!!!Jochberg

Jochberg, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kitzbuehel, alt. 
923 m, pop. 1,461, area 87.84 km%%sup 2/%, winter sports 
resort (79,526 overnight stays) in the valley of the Jochberger Ache 
river, between Kitzbuehel and the Thurn Pass. - Until the beginning of 
the 20%%sup th/%  century a mining town; exhibition mine 
"Kupferplatte" (since 1990; mining discontinued in 1926), Transalpine 
Oelleitung (transalpine oil line) business premises; sawmill industry, 
environmental technology company, marinade factory. - Baroque parish 
church (rebuilt 1748-1750 by K. Singer) with Gothic north tower in the 
main section), vault paintings by S.B. Faistenberger (1750); 
pilgrimage chapel in Jochberg forest (1841/1842); Baroque Taxerkapelle 
chapel; museum of local mining history; picturesque Haufenhof 
farmhouses on the east side of the valley. South-east of J., 
waterfalls on Sintersbach stream.


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