!!!Alpbach Alpbach, Tyrol, municipality in the district of Kufstein, alt. 975 m, pop. 2,163, area 58.40 km%%sup 2/%, mountain village in the valley of the Alpbacher Ache river, at the foot of Galtenberg mountain (2424 m). - Biseasonal tourist town (294,751 overnight stays); conference centre; since 1945 location of annual 2-week "Europaeisches Forum Alpbach"; mountain farming museum in ancient farmhouse (1638); aerial ropeway to Wiedersberger Horn (1827 m); shingle production. - First documented 1240, mining in 16th-17th centuries; Gothic-Baroque church (first documented 1369) with ceiling paintings by C. A. Mayr, Baroque high altar and wooden carved statues; old farmhouses ("Einhoefe", a type of Austrian farmhouse). The winter sports town of Inner-Alpbach is located at the end of the valley. !Further reading R. Daxer, Alpbach-Tal, 1975; W. Pfaundler, Alpbach-Buch, 1994. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Alpbach|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]