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32-590: Area of the district is 1,163.06 km, population was 61,966 (January 1, 2012), and population density 53 persons per km. Administrative center of the district is Kitzbühel . The district is divided into 20 municipalities , one of them is a town , and three of them are market towns . (population numbers January 1, 2012) 47°30′N 12°24′E  /  47.5°N 12.4°E  / 47.5; 12.4 Kitzb%C3%BChel Kitzbühel ( German: [ˈkɪtsbyːl] , also: [ˈkɪtsbyːəl] ; Bavarian: [ˈkxɪtsb̥ɪxɪ] )

64-608: A Bavarian dominion as a result of the marriage until Louis' death). After the Peace of Schärding (1369) Kitzbühel was returned to Bavaria. Following the division of Bavaria, Kufstein went to the Landshut line of the House of Wittelsbach . During this time, silver and copper mining in Kitzbühel expanded steadily and comprehensive mining rights were issued to her that, later, were to become significant to

96-528: A British diplomat and spy, with his wife, the novelist Phyllis Bottome , started the Tennerhof school in Kitzbühel. Based on the teaching of languages, the school was intended to be a community and an educational laboratory to determine how psychology (specifically the theories of Alfred Adler ) and educational theory could cure the ills of nations. Among the pupils were the future authors Ralph Arnold , Nigel Dennis , Ian Fleming and Cyril Connolly . Kitzbühel

128-452: A lift. From 2011 there will be no stationmaster at Kitzbühel and it will no longer be possible to buy tickets at the counter. Kitzbühel is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Kitzbühel at Wikimedia Commons Louis II, Duke of Bavaria Louis the Strict ( German : Ludwig der Strenge ) (13 April 1229 – 2 February 1294) was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of

160-559: Is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol , Austria , about 100 km (62 mi) east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district ( Bezirk ). Kitzbühel is one of the most famous and exclusive ski resorts in the world. It is frequented primarily by the international high society and has

192-516: Is mainly car-free and hosts a large selection of luxury shops , cafés and fine dining restaurants. The first known settlers were Illyrians mining copper in the hills around Kitzbühel between 1100 and 800 BC. Around 15 BC, the Romans under Emperor Augustus extended their empire to include the Alps and established the province of Noricum . After the fall of the western Roman Empire, Bavarii settled in

224-486: Is one of Europe’s best-known winter sports resorts, situated between the mountains Hahnenkamm ( elev. 1,712 m (5,617 ft)) adjacent to the southwest and Kitzbühler Horn (1,996 m (6,549 ft)) to the northeast. The Hahnenkamm hosts the annual World Cup ski races , including the circuit's most notable event, the Hahnenkamm Races on the notable Streif slope. Introduced 87 years ago in 1937,

256-522: Is shown in the list to the right. In the 1950s, local legends like Ernst Hinterseer , Hias Leitner , Anderl Molterer , Christian Pravda , Fritz Huber Jr. and Toni Sailer wrote skiing history. They put Kitzbühel on the map and their names still resonate today. Now there is a new generation earning the title of Kitzbühel legends: Rosi Schipflinger, Axel Naglich, Kaspar Frauenschuh, and David Kreiner . Along with sporting achievements, fashion, and food, they are part of Kitzbühel's unique culture: Kitzbühel

288-417: Is the relatively new 3S Cable Car , the cable car with the highest above-ground span in the world. In summer there are 120 km (75 mi) of mountain bike paths and 500 km (311 mi) of hiking trails. Other attractions include six tennis courts and four golf courses, the Kitzbühel swimming pool, Austria's only curling hall and the bathing lake of Schwarzsee . Kitzbühel primarily caters for

320-504: The Bamberg monastery in Kicemgespuchel and, in the 1271 document elevating the settlement to the status of a town, the place is called Chizzingenspuehel . Kitzbühel became part of Upper Bavaria in 1255 when Bavaria was first partitioned. Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria granted Kitzbühel town rights on 6 June 1271, and it was fortified with defensive town walls. During the next centuries

352-637: The Habsburg Rudolph I against Ottokar II in 1273. On 26 August 1278, the armies of Rudolph and Louis met Ottokar's forces on the banks of the River March in the Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen where Ottokar was defeated and killed. In 1289, the electoral dignity of Bavaria passed to Bohemia again, but Louis remained an elector as Count Palatine of the Rhine. After Rudolph's death in 1291, Louis could not enforce

