!!!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.


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