!!!Brixlegg Brixlegg, Tyrol, market town in the district of Kufstein, alt. 534 m, pop. 2,639, area 9.09 km%%sup 2/%, old mining site at the mouth of the Alpbach stream into the River Inn, situated northwest of the Karwendel mountain range. - Copper-smelting plant of Brixlegg Montanwerke, production of fulled-fabric clothes, mineral water and soft drinks, weaving mill, tourism (46,389 overnight stays). - First documented mention in 788 under the name of "Prisslech", from the 15%%sup th/% to the 17%%sup th/% century centre of silver and copper mining in the Tyrol, from 1867 to 1913 Passion plays were performed, largely destroyed in 1944/45. Late Gothic parish church (1508) with frescos and altarpieces (1768, C. A. Mayr); Gothic church of St. Bartholomew at Mehrn (first documented mention in 1357, enlarged from 1661 to 1668); copper-smith's house (17%%sup th/% century); Mehrenstein Ruin; residences of Lanegg (second half of the 16%%sup th/% century) and of Grasegg (17/18%%sup th/% century); Lichtenwerth castle, was formerly situated on an island, Kropfsberg Ruin, Museum of Mining and the Steel and Iron Industry of the Province of the Tyrol; Neu-Matzen castle (in the municipality of Muenster). Sonnwendjoch skiing area near the municipalities of Kramsach and Alpbach. !Literature S. Landmann (ed.), Brixlegg, eine Tiroler Gemeinde im Wandel der Zeiten, 1988. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Brixlegg|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]