts of Lamberg at the end of the 16th century, until 1 May 1840, when Kitzbühel was ceremonially transferred to the state. An inscription in the Swedish Chapel dating to the Swedish War states ("The Swedish knights came as far as here but no further").

18th century to modern day

The wars of the 18th and 19th century bypassed the town, even though its inhabitants participated in the Tyrolean Rebellion against

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. Following the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805, Kitzbühel once more became part of Bavaria; it was reunited with Tyrol after the fall of

at the

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. Until 1918, the town (named before 1895) was part of the

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(Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district of the same name, one of the 21 in the

province. When Emperor

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finally resolved the confusing constitutional situation, and following completion of the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway in 1875, the town's trade and industry flourished. In 1894, Kitzbühel hosted its first ski race, ushering in a new era of tourism and sport. In 1924 Alban Ernan Forbes Dennis, a British diplomat and spy, with his wife, the novelist

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, started the Tennerhof school in Kitzbühel. Based on the teaching of languages, the school was intended to be a community and an educational laboratory to determine how psychology (specifically the theories of

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) and educational theory could cure the ills of nations. Among the pupils were the future authors Ralph Arnold,

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and

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. Kitzbühel was the town to host the remenants of the

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made

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n collaborationist government the

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from 1944 to the end of the war. Kitzbühel also had the good fortune to remain undamaged from the ravages of the First and Second World Wars. Since the year 2000 the town has been a member of the Climate Alliance of Tyrol. The town's demographic evolution between 1869 and 2017 is shown in the list to the right.

Places of interest

* St. Catherine's Church: built 1360–1365, High Gothic church in the heart of the town with a coppersmith altar; the high tower with its spire is a striking landmark in the town centre. Its

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sounds at 11 am and 5 pm. * Protestant Christ's Church in Kitzbühel: built in 1962 by

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 ...

* Reisch Dance Cafe: built in 1928 by Lois Welzenbacher (architect of the ''Tiroler Moderne''); the Plahl Medical Practice (''Arzthaus'') was also designed by him * ''Berghaus Holzmeister'', a guesthouse on Kitzbühel's local mountain, the

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; built in 1930 by

* Berghaus by Alfons Walde, 100m away * Fresco by Max Weiler (1951) in Kitzbühel Primary School (''Volksschule'') * Newly built tri-cable system by the firm of Doppelmayr, the cable car with the highest elevation above the ground () in the world. *''Museum Kitzbühel - Collection Alfons Walde'': the new renovated museum presents the history of the town, from 1000 years ago to the winter sports era; it also includes a larger permanent exhibition of the Tyrolean painter Alfons Walde.

Notable people

In the 1950s, local legends like Ernst Hinterseer, Hias Leitner, Anderl Molterer, Christian Pravda, Fritz Huber Jr. and

Toni Sailer Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He ...

wrote skiing history. They put Kitzbühel on the map and their names still resonate today. Now there is a new generation earning the title of Kitzbühel legends: Rosi Schipflinger, Axel Naglich, Kaspar Frauenschuh, and David Kreiner. Along with sporting achievements, fashion, and food, they are part of Kitzbühel's unique culture: Hansi Hinterseer

Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (14 July 1850 – 6 April 1928) was an Austrian taxonomist, entomologist and botanist. Dalla Torre was born in Kitzbühel, Tyrol. He studied natural sciences at the University of Innsbruck. He then worked in the U ...

(1850–1928), Austrian entomologist and botanist * Alfons Walde (1891–1958), Austrian expressionist painter and architect * Peter Aufschnaiter (1900–1973), an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer. * Georg Hochfilzer (born 1937), famous international hotel director of the Hotel Bristol in Vienna * Jörg Friedrich (born 1944) German author and historian * Roman Strobl (born 1951), Austrian sculptor * Hansi Hinterseer (born 1954), an Austrian schlager singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier.

Sport

* Peter Aufschnaiter (1899–1973), mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer. * Anderl Molterer (1931-2023), Austrian alpine skier, silver and bronze medallist at the

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* Ernst Hinterseer (born 1932), Austrian alpine skier, gold and bronze medallist at the

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(1935–2009), legendary Austrian alpine skier and actor; three gold medals at the

* Hias Leitner (born 1935), Austrian alpine skier, silver medallist at the

* Christl Haas (1943–2001), Austrian alpine skier, gold and bronze medallist at the

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* Herbert Huber (1944-1970), Austrian alpine skier and silver medallist at the

* Klaus Sulzenbacher (born 1965), Nordic skier, 1 x silver and 3 x bronze medals at the 1988 &

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* Markus Gandler (born 1966), Austrian cross-country skier, silver medallist at the

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* Manuel Schmid (born 1981), Austrian footballer who played over 175 games * David Kreiner (born 1981), an Austrian Nordic combined skier and team gold medallist at the

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* Andreas Hölzl (born 1985) is an Austrian footballer who has played over 380 games and 9 for

* Lukas Hinterseer (born 1991), Austrian footballer who has played over 400 games and 13 for

Famous inhabitants of Kitzbühel

(1885-1963), British novelist, in 1924 she and her husband started a local school * Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), German filmmaker, photographer and dancer *

(1908–1964), British spy novel author; in 1927, he went to the Tennerhof, a small private school * Heinrich Harrer (1912–2006), Austrian mountaineer, author and geographer; in 1952, he settled down locally *

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(1912–2010), socialite and fashion icon from

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* Trude Lechle, (DE Wiki) (1919-2014), Austrian skier, actress and camerawoman; died locally * Uschi Glas (born 1944), a German actress in film, television, and on stage, and a singer. * Werner Baldessarini (born 1945), fashion designer and businessman, formerly chairman of

