Seefeld in Tirol

To the northwest Seefeld borders on Leutasch (village of Weidach), to the northeast on Scharnitz (village of Gießenbach). Its eastern municipal boundary with Zirl runs along the arête from the Seefelder Joch and Seefelder Spitze. To the south lies Reith (village of Auland) and to the west Telfs (village of Mösern).

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| CENTER = Seefeld in Tirol

| NORTHWEST = Ulm
150 km

| NORTH = Augsburg
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| NORTHEAST = Munich
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| WEST = Bregenz
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| EAST = Salzburg
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| SOUTHWEST = St. Moritz
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| SOUTH = Bozen
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| SOUTHEAST = Innsbruck
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The village is situated on the south-facing Seefeld Plateau north of the River Inn on the watershed between the basins of the Inn and the Isar. The plateau (which also comprises the villages of Leutasch, Reith, Scharnitz and Mösern) is surrounded by the Wetterstein mountain range to the west, and the Karwendel 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 Scharnitz towards the border with Germany at Mittenwald.

File:Seefeld in Tirol Austria from ESE on 2014-10-18.png as seen from east-south-east with Seefeld in the foreground.]]

Seefeld has two main mountain areas (for walking or skiing): one is the rounded hill, the Gschwandtkopf (1,495 m); the other is on the slopes of the mountains to the east and called the Rosshütte after the large mountain restaurant halfway up. These mountains dominate the Seefeld Plateau; from left/north to right/south, they are the Seefelder Joch, Seefelder Spitze (2,215 m), Härmelekopf (2,224 m) and Reither Spitze (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 Wildsee.

File:Wildsee Seefeld 01.jpg. Behind: the Kalkkögel]]

On the east side of the Seefelder Joch rise the tributaries of the Haglbach, which flows west through the valley of Hermannstal, then swings south on reaching the plateau to run along the municipal boundary and feed the Wildsee. The Wildsee is threatened by sediment deposition from the Haglbach. In future it is planned to excavate a reservoir east of Innsbrucker Straße to collect these sediments.Josef Hornsteiner: {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204125246/http://plateauzeitung.at/letzte-chance-fuer-den-wildsee/ |date=February 4, 2014 |title=Letzte Chance für den Wildsee? }}, plateauzeitung.at dated 4 February 2014. Archived from [http://plateauzeitung.at/letzte-chance-fuer-den-wildsee/ original] on 17 April 2014. 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 Mühlbach by Peter Anich in 1762.

The Raabach has its source in the southeast near the Mösern Mähder and was once impounded to form a reservoir that gave the church of Seekirchl its name. Below the Schlossberg, near the Seebach, is a radon-containing spring,[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20956563R3&TYPE=O Heilquelle T20956563R3/QU70351005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102000846/http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20956563R3&TYPE=O|date=2018-11-02}}, Teilauszug aus dem Wasserbuch Tirol. that, under the name of the Franz Josef Spring,[http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/01fdd4ddd84d1727c1257b9c0029018a!OpenDocument Kurzgutachten - ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130724/http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/01fdd4ddd84d1727c1257b9c0029018a!OpenDocument |date=2013-07-24 }}, Bezirksgericht Innsbruck, 811 20 E 84/12k. Retrieved 24 July 2013. was mentioned in 1900 for the first time in the Directory of Spas of the Imperial-Royal Province of Tyrol and Vorarlberg (Verzeichnis der Kurorte und Bäder der K.K. Statthalterei für Tirol und Vorarlberg) and used until 1984 as a health spring.Mag. Helmut Pintarelli: Gutachten zum Verkehrswert, ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss (Geschäftszahl: 20 E 84/12k) vom 13 December 2012, pp. 12 ff. ([http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/8bfb498fc37ee00cc1257b9c002901c1/$file/HotelSchneeweissGreenstat.pdf PDF]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 228 KB) Its radon content of

117 becquerels per litre is rather low (the limit for drinking water is 1,000 Bq/L).

The Klammbach originates at the Wildmoosalm below the lake of Wildmoossee 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 hydropower station generating 45 kW[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542888R3&TYPE=O Speicherteich Beck.Nr.1) T20542888R3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426045618/https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542888R3&TYPE=O|date=2016-04-26}}, [http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542844R3&TYPE=O 3/4 Kleinwasserkraftanlage "Triendlsäge" T20542844R3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223453/https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542844R3&TYPE=O|date=2016-03-05}} extracts from the Wasserbuch Tirol.) and merges with the Seebach by the Lehenwald woods in front of the Bodenalm to form the Drahnbach. The latter flows towards Scharnitz and empties into the Isar tributary, the Gießenbach.

