Fulpmes, municipality in Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria
Fulpmes is a small town in the Stubaital valley in Tyrol, Austria, situated at an elevation of about 937 meters with steep mountains surrounding it. The municipality provides access to outdoor pursuits including hiking, mountaineering, and biking in summer, plus skiing and cross-country skiing in winter, with the Schlick 2000 ski area directly above.
Fulpmes developed as a center of mining and metalworking where people extracted iron, gold, and silver from surrounding mountains to process in forges that became the town's hallmark. This craft tradition, represented by the anvil in the local coat of arms, extends back centuries and shaped the community's identity.
Fulpmes is known as the village of smithies due to its deep heritage in metalworking, which remains visible in craft workshops and the local Smithy Museum today. This respect for handcrafted tradition shapes how residents connect with their community and appears throughout the town's historic buildings and working shops.
Fulpmes is easily reached by bus from nearby Innsbruck and has a regular train connection that has operated since 1904 from Innsbruck to the town. Visitors should bring sturdy hiking boots for summer trails and warm clothing for winter sports, as weather conditions change significantly between seasons.
The Stubaitalbahn, a historic narrow-gauge railway opened in 1904, still carries visitors regularly from Innsbruck to Fulpmes today with spectacular valley views along the way. This unusual transport connection has changed little over the decades and remains a charming way to experience how the region felt in earlier times.
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