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; lives locally * Franz Beckenbauer (1945–2024), German football player and manager; in 1982, he moved to Austria * Ireen Sheer (born 1949), pop singer, has represented Luxembourg and Germany at the

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* Susanne Klatten (born 1962), a German billionaire heiress, in 1990 she married locally *

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(born 1965), Trinidadian-German singer, best-known hit: "

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", lives locally *

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(born 1983), German tennis player, in 2018 married locally

Sport

Kitzbühel is one of Europe’s best-known winter sports resorts, situated between the mountains

adjacent to the southwest and to the northeast. The Hahnenkamm hosts the annual

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ski races, including the circuit's most notable event, the Hahnenkamm Races on the notable Streif slope. Introduced in 1937, the northeast-facing ''Streif'' is among the world's toughest downhill courses, if not the most, and is infamous for an abundance of spectacular crashes. In 1959 the Austrian Alpine Ski Championships took place from 27 February to 1 March. Each summer Kitzbühel also hosts an ATP tennis tournament on

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, the Austrian Open. From 2007 to 2011, ITU Triathlon World Cup races took place at the local ''Schwarzsee'' lake. The ''Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye'' is an annual festival of historic automobiles, first held in 1988. The first trip of the '' United Buddy Bears'' was 2004 to Kitzbühel, following by the first trip into the "big wide world" – when they went to

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and many other metropolises on all five continents. Since 2003, Kitzbühel has been hosting an annual Snow Polo event in January.

Tourism

Together with the pistes and ski lifts in neighbouring Kirchberg in Tirol, Jochberg and by the Thurn Pass Kitzbühel is one of the largest ski regions in Austria. With around 10,000 hotel and guest house beds, Kitzbühel and its neighbours have an unusually high density of guest accommodation. Holidaymakers in Kitzbühel have 56 cableway and lift facilities and 168 kilometres of slopes available to them, as well as 40 kilometres of groomed cross-country skiing tracks. Of note is the relatively new 3S Cable Car, the cable car with the highest above-ground span in the world. In summer there are of mountain bike paths and of hiking trails. Other attractions include six tennis courts and four golf courses, the Kitzbühel swimming pool, Austria's only

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hall and the bathing lake of Schwarzsee. Kitzbühel primarily caters for the high end of the tourist market, as many celebrities and the

jet set The jet set is a social group of wealthy and fashionable people who travel the world to participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people. The term was introduced in 1949 and replaced " café society"; it reflected a style of life ...

come here, especially during the international races on the Hahnenkamm. Together with eleven other towns Kitzbühel is a member of the community ''Best of the Alps''. KitzSki, Kitzbühel's main ski lift operator, has managed to defend the title of “World's Best Ski Resort Company” for the seventh time in a row at the 2020 World Ski Awards.

Music

An International Polkafest was held in Kitzbühel in 1978.

Transport

''Road:'' The Brixental Road, the B170, from Wörgl intersects in Kitzbühel with the Thurn Pass Road, the B161, from Mittersill to St. Johann in Tirol. Kitzbühel station is a major bus stop for buses to Lienz and Wörgl. ''Rail:'' Kitzbühel Hauptbahnhof, Kitzbühel Hahnenkamm and Kitzbühel Schwarzsee are stops on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway. Whilst Hahnenkamm and Schwarzsee stations are served by local trains only, long-distance services from

and

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stop at Kitzbühel station. Kitzbühel station has just been rebuilt (2010) and been equipped with new barrier-less platforms with underpasses and a lift. From 2011 there will be no stationmaster at Kitzbühel and it will no longer be possible to buy tickets at the counter.

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Kitzbühel is twinned with: *

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, since 1961 * Yamagata,

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, since 1963 *

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, since 1967 *

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, since 1984

Gallery

File:Kitzbuhel Schwarzsee 1.jpg, The ''Schwarzsee'' lake and ''Wilder Kaiser'' mountains as the backdrop File:Kitzbuhel Liebfrauenkirche Pfarrkirche_Andreas.jpg, The medieval churches of ''Liebfrauenkirche'' (l) and St Andrew's (r). File:Kitzbuhel Liebfrauenkirche.jpg, The ''Liebfrauenkirche'' church with its 48 m bell tower. File:Kitzbuhel Pfarrkirche Heiliger Andreas.jpg, St Andrew's with its 13th-century tower. File:Kitzbuhel Katharinenkirche 1.jpg, St Catherine's from the north. File:Kitzbuhel Katharinenkirche 2.jpg, St Catherine's from the south. File:Kitzbuehel04.JPG, Kitzbühel's twin churches, the ''Liebfrauenkirche'' and St Andrew's. File:Kitz.jpg, The ''Kitzbüheler Horn'' seen from the cable car to the ''Hahnenkamm''. File:Kitzbühel, Kiegerdenkmal Dm110136 foto5 2017-08-03 10.57.jpg, War memorial in Kitzbühel

Panorama

Notes and references

External links

Tourist office KitzbühelKitzbühel Ski Slopes Photo GalleryBergbahn Kitzbühel - mountain railwayMuseum Kitzbühel - Alfons Walde
*(https://www.skiline.co.uk/blog/new-ski-circuit-in-austrias-tyrol) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitzbuhel Ski areas and resorts in Austria Kitzbühel Alps Cities and towns in Kitzbühel District

Geography

Climate

History

Earliest people

Middle Ages

18th century to modern day

Places of interest

Notable people

Sport

Famous inhabitants of Kitzbühel

Sport

Tourism

Music

Transport

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Gallery

Panorama

See also

Notes and references

External links