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384-764: The Wittelsbach country was divided in 1255 among Otto's sons, Louis received the Palatinate and Upper Bavaria , while his brother duke Henry XIII of Bavaria received Lower Bavaria . This partition was against the law and therefore caused the anger of the bishops in Bavaria who later allied themselves with king Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1257. During the German interregnum , after King William's death in 1256, Louis supported King Richard of Cornwall . In August 1257 King Ottokar finally invaded Bavaria, but Louis and Henry managed to repulse

416-523: The compromise of 1867 ), head of the district of the same name, one of the 21 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the Tyrol province. When Emperor Franz Joseph finally resolved the confusing constitutional situation, and following completion of the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway in 1875, the town's trade and industry flourished. In 1894, Kitzbühel hosted its first ski race, ushering in a new era of tourism and sport. In 1924 Alban Ernan Forbes Dennis,

448-633: The pistes and ski lifts in neighbouring Kirchberg in Tirol , Jochberg and by the Thurn Pass Kitzbühel is one of the largest ski regions in Austria. With around 10,000 hotel and guest house beds, Kitzbühel and its neighbours have an unusually high density of guest accommodation. Holidaymakers in Kitzbühel have 56 cableway and lift facilities and 168 kilometres of slopes available to them, as well as 40 kilometres of groomed cross-country skiing tracks. Of note

480-627: The 18th and 19th century bypassed the town, even though its inhabitants participated in the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon . Following the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805, Kitzbühel once more became part of Bavaria; it was reunited with Tyrol after the fall of Napoleon at the Congress of Vienna . Until 1918, the town (named Kitzbichl before 1895) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after

512-711: The 19th century, so that these towns had a special legal status within Tyrol. Maximilian enfeoffed Kitzbühel, with the result that it came under the rule of the Counts of Lamberg at the end of the 16th century, until 1 May 1840, when Kitzbühel was ceremonially transferred to the state. An inscription in the Swedish Chapel dating to the Swedish War states "Bis hierher und nicht weiter kamen die schwedischen Reiter" ("The Swedish knights came as far as here but no further"). The wars of

544-597: The Bavarian dukedom. On 30 June 1504 Kitzbühel became a part of Tyrol permanently: the Emperor Maximilian reserved to himself the hitherto Landshut offices ( Ämter ) of Kitzbühel, Kufstein and Rattenberg as a part of his Cologne Arbitration ( Kölner Schiedsspruch ), that had ended the Landshut War of Succession . However, the law of Louis of Bavaria continued to apply to the three aforementioned places until

576-470: The Cistercian friary Fürstenfeld Abbey (Fürstenfeldbruck) near Munich. Different sources tell varying tales about how this happened: In 1256, Louis had been away from home for an extended time due to his responsibilities as a sovereign in the area of the Rhine. His wife wrote two letters, one to her husband, and another to the count of Kyburg at Hunsrück, a vassal of Louis. Details about the actual content of

608-505: The Kitzbühel region around 800 and started clearing forests. In the 12th century, the name Chizbuhel is mentioned for the first time in a document belonging to the Chiemsee monastery (where it refers to a "Marquard von Chizbuhel"), whereby Chizzo relates to a Bavarian clan and Bühel refers to the location of a settlement upon a hill. One hundred years later a source refers to the Vogtei of

640-578: The Rhine from 1253. He is known as Louis II or Louis VI following an alternative numbering. Born in Heidelberg , he was a son of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of the Palatinate . In 1246, the young Louis supported his brother-in-law King Conrad IV of Germany against the usurpation of Heinrich Raspe . In 1251, Louis was at war again against the bishop of Regensburg . Louis succeeded his father Otto as Duke of Bavaria in 1253. When

672-520: The attack. It was one of the rare concerted and harmonious actions of the two brothers, who often argued. The main residences of Louis were at Alter Hof located at the very north-eastern part of Munich and Heidelberg Castle . As one of the Prince-electors of the empire, he was strongly involved in the royal elections for forty years. Together with his brother, Louis also aided his young Hohenstaufen nephew Conradin in his duchy of Swabia , but it

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704-582: The election of his Habsburg brother-in-law Albert I against Adolf of Nassau . Louis died at Heidelberg on 2 February 1294. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Rudolf I who had Adolf of Nassau as his father-in-law a few months later. Louis was buried in the crypt of Fürstenfeld Abbey . Louis II was married three times. He had his first wife, Maria of Brabant —a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen —beheaded in 1256, on suspicion of adultery. Any actual guilt on her part could never be validated. As expiation, Louis founded