File:Kaltwassersee Tyrol.JPG

The reservoir at {{Höhe|1578|AT|}} near the Rosshütte (called the Kaltwassersee 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 Blauer Schrofen spring below the Seefelder Spitze. The additional water from the Kaltwassersee for snowmaking was raised in 2009 from 100,000 m³ to 165,000 m³ per year.[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20608902R3&TYPEO 3/3108 Beschneiungsanlage "Roßhütte - Härmelekopf - Reitherjochalm" T20608870R3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306013306/https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20608902R3&TYPEO |date=2016-03-06 }}, Teilauszug aus dem Wasserbuch Tirol.

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{{Weather box

|location = Seefeld (1971–2000)

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan record high C = 14.5

|Feb record high C = 15.2

|Mar record high C = 19.0

|Apr record high C = 21.5

|May record high C = 27.0

|Jun record high C = 28.4

|Jul record high C = 32.2

|Aug record high C = 30.3

|Sep record high C = 28.0

|Oct record high C = 23.0

|Nov record high C = 17.9

|Dec record high C = 13.0

|year record high C = 32.2

|Jan high C = 2.2

|Feb high C = 3.1

|Mar high C = 6.3

|Apr high C = 9.7

|May high C = 15.3

|Jun high C = 17.5

|Jul high C = 20.2

|Aug high C = 19.8

|Sep high C = 16.4

|Oct high C = 12.2

|Nov high C = 5.1

|Dec high C = 2.3

|year high C = 10.8

|Jan mean C = -3.2

|Feb mean C = -2.8

|Mar mean C = 0.3

|Apr mean C = 3.7

|May mean C = 9.2

|Jun mean C = 11.8

|Jul mean C = 14.3

|Aug mean C = 13.8

|Sep mean C = 10.2

|Oct mean C = 5.9

|Nov mean C = 0.0

|Dec mean C = -2.5

|year mean C = 5.1

|Jan low C = -6.9

|Feb low C = -6.7

|Mar low C = -3.7

|Apr low C = -0.7

|May low C = 3.9

|Jun low C = 6.7

|Jul low C = 9.1

|Aug low C = 9.1

|Sep low C = 6.0

|Oct low C = 2.1

|Nov low C = -3.3

|Dec low C = -6.1

|year low C = 0.8

|Jan record low C = -26.0

|Feb record low C = -27.4

|Mar record low C = -23.1

|Apr record low C = -10.8

|May record low C = -4.5

|Jun record low C = -1.4

|Jul record low C = 1.0

|Aug record low C = 0.5

|Sep record low C = -4.8

|Oct record low C = -7.9

|Nov record low C = -21.2

|Dec record low C = -22.0

|year record low C = -27.4

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 74.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 77.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 80.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 70.4

|May precipitation mm = 97.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 140.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 153.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 141.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 92.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 64.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 85.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 85.3

|year precipitation mm = 1165.3

|Jan snow cm = 78.7

|Feb snow cm = 72.2

|Mar snow cm = 75.0

|Apr snow cm = 39.0

|May snow cm = 2.7

|Jun snow cm = 0.4

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.1

|Oct snow cm = 13.1

|Nov snow cm = 62.3

|Dec snow cm = 76.3

|year snow cm = 419.8

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.7

|Feb precipitation days = 8.9

|Mar precipitation days = 10.9

|Apr precipitation days = 11.4

|May precipitation days = 12.6

|Jun precipitation days = 15.6

|Jul precipitation days = 15.0

|Aug precipitation days = 14.4

|Sep precipitation days = 10.9

|Oct precipitation days = 8.5

|Nov precipitation days = 10.3

|Dec precipitation days = 10.1

|year precipitation days = 137.3

|time day = 14:00

|Jan humidity = 63.4

|Feb humidity = 59.9

|Mar humidity = 55.9

|Apr humidity = 54.3

|May humidity = 53.5

|Jun humidity = 57.5

|Jul humidity = 56.4

|Aug humidity = 57.9

|Sep humidity = 58.3

|Oct humidity = 58.1

|Nov humidity = 65.9

|Dec humidity = 66.3

|year humidity = 59.0

|source 1 = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm

| archive-date = 12 October 2019

| url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm

| title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Tirol-Seefeld

| language = de

| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

| access-date = 3 November 2019}}

}}

{{Historical populations

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|1869|439

|1880|448

|1890|431

|1900|420

|1910|468

|1923|619

|1934|986

|1939|1130

|1951|1790

|1961|1801

|1971|2303

|1981|2476

|1991|2751

|2001|3098

|2011|3161

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File:Seefeld St Oswald innen 01.jpgs in St. Oswald]]

