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Your Holiday Resort Tux
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The municipality of Tux consists of some larger villages (Tux,
Hintertux, Madseit and Juns) and smaller hamlets like
Berg, Schöneben, Außerrettenbach and Gemais. Tux is the main
village as there is the council hall, the church, the tourism office, the
schools, the kindergarten - in short, it is the centre. The municipality
is spread across 10 km at an altitude of 1,260 m in Vorderlanersbach and
more than 1,500 m in Hintertux. It is framed by beautiful mountains, whose
highest summit is the Olperer at 3,476 m. The valley and the slopes
are green up to the glacier's border - hence the name "Tux, the
green glacier valley".
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The Tux valley is more thoroughly settled than the other
side valleys of the Zillertal, since the climatic conditions there are a
bit more favourable. The valley is the rock barrier between the
"Tuxer Voralpen" (mountains of clay-like slate) and the
"Tuxer Hauptkamm" (granite-like gneiss). That varied make-up of
the mountains on both sides of the valley is responsible for the
location's special geographical attraction. Because of it, both hiking
lovers as well as mountaineering fans will find something suitable. The
smooth slate mountains on the sunny side of the valley are better
positioned for farming. This is evidenced by the "Geisel" farms
at an altitude of 1,630 meters, the only farms at such an altitude that
are inhabited the entire year.
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