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Seefeld in Tirol
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<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <h3>Neighbouring communities</h3> <p>To the northwest Seefeld borders on <a href="/facts/Leutasch/HqEHNDap">Leutasch</a> (village of Weidach), to the northeast on <a href="/facts/Scharnitz/8LdYzNHm">Scharnitz</a> (village of Gießenbach). Its eastern municipal boundary with <a href="/facts/Zirl/BHnaX9uP">Zirl</a> runs along the arête from the Seefelder Joch and Seefelder Spitze. To the south lies <a href="/facts/Reith_bei_Seefeld/VFEKyjer">Reith</a> (village of Auland) and to the west <a href="/facts/Telfs/4BwPCkPA">Telfs</a> (village of Mösern). </p> <h3>Topography</h3> <p>The village is situated on the south-facing <a href="/facts/Seefeld_Plateau/T4DmNRuF">Seefeld Plateau</a> north of the River <a href="/facts/Inn_(river)/0U17qfST">Inn</a> on the watershed between the basins of the Inn and the <a href="/facts/Isar/REsSPE8T">Isar</a>. The plateau (which also comprises the villages of <a href="/facts/Leutasch/HqEHNDap">Leutasch</a>, <a href="/facts/Reith_bei_Seefeld/VFEKyjer">Reith</a>, <a href="/facts/Scharnitz/8LdYzNHm">Scharnitz</a> and <a href="/facts/Telfs/4BwPCkPA">Mösern</a>) is surrounded by the <a href="/facts/Wetterstein/ozxSWMbd">Wetterstein</a> mountain range to the west, and the <a href="/facts/Karwendel/C4dTLYlg">Karwendel</a> mountain range to the east; it falls away in a steep drop off to the Inn valley to the south. To the north, the high valley leads through the village of <a href="/facts/Scharnitz/8LdYzNHm">Scharnitz</a> towards the border with <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a> at <a href="/facts/Mittenwald/cMgeBaMQ">Mittenwald</a>. </p> <p>Seefeld has two main mountain areas (for walking or skiing): one is the rounded hill, the <a href="/facts/Gschwandtkopf/FE3baIcv">Gschwandtkopf</a> (1,495 m); the other is on the slopes of the mountains to the east and called the <i>Rosshütte</i> after the large mountain restaurant halfway up. These mountains dominate the Seefeld Plateau; from left/north to right/south, they are the Seefelder Joch, <a href="/facts/Seefelder_Spitze/1banYuqr">Seefelder Spitze</a> (2,215 m), <a href="/facts/H%C3%A4rmelekopf/jV3n1INY">Härmelekopf</a> (2,224 m) and <a href="/facts/Reither_Spitze/ymYAHygo">Reither Spitze</a> (2,374 m). Notable other landmarks include the Seekirchl, a small, onion-domed church, and the Pfarrhügel, a spur of the Gschwandtkopf running into the town centre and forming a small attractive hill. There is also a popular bathing lake called the <a href="/facts/Wildsee_(Seefeld)/FG9sLRlI">Wildsee</a>. </p> <h3>Lakes and streams</h3> <p>On the east side of the <i>Seefelder Joch</i> rise the tributaries of the <i>Haglbach</i>, which flows west through the valley of <i>Hermannstal</i>, then swings south on reaching the <a href="/facts/Plateau/R9ugUKzQ">plateau</a> to run along the municipal boundary and feed the <a href="/facts/Wildsee_(Seefeld)/FG9sLRlI">Wildsee</a>. The Wildsee is threatened by <a href="/facts/Sediment/zsIH1A6U">sediment</a> deposition from the <i>Haglbach</i>. In future it is planned to excavate a <a href="/facts/Reservoir/2FewszmR">reservoir</a> east of <i>Innsbrucker Straße</i> to collect these sediments.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The tailstream of the Wildsee, now called the Seebach, runs through Seefeld in a northerly direction and collects the waters of the Raabach shortly after passing the village centre. This section was called the <i>Mühlbach</i> by <a href="/facts/Peter_Anich/QUWm7Xoa">Peter Anich</a> in 1762. </p><p>The Raabach has its source in the southeast near the Mösern <i>Mähder</i> and was once impounded to form a reservoir that gave the church of Seekirchl its name. Below the Schlossberg, near the Seebach, is a <a href="/facts/Radon/0V9arWKl">radon</a>-containing spring,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> that, under the name of the Franz Josef Spring,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> was mentioned in 1900 for the first time in the Directory of Spas of the Imperial-Royal Province of Tyrol and Vorarlberg (<i>Verzeichnis der Kurorte und Bäder der K.K. Statthalterei für Tirol und Vorarlberg</i>) and used until 1984 as a health spring.