Fieberbrunn is a market town with 4,333 inhabitants (as of
January 1, 2020) in Tyrol. The community is located in the judicial
district of Kitzbühel.
Nothing is known about the time of the
first settlement of the place. It is believed that mining was
carried out before Roman times. The first documentary mention goes
back to 1156 as "Pramau".
Fieberbrunn once belonged to the
Hofmark Pillersee from the Rott Monastery, which had considerable
possessions in Tyrol.
The town experienced its heyday in the
16th century, when mining was intensified on Gebra (2057 meters) and
in the Rettenwand meadows above today's Lauchsee. The iron extracted
was processed into the then world-famous Pillersee steel until 1908,
which had an iron fineness of more than 35% and was smelted in the
hamlet of Rosenegg.
In 1641 five pits and eleven new pits are
mentioned in the local area. The Rosenberg von Rosenegg family from
Augsburg, who had settled in Fieberbrunn, represented a pivotal
point in mining and metallurgy. They had the residences Altroseneck
and Neuroseneck (today Neu-Rosenegg) built.
In September 1937
the housewife Katharina Neuner fell victim to a robbery near
Fieberbrunn, in which the perpetrator merely stole a backpack full
of cranberries. The perpetrator, who came from St. Johann in Tirol,
was arrested soon afterwards, sentenced to death and executed on
February 9, 1938 in the Innsbruck Regional Court.
After
mining and metallurgy came to an end in 1908, industry was relocated
to Fieberbrunn again after the Second World War.
According to legend, the Tyrolean princess Margarete
Maultasch suffered from a fever and was healed when she drank from
the water from the sulfur spring at the well below the current
church. Since then this fountain has been called "Fieberbrunnen" and
is the namesake of the place, which was formerly called Pramau.
According to legend, Claudia von Medici was also healed by
drinking the spring water in 1632.
Nothing is known about the time of the first settlement of the
place. It is believed that mining was carried out before Roman
times. The first documentary mention goes back to 1156 as “Pramau”.
Fieberbrunn once belonged to the Hofmark Pillersee from the Rott
Monastery, which had considerable possessions in Tyrol.
The
town experienced its heyday in the 16th century, when mining
intensified on the Gebra (2057 meters) and in the Rettenwand meadows
above today's Lauchsee. The iron obtained was processed into the
then world-famous Pillersee steel until 1908, which had an iron
fineness of more than 35% and was smelted in the hamlet of Rosenegg.
In 1641 five pits and eleven new pits are mentioned in the local
area. The Rosenberg von Rosenegg family from Augsburg, who had
settled in Fieberbrunn, represented a pivotal point in mining and
metallurgy. They had the residences Altroseneck and Neuroseneck
(today Neu-Rosenegg) built.
In September 1937 the housewife
Katharina Neuner fell victim to a robbery near Fieberbrunn, in which
the perpetrator merely stole a rucksack full of cranberries. The
perpetrator, who came from St. Johann in Tirol, was arrested soon
afterwards, sentenced to death and executed on February 9, 1938 in
the Innsbruck Regional Court.
After mining and metallurgy
came to an end in 1908, industry was relocated to Fieberbrunn again
after the Second World War.
Origin of name
According to
legend, the Tyrolean princess Margarete Maultasch suffered from a
fever and was healed when she drank from the water from the sulfur
spring at the well below the current church. Since that time this
fountain has been called "Fieberbrunnen" and is the namesake of the
place that was formerly called Pramau.
According to legend,
Claudia von Medici was also healed by drinking the spring water in
1632.
coat of arms
Blazon: In red a two-jet silver
fountain with two golden six-pointed stars and a golden cross in the
middle of the shield head.
The municipal coat of arms, which
was already in use before, was awarded by the state government in
1973. With the fountain as a talking coat of arms, it refers to the
community name.
Economy and Infrastructure
Fieberbrunn is a tourist resort,
the largest in the Pillerseetal tourist region with both summer and
winter seasons.
Tourism
Fieberbrunn is a popular winter
sports destination due to its guaranteed snow. In December 2015, the
Fieberbrunn mountain railways merged with the Skicircus
Saalbach-Hinterglemm / Leogang. The Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm /
Leogang / Fieberbrunn has 70 lifts, including 27 gondola lifts, 22
chair lifts and 21 drag lifts or practice lifts. The capacity of the
systems is 126,000 people per hour in winter. The total of 270
kilometers of slopes are divided into 140 km of blue, 110 km of red
and 20 kilometers of black slopes. The ski area is particularly
known for its freeride offer, which is internationally recognized.
The annual stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour in Fieberbrunn is
the highlight of the local freeride season.
In addition to
skiing, there is a 27-kilometer network of trails available to
guests.
The Lauchsee is important for summer tourism; The
Simon-Schwaiger-Schanze is located on this bathing lake. There are
also 150 km of hiking trails and signposted mountain bike trails.
Another attraction is the Wildsee at 1847 m as well as Austria's
most demanding mountain marathon, the Kitz Alps Trail, with start
and finish in Fieberbrunn.
Companies
In 1947 the Broschek
family - including Otto Broschek, the former head of the Vienna port
administration - founded the company "Gebro Pharma" and has expanded
it again and again since then.
Bürglkopf return center
Traffic
Fieberbrunn is located on the Hochkönigstrasse and the
Salzburg-Tiroler Bahn. Fieberbrunn station is served by the S-Bahn
Tirol, regional (express) trains and individual InterCity trains.
Another stop is in Pfaffenschwendt.