Wildschönau#
Wildschoenau, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kufstein, alt. 936 m, pop. 3,639, area 97.40 km2, bi-seasonal tourist resort (943,121 overnight stays in 1992) in the Wildschoenauer Ache valley on the edge of the Kitzbuehel Alps, near the Kundler Klamm Gorge. - Wildschoenau adventure mine, Schatzbergbahn cableway. - Villages parts include Oberau, Niederau with parish church (late-Gothic core, altered in Baroque style in 1740, extended by C. Holzmeister in 1970), Auffach with parish church (1800/1801 by A. Hueber), Thierbach with late-Baroque parish church; Einhof types of farmstead in log construction.
Literature#
P. Weitlaner, Heimat Wildschoenau 1962; H. Mayr, Wildschoenau in Tirol, 1983; 800 Jahre Wildschoenau 1190-1990, 1990.