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Its radon content of 117 <a href="/facts/Becquerel_(unit)/4C3yrsqp">becquerels</a> per litre is rather low (the limit for <a href="/facts/Drinking_water/FmSJcKGG">drinking water</a> is 1,000 Bq/L). </p><p>The <i>Klammbach</i> originates at the <a href="/facts/Wildmoos_(Telfs)/4Pb5qn1w">Wildmoosalm</a> below the lake of <a href="/facts/Wildmoossee/EHJSzc2J">Wildmoossee</a> and runs northwest of the village on the far side of the Geigenbühel, passes the Triendlsäge (where there is a reservoir with a capacity of 450 m3 which supplies a small <a href="/facts/Hydropower_station/zEeJIK2B">hydropower station</a> generating 45 <a href="/facts/Watt_(unit)/VK8oqRrm">kW</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>) and merges with the <i>Seebach</i> by the <i>Lehenwald</i> woods in front of the <i>Bodenalm</i> to form the <i>Drahnbach</i>. The latter flows towards <a href="/facts/Scharnitz/8LdYzNHm">Scharnitz</a> and empties into the <a href="/facts/Isar/REsSPE8T">Isar</a> tributary, the Gießenbach. </p> <p>The reservoir at 1,578 m above sea level (AA) near the <i>Rosshütte</i> (called the <i>Kaltwassersee</i> and named after the local area) has a capacity of 66,500 m3 and receives its water from the public mains. In 2015 it was additionally fed between April and August from the <i>Blauer Schrofen</i> spring below the Seefelder Spitze. The additional water from the Kaltwassersee for <a href="/facts/Snowmaking/U2CHJfup">snowmaking</a> was raised in 2009 from 100,000 m3 to 165,000 m3 per year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Climate</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Seefeld (1971–2000)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record high °C (°F)</th><td>14.5(58.1)</td><td>15.2(59.4)</td><td>19.0(66.2)</td><td>21.5(70.7)</td><td>27.0(80.6)</td><td>28.4(83.1)</td><td>32.2(90.0)</td><td>30.3(86.5)</td><td>28.0(82.4)</td><td>23.0(73.4)</td><td>17.9(64.2)</td><td>13.0(55.4)</td><td>32.2(90.0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)</th><td>2.2(36.0)</td><td>3.1(37.6)</td><td>6.3(43.3)</td><td>9.7(49.5)</td><td>15.3(59.5)</td><td>17.5(63.5)</td><td>20.2(68.4)</td><td>19.8(67.6)</td><td>16.4(61.5)</td><td>12.2(54.0)</td><td>5.1(41.2)</td><td>2.3(36.1)</td><td>10.8(51.4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Daily mean °C (°F)</th><td>−3.2(26.2)</td><td>−2.8(27.0)</td><td>0.3(32.5)</td><td>3.7(38.7)</td><td>9.2(48.6)</td><td>11.8(53.2)</td><td>14.3(57.7)</td><td>13.8(56.8)</td><td>10.2(50.4)</td><td>5.9(42.6)</td><td>0.0(32.0)</td><td>−2.5(27.5)</td><td>5.1(41.2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)</th><td>−6.9(19.6)</td><td>−6.7(19.9)</td><td>−3.7(25.3)</td><td>−0.7(30.7)</td><td>3.9(39.0)</td><td>6.7(44.1)</td><td>9.1(48.4)</td><td>9.1(48.4)</td><td>6.0(42.8)</td><td>2.1(35.8)</td><td>−3.3(26.1)</td><td>−6.1(21.0)</td><td>0.8(33.4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record low °C (°F)</th><td>−26.0(−14.8)</td><td>−27.4(−17.3)</td><td>−23.1(−9.6)</td><td>−10.8(12.6)</td><td>−4.5(23.9)</td><td>−1.4(29.5)</td><td>1.0(33.8)</td><td>0.5(32.9)</td><td>−4.8(23.4)</td><td>−7.9(17.8)</td><td>−21.2(−6.2)</td><td>−22.0(−7.6)</td><td>−27.4(−17.3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> mm (inches)</th><td>74.8(2.94)</td><td>77.2(3.04)</td><td>80.6(3.17)</td><td>70.4(2.77)</td><td>97.8(3.85)</td><td>140.6(5.54)</td><td>153.4(6.04)</td><td>141.8(5.58)</td><td>92.8(3.65)</td><td>64.8(2.55)</td><td>85.8(3.38)</td><td>85.3(3.36)</td><td>1,165.3(45.88)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average snowfall cm (inches)</th><td>78.7(31.0)</td><td>72.2(28.4)</td><td>75.0(29.5)</td><td>39.0(15.4)</td><td>2.7(1.1)</td><td>0.4(0.2)</td><td>0.0(0.0)</td><td>0.0(0.0)</td><td>0.1(0.0)</td><td>13.1(5.2)</td><td>62.3(24.5)</td><td>76.3(30.0)</td><td>419.8(165.3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)</th><td>8.7</td><td>8.9</td><td>10.9</td><td>11.4</td><td>12.6</td><td>15.6</td><td>15.0</td><td>14.4</td><td>10.9</td><td>8.5</td><td>10.3</td><td>10.1</td><td>137.3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Relative_humidity/Nwb28VlT">relative