!!!Neustift im Stubaital

Neustift im Stubaital, Tirol, municipality in the district of 
Innsbruck-Land, alt. 993 m, pop. 3,791 (1981: 3,307) area 
249.00 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal tourism (1,007,163 overnight 
stays) in the central Subaital valley at the foot of the Kalkkoegel 
mountains. - Recreation centre, longest natural tobogganing slope in 
Austria (8 km), Stubai valley glacier ropeways: Dresdner Huette refuge 
(alt. 2,308 m), Stubaier Wildspitze peak (alt. 3,341 m), Bildstoeckl 
and Eisjoch mountains (alt. 3,128 m); large summer skiing area at the 
Daunkogel and Schaufelferner glaciers. Early centre of alpinism. Very 
large Baroque parish church (1768-1774) constructed by F. de Paula 
Penz, ceiling fresco (1772) by J. A. Zoller, high altar and 2 side 
altars combined in one wall, altar pieces by C. Henrici (around 
1773-1775), pulpit with elaborate Rococo decoration; Soldier´s 
Memorial Chapel (1922) by C. Holzmeister.


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