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Alpbachtal Panorama
Alpbach valley - panoramic view from Eaggeralm/Schatzberg in Wildschönau . Tyrol , Austria . View to Karwendel mountains (Southside, Inntal valley), clouds in valley of Achensee near mountain Ebner Joch. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Alpbach valley - panoramic view from Eaggeralm/Schatzberg in Wildschönau . Tyrol , Austria . View to Karwendel mountains (Southside, Inntal valley), clouds in valley of Achensee near mountain Ebner Joch
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Alpbach
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Alpbach.
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Alpbach (German: , locally ) is a town in western Austria in the state of Tyrol.
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1150
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The earliest written record of the name Alpbach comes from 1150, although human settlement is known to have begun there before and around the year 1000, and a bronze axe found at Steinberger Joch (the pass leading to the Ziller Valley) in 1860 suggests that the route was already in use in the Hallstatt period.
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2006
A route reaches Alpbach
A new lift has been opened in 2006-2007 which is a gondola and allows people to move from Inner-Alpbach to near the top of the Wiedersberger Horn (the mountain used for all of the runs).
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Verbindungsseilbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau 01
Verbindungsseilbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau, neben der oberen Station Schatzbergbahn II. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Verbindungsseilbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau, neben der oberen Station Schatzbergbahn II
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
Alpbach is also a well known ski resort and its quiet slopes are well groomed and provide beginner to intermediate runs with many off pistes as well as unpatrolled route 5 which is popular with the more advanced skiers.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Alpbach is recorded at 47.345° N, 11.948° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,025 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Alpbachtal Panorama
Alpbach valley - panoramic view from Eaggeralm/Schatzberg in Wildschönau . Tyrol , Austria . View to Karwendel mountains (Southside, Inntal valley), clouds in valley of Achensee near mountain Ebner Joch. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Alpbach valley - panoramic view from Eaggeralm/Schatzberg in Wildschönau . Tyrol , Austria . View to Karwendel mountains (Southside, Inntal valley), clouds in valley of Achensee near mountain Ebner Joch
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Alpbach now
Alpbach is also more popular with skiers than snowboarders due to the lack of extreme off piste, but is a very popular place for beginner boarders, or those looking to re-kindle their boarding passion.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Alpbachtal Panorama
AOD.EU.ALPBACH.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Verbindungsseilbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau 01
AOD.EU.ALPBACH.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Alpbach overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.