!!!Fieberbrunn

Fieberbrunn, Tirol, market town in the district of Kitzbuehel, alt. 
790 m, pop. 460, area 76.30 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal tourist and 
health resort (466,681 overnight stays) situated in the valley of the 
Fieberbrunn stream near the Salzburg border. - Acupuncture, Austrian 
Medical Society for Neural Therapy (Therapeutic Local Anesthesia), 
curative springs (sulphur and iron), Lauchsee mud-baths, cableways to 
Streuboeden (alt. 1,204 m) and Laerchfilzkogel mountains (alt. 1,654 
m). Mixed economic structure made up of the service sector (in 
particular hotel and catering) and manufacturing: production of 
orthopedic shoes, soft toys, chemical-pharmaceutical plant, timber 
processing, metal works, forge; central distribution centre for 
orthopedic sandals, magnesite mining (Buergl mine 1959-1972, 
Weissenstein mine since 1972), smelting shop in neighbouring 
municipality  Hochfilzen;  Veitsch-Radex GmbH). - From the 
16%%sup th/%  until the 19%%sup th/%  century F. boasted a significant 
iron ore mining industry; parish church (1689, 1854/1855 and 1954/1955 
enlarged and reconstructed, renovated in 1984), Alt-Rosenegg Castle 
(1553, former seat of aristocratic mine owners, today hotel), 
Neu-Rosenegg Castle (1634, now hotel); "Fieberbrunnen" fountain with a 
commemorative statue to  Margarete Maultasch, who, according to 
legend, was cured here.

!Literature
W. Koefler et al., Fieberbrunn, Geschichte einer Tiroler 
Marktgemeinde, 1979; G. Haberl (ed.), 1000 Jahre Fieberbrunn in Tirol, 
1949.


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