!!!Waidring

Waidring, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kitzbuehel, alt. 
778 m, pop. 1,603, area 63.75 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal 
tourism (311,203 overnight stays in 1992), located west of the Strub 
Pass (memorial to the battles of 1800, 1805 and 1809 during the 
Napoleonic Wars), at the foot of the Lofer Mountains. - Leisure 
centre; Steinplatte skiing region. - Parish church (first documented 
mention 1381, new building in Baroque style 1757-1760) with Rococo 
baldachin altar (around 1760), Holy Virgin (end of 17%%sup th/%  
century), vault paintings and remarkable trompe l´oeil 
architecture. South of Waidring lies the Waidringer Oefen gorge with 
the Haselbach stream, Teufelsklamm gorge in the vicinity.


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