!!!Brixen im Thale

Brixen im Thale, Tyrol, municipality in the district of Kitzbuehel, 
alt. 794 m, pop. 2,269, area 31.37 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal 
tourism (325,014 overnight stays), main settlement of the upper  
Brixental Valley. - Youth centre, single-rope cableway ascending the 
Hochbrixen mountain (Filzalm 1,319 m), coarse gravel works, old 
mines (silver, copper). - Late Baroque-classical parish church (first 
documented mention in 788, rebuilt from 1789 to 1795) with a stucco 
marble high altar and dome frescos by J. Schoepf and A. Nesselthaler, 
chapel at the cemetery (1734). On Corpus Christi Day "Antlassritt" 
(ceremony commemorating the practice of indulgences granted by the 
Catholic Church).

!Literature
S. Posch, Brixen im Thale 788-1988, 1988.


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