Aurach bei Kitzbühel

Aurach bei Kitzbühel
Aurach bei Kitzbühel
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Kitzbühel
Mayor Rudolf Mitterer
Area 54.2 km2 (21 sq mi)
Elevation 846 m  (2776 ft)
Population 1,150 (1 January 2011)[1]
 - Density 21 /km2 (55 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KB
Postal code 6370
Area code 05356
Website www.aurach.tirol.gv.at

Aurach bei Kitzbühel is a municipality in Kitzbühel District in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Aurauch is located 5 km south of district town of Kitzbühel on the river known as the Kitzbühler Ache and the road to Thurn Pass. The municipality is further divided into Unteraurach, Oberaurach and several scattered settlements and hamlets including Haberberg, Haselwand, Kochau, Sonnberg and Wiesenegg-Grüntal. It was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1289 s Orwiorwe. Formerly a part of Kitzbühel district, Aurach became an independent municipality in 1833. It has 1171 inhabitants (as at 1 Jan 2010).

Of historical significance is the former mine in the area of the Kelchalm.

Aurach has a wildlife park, situated at a height of 1,100 metres, which is home to typical Alpine animals such as Red Deer, Ibex, Mouflon, Wild Boar and Lynx, as well as animals from other mountainous regions, including Fallow Deer, Sika Deer, Llama and Yak.

Neighbouring municipalities

Fieberbrunn, Jochberg, Kitzbühel

in Salzburg state: Saalbach-Hinterglemm

External links

References

  1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.