humidity</a> (%) (at 14:00)</th><td>63.4</td><td>59.9</td><td>55.9</td><td>54.3</td><td>53.5</td><td>57.5</td><td>56.4</td><td>57.9</td><td>58.3</td><td>58.1</td><td>65.9</td><td>66.3</td><td>59.0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source: <a href="/facts/Central_Institute_for_Meteorology_and_Geodynamics/rYFwlXjB">Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="population">Population</h2> Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±%</th></tr><tr><th>1869</th><td>439</td><td>— </td></tr><tr><th>1880</th><td>448</td><td>+2.1%</td></tr><tr><th>1890</th><td>431</td><td>−3.8%</td></tr><tr><th>1900</th><td>420</td><td>−2.6%</td></tr><tr><th>1910</th><td>468</td><td>+11.4%</td></tr><tr><th>1923</th><td>619</td><td>+32.3%</td></tr><tr><th>1934</th><td>986</td><td>+59.3%</td></tr><tr><th>1939</th><td>1,130</td><td>+14.6%</td></tr><tr><th>1951</th><td>1,790</td><td>+58.4%</td></tr><tr><th>1961</th><td>1,801</td><td>+0.6%</td></tr><tr><th>1971</th><td>2,303</td><td>+27.9%</td></tr><tr><th>1981</th><td>2,476</td><td>+7.5%</td></tr><tr><th>1991</th><td>2,751</td><td>+11.1%</td></tr><tr><th>2001</th><td>3,098</td><td>+12.6%</td></tr><tr><th>2011</th><td>3,161</td><td>+2.0%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="culture-and-sights">Culture and sights</h2> <ul><li>Parish and <a href="/facts/Pilgrimage_church/l8Sfr0Gf">pilgrimage church</a> of St. Oswald<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>Former Augustine monastery west of the church, today a five-star hotel. Founded in 1516 by <a href="/facts/Maximilian_I_(HRR)/4f8SjFsX">Maximilian I</a> as a hostelry</li> <li>Pfarrhof, above and south of the church</li> <li>Lake church of the Holy Cross (Seekirchl) in the west of the village: symbol of Seefeld, built under <a href="/facts/Leopold_V_of_Austria-Tyrol/S4et0M7Q">Archduke Leopold V</a> by Innsbruck's court architect, Christoph Gumpp, in the <a href="/facts/Baroque/9hAsnf9X">baroque</a> style (built 1629–1666), paintings by Josef Anton Puellacher</li> <li>Seefeld's woodland cemetery on the eastern edge of the village with its chapel and monument to those who died on the railway journey from <a href="/facts/Dachau_concentration_camp/4J2trGtn">Dachau concentration camp</a> at the end of April 1945</li> <li>Hermitage and <a href="/facts/Schlossberg_Castle_(Seefeld_in_Tirol)/fNd77598">old ruined castle of Schlossberg</a> north of the village</li> <li>Milestone, originally unengraved, probably Roman. A <a href="/facts/Cross_potent/MyMm014s">cross potent</a> has been inscribed later<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2> <h3>Rail services</h3> <p>Seefeld is on the <a href="/facts/Karwendel_Railway/UzLAYkJx">Karwendel Railway</a> with links to <a href="/facts/Munich/Pr6zw2ev">Munich</a> via <a href="/facts/Garmisch-Partenkirchen/9nH2p2XB">Garmisch-Partenkirchen</a> and <a href="/facts/Innsbruck/KcMtPF7D">Innsbruck</a>. It is also served by <a href="/facts/Tyrol_S-Bahn/E6coY6aT">S-Bahn</a> line 5 from Innsbruck to Scharnitz (to Garmisch-P.). From the start of the winter timetable in 2010, Seefeld station became the highest <a href="/facts/Intercity-Express/TwUF1cHN">Intercity-Express</a> (ICE) stop in Europe. At weekends it is served by two ICE trains in each direction daily (2014 timetable). </p> <h3>Bus services</h3> <p>Three bus routes run by the Tyrol Transport Association stop in Seefeld, as does a long distance bus route (at the Rosshütte bus stop): </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Bus number</th><th>Name</th><th>Route</th></tr><tr><td>4184</td><td>regiobus Tirol</td><td><i>Seefeld/Tirol</i> - Leutasch - Oberleutasch - Buchen</td></tr><tr><td>4186</td><td>regiobus Tirol</td><td><i>Seefeld/Tirol</i> – Gießenbach – <a href="/facts/Scharnitz/8LdYzNHm">Scharnitz</a> – <a href="/facts/Mittenwald/cMgeBaMQ">Mittenwald</a> – <a href="/facts/Leutasch/HqEHNDap">Leutasch</a> – Seefeld/Tirol – <a href="/facts/Reith_bei_Seefeld/VFEKyjer">Reith</a> – Leithen</td></tr><tr><td>8354</td><td>regiobus Tirol</td><td><i>Seefeld/Tirol</i> - Mösern - <a href="/facts/Telfs/4BwPCkPA">Telfs</a></td></tr><tr><td>040</td><td><a href="/facts/Flixbus/s0I6chVm">Flixbus</a></td><td>Innsbruck - Seefeld(Rosshütte) - Garmisch-Parten. - <a href="/facts/ZOB_M%C3%BCnchen/FGeK1KAc">Munich Central Bus Station (Hackerbrücke)</a> - <a href="/facts/Munich_Airport/vwxV1XlE">Munich Airport</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Road transport</h3> <p>The Bundesstraße 177 federal highway (<i>Seefelder Strasse</i>) to the German border is part of the <a href="/facts/International_E-road_network/mWhrAPlu">European route</a> E 533. It runs from <a href="/facts/Zirl/BHnaX9uP">Zirl</a> over the <a href="/facts/Zirler_Berg/0Gd2vHzF">Zirler Berg</a> to <a href="/facts/Scharnitz/8LdYzNHm">Scharnitz</a> and <a href="/facts/Mittenwald/cMgeBaMQ">Mittenwald</a>. Another road link from the <a href="/facts/Inn_valley/0U17qfST">Inn valley</a> runs from <a href="/facts/Telfs/4BwPCkPA">Telfs</a> via Mösern, along the road to <a href="/facts/Leutasch/HqEHNDap">Leutasch</a> and enables Mittenwald to be reached over the <a href="/facts/Scharnitz_Pass/vz8VJVRx">Scharnitz Pass</a>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Innsbruck_Airport/9ojuojgs">Innsbruck Airport</a> lies about 20 km from Seefeld. In winter there are direct flights from e. g. Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt. </p> <h3>Communication and telecommunication</h3> <p>The <a href="/facts/Pilot_project/MlAyYHnP">pilot project</a> by <i>Telesystem Tirol</i> for <a href="/facts/Cable_TV/GzXa4pbW">cable TV</a> was conducted in 1975 by a family firm based in <a href="/facts/Reith_bei_Seefeld/VFEKyjer">Auland</a>. Today about 900 participants in Seefeld and Reith are connected.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> <a href="/facts/DVB-T/oLaP9twt">DVB-T</a> is transmitted by a <a href="/facts/Transmitter/nFYghtKv">transmitter</a> on the Gschwandtkopf. </p><p><a href="/facts/Broadband_access/EMbwSrnK">Broadband access</a> and <a href="/facts/High_Speed_Packet_Access/4S6Mz83J">HSPA</a> is available in the entire permanent settlement of Seefeld at a rate of 42.2 <a href="/facts/Bit_rate/ppUNMmVd">MBit/s</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> It is <a href="/facts/Naked_DSL/5PDc6N3N">naked DSL</a> with <a href="/facts/Symmetric_digital_subscriber_line/7YwchjIc">symmetric bandwidth</a> of up to 20 Mbit/s, <a href="/facts/ADSL/Y5wsglVy">ADSL</a> up to 30 Mbit/s. Broadband internet is also provided over the cable network. Since August 2012 there has been free <a href="/facts/WLAN/ooq0WA45">WLAN</a> access in the pedestrian zone, the spa park, the sport and congress centre, around the Seekirchl and at the <i>Casino Arena</i>, around the <a href="/facts/Ski_jump/GzYlgx9T">ski jumps</a> on the Gschwandtkopf and at several stations in the Rosshütte <a href="/facts/Ski_area/UjGEmc3S">ski area</a>. </p> <h3>Sports facilities</h3> <p>In recent years Seefeld has expanded and renovated its sports facilities and positioned itself as the <a href="/facts/Seefeld_Nordic_Competence_Centre/bNQTSxdj">Nordic Competence Centre</a> (<i>Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum</i>) for the training of national teams and clubs as well as the Stams Skiing Grammar School (<i>Skigymnasium Stams</i>). </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Toni_Seelos_Olympic_Ski_Jump/3L3gXGAn">Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jumps</a> in the <i>Casino Arena</i> on the northwest slopes of the Gschwandtkopf (HS 109 und HS 75)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Biathlon/1EIQHP60">Biathlon</a> stand with 30 firing points</li> <li>279 km of runs for <a href="/facts/Cross-country_skiing/dxBzlgTn">cross-country skiing</a>, 125 km of which is for skating and 154 km for classic cross-country skiing</li> <li><a href="/facts/Asphalt_concrete/TTp7fXA6">Asphalt</a> <a href="/facts/Roller_skiing/Mdlzm61j">roller skiing</a> route with a length of 3.6 km and