Kitzbühel
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- Karl Wilhelm von Dalla TorreKarl Wilhelm von Dalla TorreKarl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre was an Austrian taxonomist, entomologist and botanist.Dalla Torre studied natural sciences at the University of Innsbruck. He then worked in the University as an entomologist and in 1895 became Professor of Zoology at the University of Innsbruck...
(1850–1928), entomologist and botanist - Alfons WaldeAlfons WaldeAlfons Walde , an Austrian from Kitzbühel in Tyrol, was the first artist to successfully bring skiing as a subject into painting. These sporting scenes together with his winter landscapes and farming images, rendered in a unique tempera style with impastose colouring, complemented his other...
(1891–1958), expressionist painter and architect - Peter AufschnaiterPeter AufschnaiterPeter Aufschnaiter was an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer.-Life:...
(1899–1973), mountaineer and geographer - Leni RiefenstahlLeni RiefenstahlHelene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...
(1902–2003), German filmmaker, photographer and dancer - Patricia Lopez-Willshaw (1912–2010), style and fashion icon
- Anderl MoltererAnderl MoltererAndreas "Anderl" Molterer is an Austrian former alpine skier.The "Blitz from Kitz" as he was known, was one of the best skiers of the 1950s, though labouring in Toni Sailer's shadow. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy he won silver in the giant slalom, and bronze in the...
(born 1931), alpine skier - Ernst HinterseerErnst HinterseerErnst Hinterseer is a former alpine skier from Austria.He participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, ranking 6th in the giant slalom....
(born 1932), alpine skier - Hias LeitnerHias LeitnerMatthias "Hias" Leitner is an Austrian former alpine skier.He was born in Kitzbühel.At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States he won silver in the slalom competition. At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria he ranked 21st in the slalom competition...
(born 1935), alpine skier - Toni SailerToni SailerAnton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered among the best the in the sport. He won three gold medals in alphine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, becoming the only triple gold medalist from that Games and thus the most successful athlete in 1956...
(1935–2009), alpine skier - Georg HochfilzerGeorg HochfilzerGeorg Hochfilzer is an Austrian businessman. He is the former General Manager of the Westgate Hotel in San Diego, one of 257 Leading Hotels of the World, from which he retired in 2008....
(born 1937), Famous International Hotel Director of the Hotel Bristol in Vienna - Christl HaasChristl HaasChristl Haas was an Austrian alpine skiing champion at the 1964 Winter Olympics.Haas was born in at Kitzbühel. In the World Cup she won four downhill competitions in total...
(1943–2001), alpine skier - Roman StroblRoman StroblRoman Johann Strobl is an Austrian sculptor who has lived in Hanover since 1999.Strobl learnt to sculpt in his father’s workshop. Surrealist works inspired by his travels during the 1970s in Iraq and India were followed by a spell in Rome, during the 1980s, where he honed his skills in marble...
(born 1951), Austrian sculptor - Hansi HinterseerHansi HinterseerHans "Hansi" Hinterseer is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier.In the 1970s, Hans Hinterseer became famous as a member of the Austrian Ski Team. He won six alpine skiing World Cup races in Slalom skiing and Giant Slalom skiing. In 1973 he won the alpine skiing World Cup...
(1954), alpine skier and singer - HaddawayHaddawayNestor Alexander Haddaway , better known by his stage name Haddaway, is a Trinidadian-German singer. He is most famous for his worldwide 1993 hit, "What Is Love".- Early life :...
(born 1965), Famous musician, most famous song is "What is love" - Klaus SulzenbacherKlaus SulzenbacherKlaus Sulzenbacher is a former Nordic combined skier.Between 1983 and 1991 he won 14 World Cup competitions, and also won the World Cup twice. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he won silver in the 15 km individual competition, and bronze in the 3 x 10 km team competition...
(born 1965), Nordic skier - Markus GandlerMarkus GandlerMarkus Gandler is former cross country skier from Austria who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.At the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, his team ranked 11th in the 4 × 10 km relay...
(born 1966), cross-country skier - Jörg JakscheJörg JakscheJörg Jaksche is a German road bicycle racer.He has been cycling professionally since 1997, racing for the teams Polti , Team Telekom , ONCE , CSC , Liberty Seguros-Würth/Astana and Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2007.In 2004, he won the Tour Mediterranean and the Paris–Nice race.In the 2005 Tour de...
(born 1976), professional bicycle racer
Sport
Kitzbühel is one of Austria's best known and fanciest winter sports resorts, situated between the mountains HahnenkammHahnenkamm, Kitzbühel
The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Austria, directly south of Kitzbühel, in the Kitzbühel Alps. The elevation of its summit is above sea level.The Hahnenkamm is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen...
(5616 ft., 1712 m) and Kitzbühler Horn (6548 ft., 1996 m). The Hahnenkamm
Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel
The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Austria, directly south of Kitzbühel, in the Kitzbühel Alps. The elevation of its summit is above sea level.The Hahnenkamm is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts the annual World Cup alpine ski races, the Hahnenkammrennen...
is home of the annual world cup ski races
Alpine skiing World Cup
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...
