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Ellmau Austria
This is the village Ellmau in Austria Ski resort: Skiwelt Wilderkaiser Brixental. 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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- This is the village Ellmau in Austria Ski resort: Skiwelt Wilderkaiser Brixental
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser.
Scroll to read the contour through time
The SkiWelt is Austria's largest interconnected ski area.
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1970
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Then, in 1970, Bergbahnnen Ellmau mbH was founded to pursue winter sports facilities in the town.
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1954
A route reaches SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser
The longest chairlift in Europe (2,830m) was built in 1954, however the top station and two supports were destroyed by an avalanche.
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SkiWelt in March 2022 01
SkiWelt ski restort, Austria in March 2022. 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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- SkiWelt ski restort, Austria in March 2022
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
2021
Winter becomes organised
20) SkiMovie route on the Südhang slope in Scheffau Free WiFi on SkiWelt mountains Construction of the "Osthangbahn" at SkiWelt Brixen 2021 SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental and KitzSki opened the longest ski circuit (85 km) in the world connecting the SkiWelt with the KitzSki ski area in winter 2021.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser is recorded at 47.477° N, 12.191° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,829 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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Ellmau Austria
This is the village Ellmau in Austria Ski resort: Skiwelt Wilderkaiser Brixental. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- This is the village Ellmau in Austria Ski resort: Skiwelt Wilderkaiser Brixental
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser now
The Hochsöll area also has the Skiwelt's largest night-skiing area, fully floodlit skiing can occur after 5pm.
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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
Ellmau Austria
AOD.EU.SKIWELT.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
SkiWelt in March 2022 01
AOD.EU.SKIWELT.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked SkiWelt overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.