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Tyrol, Austria
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Northeast Tyrol is in Tyrol, Austria. It includes Kitzbühel, Kufstein, and Schwaz districts.
Very touristic with no high mountains. World famous is the capital Kitzbühel. Mountain ranges within the district include the Kitzbühel Alps, the Loferer Steinberge and the Kaisergebirge.
The district comprises the lower part of the Inn valley as far as the Bavarian border, the Alpbach valley, the Brandenberg valley, Wildschönau and Thiersee. Mountain are not as high as in the western part of Tyrol. Mountain ranges within the district include the Brandenberg Alps, Kitzbühel Alps, and the Kaisergebirge. The largest lakes are the Reintal lakes, Thiersee, Hechtsee, Hintersteiner See and Walchsee.
The district comprises a part of the lower Inn valley, the complete Zillertal valley with its tributary valleys and the Achental valley with the Achensee. Mountain ranges within the district include the Tux Alps, Zillertal Alps, Kitzbühel Alps, the Karwendel and the Rofan.
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a medieval town; famous and exclusive ski resort
a venue for international snowboarding events; in the summer there is hiking and mountaineering
a well-developed ski centre in the winter season and also a summer tourist resort
Austria's largest interconnected ski area
the last Austrian town in the Inn valley near the German border, known for its fortress
a ski resort village with 109 km of slopes, known for its authentic wooden houses
travel to the top of Hartkaiser mountain via the Hartkaiserbahn funicular
Wörgl is a city of about 13,000 people (2016) in Northeast Tyrol, Austria.
its historic town centre has many architectural gems from the 15th and 16th century
on the beautiful Hintertuxer Gletscher, skiing is possible 365 days a year
the main base for skiing on the slopes of the Ziller Valley
has two ski areas — Hochfügen-Hochzillertal and Spieljoch — and the Zillertal thermal baths.
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