width of 3 m with variations from 560 m to 4.7 km</li> <li><a href="/facts/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Ski/mbhhq8Xr">FIS</a>-<a href="/facts/Homologation/45849N6T">homologated</a> courses for <a href="/facts/Slalom_skiing/YsU03e5y">slalom</a> and <a href="/facts/Giant_slalom/YWKdkmnd">giant slalom</a> on the Gschwandtkopf <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ski_area/UjGEmc3S">Ski areas</a> of Rosshütte, Gschwandtkopf and Geigenbühel-/Birkenlifte</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ice_rink/HpDNALH3">Ice rinks</a> for skating and <a href="/facts/Bavarian_curling/MFu7gyCM">Bavarian curling</a></li> <li>Two grass areas for <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a>, another is planned</li> <li>WM Halle with 8 indoor <a href="/facts/Tennis_court/wn2E1rtH">tennis courts</a> and 4 outside courts</li> <li>Seefeld Tennis Club with 6 clay courts</li> <li>Golf courses: Seefeld-Reith Golf Club (9 hole, par 70) and Panorama golf course of am Geigenbühel, an 18-hole course in <a href="/facts/Wildmoos_(Telfs)/4Pb5qn1w">Wildmoos (Telfs)</a></li> <li>266 km <a href="/facts/Waymark/BuuxFV6M">waymarked</a> <a href="/facts/Running/h09J9jtb">running</a> and <a href="/facts/Nordic_walking/0YmEoMNW">Nordic walking</a> routes</li> <li>570 km of <a href="/facts/Cycling/XH6EKjAF">cycling</a> and <a href="/facts/Mountain_bike/sAaTvjLr">mountain bike</a> routes</li> <li><a href="/facts/Beach_volleyball/PbtVCJCG">Beach volleyball</a> court</li> <li>Two <a href="/facts/Riding_hall/rxbJ42Rs">riding halls</a> with outdoor riding paddocks</li> <li>Fitness studio</li></ul> <h2 id="economy">Economy</h2> <h3>Tourism</h3> <p>Seefeld is an important centre for <a href="/facts/Cross-country_skiing/dxBzlgTn">cross-country skiing</a>. The Nordic events at both the 1964 and 1976 <a href="/facts/Winter_Olympics/JskTrBDS">Winter Olympics</a> were hosted at Seefeld. Competitions during the <a href="/facts/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_1933/veajFpY8">1933</a>, <a href="/facts/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_1985/HRv8evrk">1985</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_2019/5muAvSKe">2019 FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> also took place here. In both the Winter Olympics and the 1985 World Championships only the normal hill in <a href="/facts/Ski_jumping/GzYlgx9T">ski jumping</a> took place in Seefeld, the large hill took place in <a href="/facts/Innsbruck/KcMtPF7D">Innsbruck</a>) as well as some of the events at the <a href="/facts/2012_Winter_Youth_Olympics/RTLx7Hc9">1st Winter Youth Olympic Games</a> in January 2012. World Cup competitions have been located here a number of times. During the 2019 World Championships, ski jumping took place in Seefeld in Tirol. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Biathlon_World_Championships_1963/Y5djW7tQ">1963 Biathlon World Championships</a> also took place in Seefeld in Tirol.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Alpine_skiing/JpfFIynW">alpine skiing</a> area is small and appropriate for beginners. There are two separate small areas which are not connected except by a ski bus (free of charge) or taxis. The terrain itself is quite good and there is good access to other facilities (walks, shops and the Olympia swimming complex). </p><p>Seefeld is popular with walkers because of its plateau location; there are many attractive walks which don't depend on climbing up and down mountains. However, the walks into the mountains are beautiful too, especially since the <a href="/facts/Karwendel/C4dTLYlg">Karwendel</a> is a huge nature reserve. Recommended walks include down through the Schlossbachklamm to Hochzirl (then the train back), and from the cable car stations down into the Eppzirlertal (if you're fairly fit). There are possibilities for multi-day walks through the Karwendel towards the <a href="/facts/Achensee/W0HNkxmz">Achensee</a>. </p><p>Together with eleven other towns Seefeld is a member of the community <i>Best of the Alps</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anton_Seelos/Uv4dP4Uq">Anton Seelos</a> (1911–2006) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. In the 1930s, Seelos invented the <a href="/facts/Parallel_turn/qRTxWP37">parallel turn</a>. The <a href="/facts/Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze/3L3gXGAn">Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze</a> in Seefeld in Tirol is named after him.