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enhancing the town’s prosperity of Kaisergebirge, Karwen- member of an artistic family
and reputation. The local cross- delgebirge and Dachstein, you that settled in Reutte in the
country skiing trails are the can see the snow-covered 17th and 18th centuries – they
longest in the Alps, measuring peaks of the High Tauern. To the once lived at No. 1 Zeiller Platz.
some 250 km (155 miles). east, there are the Arlberg The 15th-century convent
At the centre of Seefeld stands mountains with Silvretta and church of St Anna features
the huge 15th-century church of Rätikon, with the peaks of the several interesting works of
St Oswald while at the western Appenzeller Alpen in between, art. In the main altarpiece is a
end of the town is a chapel built and the Allgäu mountains in the picture of the Madonna with
on the orders of Archduke distance. To the north, Bavaria Child and St Anna (c.1515) and
Leopold V to house a crucifix can be seen. two vast figures of St Magnus
dating from the early 16th cen- Clemens Krauss, the founder and St Afra dating from the
tury and said to have miraculous of the famous Vienna New Year’s early 18th century.
powers. The crucifix stands within Day Concerts, lived in Ehrwald The Heimatmuseum (regional
the altarpiece of this small, circular and lies buried here. museum) has a fine collection
building with a Renaissance of paintings by outstanding
portal and onion dome. masters of the Baroque, mainly
Visitors to Seefeld can also p Reutte of the Zeiller family members, as
enjoy a trip to the casino, one Road map B4. * 6,000. well as exhibits associated with
of the largest in Austria. n Untermarkt 34 (05672) 62336. transport and salt mining.
∑ reutte.com Specimens representative of
the local flora can be seen in the
Reutte is the largest town in the Alpenblumengarten, an Alpine
Ausserfern district, a remote area flower garden on top of the
that was cut off from the Hahnenkamm, at a height
world for a considerable of about 1,700 m (5,577 ft)
time: it is said that the first above sea level.
car arrived here only in
1947. Reutte can be E Heimatmuseum
reached from Innsbruck Grünes Haus, Untermarkt 25.
via the Fern Pass, a route Tel (05672) 72304. Open May–Oct:
first used in Roman times. 1–5pm Tue–Sat (to 7pm Thu); Dec–
In the valley of the Lech Mar: 2–5pm Wed–Sat (to 7pm Thu).
river, it is today the main
town and trade centre of Environs
View of Zugspitze from the Ehrwald side the region. In medieval A short distance east of Reutte
times it grew rich on the is the beautiful, 5-km (3-mile)
o Ehrwald salt trade, and to this day it has long Plansee, where one of the
some lovely town houses with small pleasure boats can take
Road map B4. @ £ * 2,600.
n Kirchplatz 1 (05673) 20 000-208. oriel windows, open staircases you on a cruise on the tranquil
∑ zugspitzarena.com and painted façades. Many of waters. In winter the entire lake
the paintings are by Johann freezes over and becomes one
Nestling below the western side Jakob Zeiller, the best-known giant ice-skating rink.
of Zugspitze (2,965 m/ 9728 ft),
the highest peak of the Bavarian
Alps, is the resort village of
Ehrwald. On the German side
of the mountain is the resort of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the
most popular winter sports centre
in that area. Several Austrian
and German resorts, including
Garmisch-Partenkirchen and
Ehrwald, have joined up to
form one vast skiing area.
The summit of Zugspitze can
be reached from both the
German and the Austrian sides.
From Ehrwald, you take the
cable car from the lower station
of Ehrwald/ Obermoos. The
upper station affords magnifi-
cent views. To the south,
beyond the mountain ranges Plansee, a tranquil, picturesque lake near Reutte
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp298–9 and pp323–4

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