, including the circuit's most important event, the downhill
Downhill
Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
race on the famous Streif slope. This downhill is counted as one of the toughest downhill competitions in the world cup.
During summer time Kitzbühel also hosts an ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
tennis tournament on clay
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
, the Austrian Open. The next tournament will be held from 23.07.2012 until 29.07.2012
From 2007 to 2011, ITU Triathlon World Cup
ITU Triathlon World Cup
The ITU Triathlon World Cup is an annual series of triathlon races staged around the world. The series is organised by the International Triathlon Union , the world governing body of the sport. BG Group was the title sponsor of the series from 2000 to 2008...
races took place at the local Schwarzsee lake.
The Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye is an annual festival of historic automobiles. It was first held in 1988. The first trip of the United Buddy Bears
United Buddy Bears
Buddy Bears are a series of painted, life-size fibreglass bear sculptures originally developed in Berlin, Germany. The first Buddy Bear was created by the German businesspeople Klaus and Eva Herlitz, in cooperation with the sculptor Roman Strobl in 2001....
was 2004 to Kitzbühel, following by the first trip into the "big wide world" – when they went to Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and many other metropolises on all five continents.
Tourism
Together with the pistes and ski lifts in neighbouring Kirchberg in TirolKirchberg in Tirol
Kirchberg in Tirol is a municipality in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located 6 km west of Kitzbühel at an elevation of 837 m above sea level. The population in 2001 was 4,958, on an area of 97,76 km² Kirchberg in Tirol is a municipality in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel...
, 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 120 km (75 mi) of mountain bike paths and 500 km (311 mi) of hiking trails.
Other attractions are the six tennis courts and four golf courses, the Kitzbühel swimming pool, Austria's only curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
hall and the bathing lake of Schwarzsee
Schwarzsee (Kitzbühel)
Schwarzsee is a lake of Tyrol, Austria....
.
Kitzbühel also caters for the high end of the tourist market, as many celebrities and the jet set
Jet set
"Jet set" is a journalistic term that was used to describe an international social group of wealthy people, organizing and participating all around the world in social activities that are unreachable to ordinary people...
come here for the international races on the Hahnenkamm.
Road
The Brixental Road, the B170, from WörglWörgl
Wörgl is a town in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kufstein district. It is 20 km from the state border with Bavaria.-Transport:Wörgl is an important railway junction between the line from Innsbruck to Munich, and the inner-Austrian line to Salzburg...
intersects in Kitzbühel with the Thurn Pass Road, the B161, from Mittersill
Mittersill
Mittersill is a city in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region of the Alps. It is located on the Salzach River. It had a population of 5,464 in 2005.- Geography :...
to St. Johann in Tirol
St. Johann in Tirol
-History:St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from Jochberg to the Streichen close to the Bavarian border. This region was already settled in the 4th century BC by a Celtic tribe, the Ambisontiers, who pursued copper mining in the surrounding mountains.In 15 B.C...
. Kitzbühel station is a major bus stop for busses to Lienz and Worgl.
Rail
Kitzbühel Hauptbahnhof, Kitzbühel Hahnenkamm and Kitzbühel Schwarzsee are stops on the Salzburg-Tyrol RailwaySalzburg-Tyrol Railway
The Salzburg-Tyrol Railway is a main line railway in Austria. It runs through the states of Salzburg and Tyrol from Salzburg to Wörgl and belongs to the core network of the Austrian Federal Railways ....
. Whilst Hahnenkamm and Schwarzsee stations are served by local trains only, long-distance services from Innsbruck and Graz stop at Kitzbühel station. Kitzbühel station has just been rebuilt (2010) and been equipped with new barrier-less platform
Platform
- Physical objects and features :* Diving platform, used in competitive diving* Jumping platform, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumping* Oil platform, a structure built for oil production...
s with underpasses and a lift. From 2011 there will be no stationmaster at Kitzbühel and it will not be possible to buy tickets at the counter any longer.
Twin cities
Kitzbühel is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with:
Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, since 1961 Yamagata
Yamagata, Yamagata
is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.As of July 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 253,951 with 97,457 households and a population density of 665.94 persons per km². The total area is 381.34 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1889.-Culture:The , one of Tōhoku's...
, Japan
Japan
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, since 1963 Sun Valley
Sun Valley, Idaho
Sun Valley is a resort city in Blaine County in the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum, lying within the greater Wood River valley. Tourists from around the world enjoy its skiing, hiking, ice skating, trail riding, tennis, and cycling. The population was 1,427...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, since 1967 Sterzing
Sterzing
Sterzing is a comune in South Tyrol in the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. It is the main village of the southern Wipptal, and the Eisack River flows through the medieval town.-Origin:...
, Italy
Italy
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, since 1971 Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France. It is located 12.6 kilometers from the center of Paris.-Name:...
, France
France
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, since 1979 Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, since 1984