!!!Obergurgl

Obergurgl, Tirol, village in the district of Imst, alt. 1,907 m, 
bi-seasonal tourist centre in the Gurgl valley, in the municipality of 
 Soelden. "Glacier village" ( Gurgl Glacier) in the Oetztal Alps and 
the parish at the highest altitude in Austria. - Federal sports 
facility, alpine research station of Innsbruck University (established 
1951), sports centre, multipurpose hall with tourist office, toll 
station run by Timmelsjoch-Hochalpenstrasse AG, cable railway to the 
top of Festkogel mountain (alt. 3,038 m). Surrounding area: 
weather-stations (Schoenwieskogel mountain, alt. 2,324 m). Parish 
church (consecration in 1737), in 1967 extensions according to plans 
by C. Holzmeister, bell (1726). Waterfalls of the Rotmoosache, a river 
in the vicinity of Obergurgl.


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