Fieberbrunn

Fieberbrunn
Coat of arms of Fieberbrunn Coat of arms
Fieberbrunn Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Kitzbühel
Government
• Mayor	Herbert Grander
Area
• Total	76.29 km2 (29.46 sq mi)
Elevation	780 m (2,560 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	4,336
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6391
Area code	05354
Vehicle registration	KB
Website	www.fieberbrunn.tirol.gv.at

Fieberbrunn is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Kitzbühel Alps. Fieberbrunn is the most populous municipality in the Pillerseetal valley.

According to a legend, the fountain near its church, and later also the market town received the name Fieberbrunn (fever fountain) when Tyrolean Countess Margarete Maultasch was healed from fever after drinking from it. Previously the market town was named Pramau.

Fieberbrunn is a winter sports resort and venue of international snowboarding events (like Lords of the Boards), as well as a hiking and mountaineering resort in summer. Since 2006 Fieberbrunn is venue of a new event called 'SNOWFEVER', which is one of the biggest Big Mountain Events in Austria. It is also home of the churchjump.

Schloss Rosenegg is nearby. The bathing lake of the Lauchsee is important for summer tourism.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,723	—
1880	1,788	+3.8%
1890	1,766	−1.2%
1900	1,777	+0.6%
1910	1,924	+8.3%
1923	2,288	+18.9%
1934	2,460	+7.5%
1939	2,425	−1.4%
1951	2,672	+10.2%
1961	3,010	+12.6%
1971	3,662	+21.7%
1981	3,914	+6.9%
1991	4,160	+6.3%
2001	4,180	+0.5%
2011	4,315	+3.2%

Gallery

• Pillerseetal Kitzbüheler Horn 2011.jpg

  from Fieberbrunn to the west, view of Pillerseetal, the Kitzbüheler Horn (left), Wilder Kaiser in clouds (right)

• Tussen Fieberbrunn en Sankt Johann, wegpanorama foto1 2012-08-07 16.25.jpg

  between Fieberbrunn and Sankt Johann, panorama

• Fieberbrunn, water door dorp foto1 2012-08-07 16.46.jpg

  Fieberbrunn, water through the village

• Fieberbrunn, Katholische Pfarrkirche in straatzicht1 foto2 2012-08-07 16.59.JPG

  Fieberbrunn, church (Katholische Pfarrkirche) in the street

External links

• Fieberbrunn, Pillerseetal (English)(German)
• Fieberbrunn Info (German)
• Pictures of Fieberbrunn
• Skigebiet Fieberbrunn
• Snowfever Homepage