The Tuxertal is a valley located in

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. A side valley of the

Zillertal The Ziller Valley () is a valley in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn (river), Inn Valley () and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly Glacier, glaciated sectio ...

, from which it branches at

Mayrhofen Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) in the Austrian state of Tirol, Austria, Tyrol. It is located approximately an hour from the Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck. Population Tourism The town offers a variety of summer an ...

, the Tuxertal is about 13 km long and accessible on the Tuxer Straße (Tux Road). From Mayrhofen () to Hintertux (1500 m) in the municipality of Tux, the village that gives the valley its name, there is a height difference of about 850 m. The valley ends at Hintertux and the

Hintertux Glacier The Hintertux Glacier () is the tourist name for the glaciers of the Gefrorene-Wand-Kees, also called the Tuxer Ferner, and the nearby Riepenkees at the top of the Tuxertal, a side valley of the Zillertal in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Both glac ...

. The Tuxbach, which rises near Hintertux, flows as far as Mayrhofen where it empties into the River Ziller. The five main settlements in the Tuxertal are (from the head of the valley): Hintertux (1,500 m), Madseit (1,385 m), Juns (1360 m), Tux (former Lanersbach) (1,300 m), Vorderlanersbach (1,300 m) and the parish of

Finkenberg Finkenberg is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Finkenberg lies about 3 km southwest of Mayrhofen Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) in the Austrian state of Tirol, Austria, Ty ...

(840 m). The Tuxertal is the only way of reaching the Hintertux Glacier by means of road and cable lift.

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Tux cattle The Tux-Zillertal, , is an endangered Austrian list of cattle breeds, breed of domestic cattle. It was created in 1982 when two similar Alpine region, Alpine breeds, the Tux and the Zillertal, were merged. The two names derive from those of the m ...

Image:Tuxerbach Austria 2007-05-26.JPG, Tuxbach stream, fed by meltwaters

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The Tuxertal - the westernmost of the side valleys
Valleys of Tyrol (federal state) {{Tyrol-geo-stub