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Regina_Sch%C3%B6pf/DWDctejJ">Regina Schöpf</a> (1935–2008) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the <a href="/facts/1956_Winter_Olympics/VsH6Akvx">1956 Winter Olympics</a>. She was born in Seefeld</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan-Carl_Raspe/U4Ce5DLz">Jan-Carl Raspe</a> (1944-1977) was a member of the German militant group the <a href="/facts/Red_Army_Faction/WHjcjFNQ">Red Army Faction</a>. Raspe was born in Seefeld. He co-founded Kommune II in 1967 and joined the <a href="/facts/Red_Army_Faction/WHjcjFNQ">Red Army Faction</a>, also known as the "<a href="/facts/Baader-Meinhof_Gang/WHjcjFNQ">Baader-Meinhof Gang</a>" in 1970</li></ul> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf">1964 Winter Olympics official report.</a> pp. 95–103. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)</li> <li><a href="http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf">1976 Winter Olympics official report.</a> pp. 199–203. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English, French, and German)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p> Media related to Seefeld in Tirol at Wikimedia Commons </p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.seefeld.com/en">Official Homepage</a> of <a href="/facts/Olympiaregion_Seefeld/GYldKRq5">Olympiaregion Seefeld</a> (in English)</li> <li><a href="http://www.seefeld.com/region-tirol-service/wetter-webcam">Webcams in Seefeld</a> (in English)</li> <li><a href="http://www.travel2austria.com/?Tirol:Seefeld_in_Tirol">Pictures of Seefeld</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Josef Hornsteiner: Letzte Chance für den Wildsee? at the Wayback Machine (archived February 4, 2014), plateauzeitung.at dated 4 February 2014. Archived from original on 17 April 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140204125246/http://plateauzeitung.at/letzte-chance-fuer-den-wildsee/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140204125246/http://plateauzeitung.at/letzte-chance-fuer-den-wildsee/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Heilquelle T20956563R3/QU70351005 Archived 2018-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Teilauszug aus dem Wasserbuch Tirol. <a href="https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20956563R3&TYPE=O" target="_blank">https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20956563R3&TYPE=O</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Kurzgutachten - ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss Archived 2013-07-24(Timestamp length) at archive.today, Bezirksgericht Innsbruck, 811 20 E 84/12k. Retrieved 24 July 2013. <a href="http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/01fdd4ddd84d1727c1257b9c0029018a!OpenDocument" target="_blank">http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/01fdd4ddd84d1727c1257b9c0029018a!OpenDocument</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Mag. Helmut Pintarelli: Gutachten zum Verkehrswert, ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss (Geschäftszahl: 20 E 84/12k) vom 13 December 2012, pp. 12 ff. (PDF[permanent dead link], 228 KB) <a href="http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/8bfb498fc37ee00cc1257b9c002901c1/$file/HotelSchneeweissGreenstat.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/8bfb498fc37ee00cc1257b9c002901c1/$file/HotelSchneeweissGreenstat.