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Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria-Mayrhofen + Oberbichl + Unterbichl-VD SE PNr°0712
The Zillertal ( Zillertal Valley ) seen from the Schwendbergstraße (L52) in Tyrol , Austria. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- The Zillertal ( Zillertal Valley ) seen from the Schwendbergstraße (L52) in Tyrol , Austria
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- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Mayrhofen
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Mayrhofen.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Mayrhofen 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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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Mayrhofen
The Penken is reached by a Gondola system, the Penkenbahn, which is located on the main street next to the Sport Hotel Strass, in the centre of the village, while the Ahorn Cable car or Ahornbahn, which with a capacity of 160 passengers is the largest cable car in Austria, is situated at the southern end of the town.
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Mayrhofen Harakiri-Piste 2
Mayrhofen Harakiri-Piste 2. 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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- Mayrhofen Harakiri-Piste 2
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- original
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ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
The Penken mountain offers Austria's steepest piste, named Harakiri, as well as a large range of ski runs at different levels of difficulty.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Mayrhofen is recorded at 47.159° N, 11.861° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,500 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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Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria-Mayrhofen + Oberbichl + Unterbichl-VD SE PNr°0712
The Zillertal ( Zillertal Valley ) seen from the Schwendbergstraße (L52) in Tyrol , Austria. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- The Zillertal ( Zillertal Valley ) seen from the Schwendbergstraße (L52) in Tyrol , Austria
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Mayrhofen now
The railway runs between Jenbach and Mayrhofen itself, and there are several intermediate stations, which provide access to many of the valley's well known ski areas, namely Zell am Ziller (Zillertal 3000), Fügen (Spieljoch) and Uderns (for the Hochfügen and Kaltenbach ski areas).
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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
Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria-Mayrhofen + Oberbichl + Unterbichl-VD SE PNr°0712
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Mayrhofen Harakiri-Piste 2
AOD.EU.MAYRHOFEN.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 de
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Mayrhofen overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.