Holiday Country Austria - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2002 - 87 Euro Cent

If one also would like to believe that the natural access to the Alpbachtal from the northern Inntal would have to be along the Alpbach and then learn that only since the twenties one of Reith at Brixlegg outgoing, 14 km to Inneralpbach road takes this route, one wonders but some dimensions. Apparently the settlement started from the parallel Zillertal, for which also the fact speaks that just the oldest house of the valley in Inneralpbach, thus at the valley end, stands at an altitude of 1050 m. The area was probably, although mentioned in documents in 1240, originally used only as an alp. The seclusion of the wider area of ​​course has consequences, such as the preservation of old customs, an independent cultural development to the architectural style of the houses. For example, With the onset of tourism everywhere else cheaper, modern buildings built. In Alpbach, this was prevented by a forward-looking building code and so there are only here the dark brown solid wood houses, as the brand artist has represented one of them on the new brand. In Inneralpbach these topics are also dealt with in a mountain farmer museum, which was established in a farm dating back to 1638. Every year in the second half of August in the European Forum Alpbach, important scientists, artists, politicians and economic figures from all over the world meet to discuss topical issues.