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Speicherteich Beck.Nr.1) T20542888R3 Archived 2016-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, 3/4 Kleinwasserkraftanlage "Triendlsäge" T20542844R3 Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine extracts from the Wasserbuch Tirol. <a href="https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542888R3&TYPE=O" target="_blank">https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542888R3&TYPE=O</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>3/3108 Beschneiungsanlage "Roßhütte - Härmelekopf - Reitherjochalm" T20608870R3 Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Teilauszug aus dem Wasserbuch Tirol. <a href="https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20608902R3&TYPEO" target="_blank">https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20608902R3&TYPEO</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Tirol-Seefeld" (in German). Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Zur Geschichte der Seefelder Hostienlegende | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/799544452" target="_blank">https://www.worldcat.org/title/799544452</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"De qvantitate Hostiae contra errorem Osuudaldi, liber in quo historia Seefeldica de admirabili Sacramento explicatur | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/56707551" target="_blank">https://www.worldcat.org/title/56707551</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Waibel, Aloys Adalbert (1834). Oswald Mülser von Schloßberg: eine Geschichte aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhunderte; für Alle, vorzüglich für die reifere Jugend (in German). Rieger. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eX5kAAAAcAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=eX5kAAAAcAAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Dehio Tirol 1980, pp. 719–723 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dehio_Tirol_1980&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">/w/index.php?title=Dehio_Tirol_1980&action=edit&redlink=1</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Die Kabelanlage at kabelseefeld.at. Retrieved 26 April 2014. <a href="http://www.kabelseefeld.at/ueberuns/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.kabelseefeld.at/ueberuns/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Breitband-Masterplan für Tirol Archived 2014-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Abteilung Wirtschaft und Arbeit, 2012 (pdf) <a href="https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/downloads/Breitband-Masterplan_fuer_Tirol.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/downloads/Breitband-Masterplan_fuer_Tirol.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Homologations: Seefeld (AUT) auf fis-ski.com <a href="http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/homologations.html?place=Seefeld&discipline=&nat=&gender=&homid=186&type=DET§or=" target="_blank">http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/homologations.html?place=Seefeld&discipline=&nat=&gender=&homid=186&type=DET§or=</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"World Champs in Seefeld 1985". Cross Country Canada. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2019. <a href="http://www.cccski.com/About/History/FIS-History/World-Champs-in-Seefeld-1985-%281%29.aspx#.XSRIw-gzbIU" target="_blank">http://www.cccski.com/About/History/FIS-History/World-Champs-in-Seefeld-1985-%281%29.aspx#.XSRIw-gzbIU</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Bramberger Tourismusschüler waren bei der nordischen Ski-WM live dabei" (in German). Salzburg Tourism Schools. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019. <a href="https://ts-bramberg.at/2019/03/03/nordische_schiwm_seefeld/" target="_blank">https://ts-bramberg.at/2019/03/03/nordische_schiwm_seefeld/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Feb/Mär 2019 in Seefeld" (in German). Tiroler Skiferband. Retrieved 9 July 2019. <a href="https://www.tirolerskiverband.at/fuer-eilige/nordische-ski-wm-seefeld-2019/" target="_blank">https://www.tirolerskiverband.at/fuer-eilige/nordische-ski-wm-seefeld-2019/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Seefeld member page on Best of the Alps <a href="http://www.bestofthealps.com/en/d/seefeld/" target="_blank">http://www.bestofthealps.com/en/d/seefeld/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>