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Sunny spring day in Lech
River Lech and view towards the mountains. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- River Lech and view towards the mountains
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Lech-Zürs
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Lech-Zürs.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Zürs (1716 metres above sea level) is one of the most renowned winter sports resorts in the Alps.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Lech-Zürs before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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1906
A route reaches Lech-Zürs
The first skiing course was held in Zürs in 1906 and Austria's first ski lift built in Zürs in 1937.
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Zuers-Ruefispitz-Flexenarena-01ASD
Zuers-Ruefispitz-Flexenarena-01ASD. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Zuers-Ruefispitz-Flexenarena-01ASD
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
2020
Winter becomes organised
In November 2020, after a long break, Lech once again hosted the Alpine Ski World Cup.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Lech-Zürs is recorded at 47.210° N, 10.142° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,811 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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Open ledger · AOD.EU.LECH-ZURS.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.LECH-ZURS.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.LECH-ZURS.V00
Sunny spring day in Lech
River Lech and view towards the mountains. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- River Lech and view towards the mountains
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Lech-Zürs now
It is popular for its downhill skiing, but also for its backcountry skiing and its Olympic ski championships.
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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
Sunny spring day in Lech
AOD.EU.LECH-ZURS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Zuers-Ruefispitz-Flexenarena-01ASD
AOD.EU.LECH-ZURS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Zürs overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.