Seefeld in Tirol, Administrative division in Innsbruck Land district, Austria
Seefeld in Tirol is an alpine municipality on a high plateau in the Tyrolean Alps, surrounded by the Wetterstein mountains and Karwendel range. The settlement extends across several smaller hamlets linked by walking and ski trails, offering access to forested slopes and open meadow areas.
The area first appeared in written records in 1022 and evolved into a trading post between Augsburg and Venice during the 14th century. Mining activities and oil shale extraction shaped the region for several centuries before tourism began in the 19th century.
The name Seefeld comes from Wildsee, a former body of water in the area that has since dried up. Local costumes appear during church feast days and processions, when residents walk through the village centers wearing handmade garments.
Most public paths and facilities are covered with snow in winter and require appropriate clothing and gear. From Innsbruck, you can reach the municipality in roughly 30 minutes by train or car, with several stops serving different village sections.
The municipality hosts one of the few natural ice bobsled tracks in the world, used for training outside the Winter Games. Geologists find fossilized corals and sea shells in the surrounding rocks, traces of a tropical ocean from the Triassic period.
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The Austrian Tyrol combines mountain landscapes, historic towns, and valleys where mountain life has gone on for hundreds of years. Innsbruck, the regional capital, has a old center with colorful buildings and archways. Valleys like Zillertal and Ötztal go deep into the Alps. They have villages...
Standseilbahn Rosshütte
859 m
Wildsee
816 m
Seekirchl Heilig Kreuz
701 m
Bahnhof Seefeld in Tirol
64 m
Reither Spitze
3.6 km
Seefelder Jochbahn
3.2 km
Sankt Oswald
217 m
Seefelder Spitze
3.7 kmJüdische Gedenkstätte Seefeld
732 m
Neuer Friedhof mit Friedhofskapelle
670 m
Marienkapelle am Schlossberg
1.1 km
Hotel Berghof, Seefeld in Tirol
282 m
Stundenkapelle, sog. Stoanerbildstock
4.6 kmBrücke nach Reiserichgraben-Brücke
4.8 km3 Brücken vor Brücke Hartlesklammbach
5.2 km
Brunnen mit Maria Immaculata
174 m
Brücke Reiserichgraben
4.3 km
2 Brücken zwischen Personentunnel Birkl und HS Seefeld-Playcastle
2.2 kmBrücke Hartlesklammbach
5.3 km
Brücke zw. Hartlesklammbach-Br. u. Rottenunterkunft Gießenbach
5.5 km
Pestkapelle Weidach
4.4 km
Meilenstein
1.7 km
Haltestelle Seefeld-Playcastle
2.3 km
Personentunnel Birkl
618 m
Bildstock Andreas-Hofer-Straße
55 m
Widum Seefeld
242 m
Seefelder Joch
4 km
Kapelle Neuleutasch
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