• Parish and pilgrimage church of St. Oswald{{Cite web |title=Zur Geschichte der Seefelder Hostienlegende {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/799544452 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=De qvantitate Hostiae contra errorem Osuudaldi, liber in quo historia Seefeldica de admirabili Sacramento explicatur {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/56707551 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Waibel |first=Aloys Adalbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eX5kAAAAcAAJ |title=Oswald Mülser von Schloßberg: eine Geschichte aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhunderte; für Alle, vorzüglich für die reifere Jugend |date=1834 |publisher=Rieger |language=de}}
• Former Augustine monastery west of the church, today a five-star hotel. Founded in 1516 by Maximilian I as a hostelry
• Pfarrhof, above and south of the church
• Lake church of the Holy Cross (Seekirchl) in the west of the village: symbol of Seefeld, built under Archduke Leopold V by Innsbruck's court architect, Christoph Gumpp, in the baroque style (built 1629–1666), paintings by Josef Anton Puellacher
• 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 Dachau concentration camp at the end of April 1945
• Hermitage and old ruined castle of Schlossberg north of the village
• Milestone, originally unengraved, probably Roman. A cross potent has been inscribed laterDehio Tirol 1980, pp. 719–723

File:Seefeld Bahnhof 2012 04 01.jpg

File:DRG 41018 02 18122011.jpg in Seefeld]]

Seefeld is on the Karwendel Railway with links to Munich via Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck. It is also served by S-Bahn line 5 from Innsbruck to Scharnitz (to Garmisch-P.). From the start of the winter timetable in 2010, Seefeld station became the highest Intercity-Express (ICE) stop in Europe. At weekends it is served by two ICE trains in each direction daily (2014 timetable).

Three bus routes run by the Tyrol Transport Association stop in Seefeld, as does a long distance bus route (at the Rosshütte bus stop):

The Bundesstraße 177 federal highway (Seefelder Strasse) to the German border is part of the European route E 533. It runs from

Zirl over the Zirler Berg to Scharnitz and Mittenwald. Another road link from the Inn valley runs from Telfs via Mösern, along the road to Leutasch and enables Mittenwald to be reached over the Scharnitz Pass.

Innsbruck Airport lies about 20 km from Seefeld. In winter there are direct flights from e. g. Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt.

The pilot project by Telesystem Tirol for cable TV was conducted in 1975 by a family firm based in Auland. Today about 900 participants in Seefeld and Reith are connected.[http://www.kabelseefeld.at/ueberuns/index.html Die Kabelanlage] at kabelseefeld.at. Retrieved 26 April 2014. DVB-T is transmitted by a transmitter on the Gschwandtkopf.

Broadband access and HSPA is available in the entire permanent settlement of Seefeld at a rate of 42.2 MBit/s.[https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/downloads/Breitband-Masterplan_fuer_Tirol.pdf Breitband-Masterplan für Tirol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215200/https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/downloads/Breitband-Masterplan_fuer_Tirol.pdf |date=2014-04-26 }}, Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Abteilung Wirtschaft und Arbeit, 2012 (pdf) It is naked DSL with symmetric bandwidth of up to 20 Mbit/s, ADSL up to 30 Mbit/s. Broadband internet is also provided over the cable network. Since August 2012 there has been free WLAN access in the pedestrian zone, the spa park, the sport and congress centre, around the Seekirchl and at the Casino Arena, around the ski jumps on the Gschwandtkopf and at several stations in the Rosshütte ski area.

File:Seefeld Seelos Schanzen.jpg]]

In recent years Seefeld has expanded and renovated its sports facilities and positioned itself as the Nordic Competence Centre (Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum) for the training of national teams and clubs as well as the Stams Skiing Grammar School (Skigymnasium Stams).

• Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jumps in the Casino Arena on the northwest slopes of the Gschwandtkopf (HS 109 und HS 75)
• Biathlon stand with 30 firing points
• 279 km of runs for cross-country skiing, 125 km of which is for skating and 154 km for classic cross-country skiing
• Asphalt roller skiing route with a length of 3.6 km and width of 3 m with variations from 560 m to 4.7 km
• FIS-homologated courses for slalom and giant slalom on the Gschwandtkopf [http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/homologations.html?place=Seefeld&discipline=&nat=&gender=&homid=186&type=DET§or= Homologations: Seefeld (AUT)] auf fis-ski.com
• Ski areas of Rosshütte, Gschwandtkopf and Geigenbühel-/Birkenlifte
• Ice rinks for skating and Bavarian curling
• Two grass areas for football, another is planned
• WM Halle with 8 indoor tennis courts and 4 outside courts
• Seefeld Tennis Club with 6 clay courts
• Golf courses: Seefeld-Reith Golf Club (9 hole, par 70) and Panorama golf course of am Geigenbühel, an 18-hole course in Wildmoos (Telfs)
• 266 km waymarked running and Nordic walking routes
• 570 km of cycling and mountain bike routes
• Beach volleyball court
• Two riding halls with outdoor riding paddocks
• Fitness studio

File:20180126 FIS NC WC Seefeld Seefeld 2019 850 9846.jpg]]

Seefeld is an important centre for cross-country skiing. The Nordic events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics were hosted at Seefeld. Competitions during the 1933, 1985{{cite web|url=http://www.cccski.com/About/History/FIS-History/World-Champs-in-Seefeld-1985-%281%29.aspx#.XSRIw-gzbIU|title=World Champs in Seefeld 1985|publisher=Cross Country Canada|language=en|date=10 February 2010|access-date=9 July 2019}} and 2019 FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships{{cite web|url=https://ts-bramberg.at/2019/03/03/nordische_schiwm_seefeld/|title=Bramberger Tourismusschüler waren bei der nordischen Ski-WM live dabei|date=3 March 2019 |publisher=Salzburg Tourism Schools|language=de|access-date=9 July 2019}} also took place here. In both the Winter Olympics and the 1985 World Championships only the normal hill in ski jumping took place in Seefeld, the large hill took place in Innsbruck) as well as some of the events at the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games 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.

The 1963 Biathlon World Championships also took place in Seefeld in Tirol.{{cite web|url=https://www.tirolerskiverband.at/fuer-eilige/nordische-ski-wm-seefeld-2019/|title=FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Feb/Mär 2019 in Seefeld|publisher=Tiroler Skiferband|language=de|access-date=9 July 2019}}

The alpine skiing 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).

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 Karwendel 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 Achensee.

Together with eleven other towns Seefeld is a member of the community Best of the Alps.[http://www.bestofthealps.com/en/d/seefeld/ Seefeld member page on Best of the Alps]

• Anton Seelos (1911–2006) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. In the 1930s, Seelos invented the parallel turn. The Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze in Seefeld in Tirol is named after him.
• Regina Schöpf (1935–2008) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. She was born in Seefeld
• Jan-Carl Raspe (1944-1977) was a member of the German militant group the Red Army Faction. Raspe was born in Seefeld. He co-founded Kommune II in 1967 and joined the Red Army Faction, also known as the "Baader-Meinhof Gang" in 1970

File:InntalMieming03.jpg|View from the Seefelder Joch

File:Seefeld St Oswald Widum 01.jpg|Sankt Oswald parish church

File:Seefeld 1.JPG|Heilig Kreuz church

File:Seefeld 7.JPG|Main square of the old town

File:From the minigolf, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|Panorama of Seefeld with the Alps in the background

File:At the minigolf, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|Mini golf in Seefeld

File:From Rosshütte, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|The Alps from Rosshütte ski area, Seefeld

File:Bergbahnen Rosshütte, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|The funicular to the Rosshütte ski area

File:Colours of Kaltwassersee, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|Colours of lake Kaltwassersee, Seefeld

File:From Wildsee, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|The Alps from Wildsee lake

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf 1964 Winter Olympics official report.] pp. 95–103. Accessed 30 October 2010. {{in lang|de}}
• [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf 1976 Winter Olympics official report.] pp. 199–203. Accessed 10 November 2010. {{in lang|en|fr|de}}

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