736-498: The high end of the tourist market, as many celebrities and the jet set come here, especially during the international races on the Hahnenkamm. Together with eleven other towns Kitzbühel is a member of the community Best of the Alps . KitzSki, Kitzbühel's main ski lift operator, has managed to defend the title of “World's Best Ski Resort Company” for the seventh time in a row at the 2020 World Ski Awards. An International Polkafest

768-551: The local Schwarzsee lake. The Kitzbüheler Alpenrallye is an annual festival of historic automobiles, first held 36 years ago in 1988. The first trip of the United Buddy Bears was 2004 to Kitzbühel, following by the first trip into the "big wide world" – when they went to Hong Kong and many other metropolises on all five continents. Since 2003, Kitzbühel has been hosting an annual Snow Polo event in January. Together with

800-616: The messenger who brought him the wrong letter; then upon entering his castle, stabbed his own castellan and a court lady and threw his wife's maid from the battlements, before he murdered his wife either by stabbing her or cutting off her head. Several more restrained chronicles support the account of Marie's execution on 18 January 1256 at Mangoldstein Castle in Donauwörth by ducal decree for alleged adultery, but nothing beyond that. Louis married his second wife, Anna of Glogau , in 1260. They had

832-1058: The most expensive real estate in Austria. The proximity to Munich has made it a preferred location for vacation homes among the German elite . Kitzbühel is situated in the Kitzbühel Alps between Zell am See and Innsbruck . It lies in the Leukental valley on the Kitzbüheler Ache river. The town is subdivided into the municipalities of Am Horn, Aschbachbichl, Badhaussiedlung, Bichlach, Ecking, Felseneck, Griesenau, Griesenauweg, Gundhabing, Hagstein, Hausstatt, Henntal, Jodlfeld, Kaps, Mühlau, Obernau, Schattberg, Seereith, Siedlung Frieden, Am Sonnberg, Sonnenhoffeld, Staudach, Stockerdörfl and Zephirau. The neighbouring municipalities are Aurach bei Kitzbühel , Jochberg , Kirchberg in Tirol , Oberndorf in Tirol , Reith bei Kitzbühel , St. Johann in Tirol and Fieberbrunn . Kitzbühel's historic centre

864-530: The northeast-facing Streif is among the world's toughest downhill courses, if not the most, and is infamous for an abundance of spectacular crashes. In 1959 the Austrian Alpine Ski Championships took place from 27 February to 1 March. Each summer Kitzbühel also hosts an ATP tennis tournament on clay , the Austrian Open . From 2007 to 2011, ITU Triathlon World Cup races took place at

896-504: The second letter vary, but according to the chroniclers, the messenger who carried the letter to Louis had been given the wrong one, and Louis came to the conclusion that his wife had a secret love affair. Over time a great many tales of folklore sprang up around Louis' deed, most of them written long after his death: Ballad-mongers embellished the tale into a murderous frenzy during which Louis allegedly not only killed his wife after having ridden home for five days and nights, but also stabbed

928-579: The town established itself as a market town, growing steadily and remaining unaffected by war and conflict. The town walls were eventually reduced to the level of a single storey building, and the stone used to build residential housing. When Countess Margarete of Tyrol married the Bavarian , Duke Louis V the Brandenburger , in 1342, Kitzbühel was temporarily united with the County of Tyrol (that in turn became

960-815: Was held in Kitzbühel in 1978. Road: The Brixental Road , the B170, from Wörgl intersects in Kitzbühel with the Thurn Pass Road, the B161, from Mittersill to St. Johann in Tirol . Kitzbühel station is a major bus stop for buses to Lienz and Wörgl. Rail: Kitzbühel Hauptbahnhof, Kitzbühel Hahnenkamm and Kitzbühel Schwarzsee are stops on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway . Whilst Hahnenkamm and Schwarzsee stations are served by local trains only, long-distance services from Innsbruck and Graz stop at Kitzbühel station . Kitzbühel station has just been rebuilt (2010) and been equipped with new barrier-less platforms with underpasses and

992-602: Was not possible to enforce Conradin's election as German king. As a result of his support for the Hohenstaufen, Louis was excommunicated by the pope in 1266. In 1267 when his nephew crossed the Alps with an army, Louis accompanied Conradin only to Verona . After the young prince's execution in Naples in 1268, Louis inherited some of Conradin's possessions in Swabia and supported the election of

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1024-620: Was the town to host the remenants of the Nazi made Serbian collaborationist government the Government of National Salvation from 1944 to the end of the war. Kitzbühel also had the good fortune to remain undamaged from the ravages of the First and Second World Wars . Since the year 2000 the town has been a member of the Climate Alliance of Tyrol . The town's demographic evolution between 1869 and 2017

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