Brixental

Geschichte

The Brixental is a southeastern side valley of the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley in Austria with a length of about 30 km . Near Wörgl the Brixental and Inn valleys meet. The Brixental had belonged to Salzburg since 1312 and first joined Tyrol in 1816 when the new European order came into being.The valley lies in the Kitzbühel Alps and its main river of the valley is the Brixentaler Ache. Behind a gentle mountain saddle near Brixen im Thale it reaches the ski resort of Kitzbühel, which is also the district capital and lies on the federal road to Salzburg. Since 1875 the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway has also followed the course of the valley.The landscape of the Brixental is characterised by smooth, mainly wooded mountains. Two peaks almost reach 2,000 metres in height: the Hohe Salve, visible from a long way off, and the Gampenkogel .The main settlement is Hopfgarten im Brixental, where the valley changes direction by 70°. Other large villages are not found until the upper reaches because, there, the valley floor is wider : Brixen im Thale, where several headstreams unite, and especially Kirchberg in Tirol, where the Spertental joins the Brixental not far from Kitzbühel.