Tux#

Tux, Tirol, municipality in the district of Schwaz, alt. 1,281 m, pop. 1,950, area 111.11 km2, winter sports resort (844,056 overnight stays in 1992) situated in the valley of the Tuxbach stream extending to the Tuxer Joch saddle (2,338 m), with the villages of Hintertux, Lanersbach, Madseit and Vorderlanersbach. - Cableways: Eggalm (1,948 m) and Rastkogel I and II monocable cableways to the Hoarbergjoch mountain (2,590 m), Zillertal glacier cableways from Hintertux. - First documented mention in 1280; Baroque parish church with Gothic tower (1465) and high altar (around 1740) with paintings by J. G. Grasmair in Lanersbach; farmsteads from the 18th  century in Gemais.

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