Jenbach to a local railway junction in the Tyrolean Inn Valley. The market town is here at the entrance of the Zillertal or at the transition to the Achensee
Attractions
Jenbach station with the Achensee and Zillertal
Railway is of interest to fans of historical trains. As a technical
uniqueness, three gauges meet at Jenbach station.
The normal
psurige Inntalbahn of the ÖBB with 1435 mm.
The Zillertalbahn is
a privately operated narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 760 mm.
The train runs from Jenbach at the entrance of the Zillertal (530m)
on a 31 km route to Mayrhofen (627m). It was built from 1899 to 1902
to transport wood and for magnesite mining in Tux from 1928. Today
it is mainly used for tourist purposes, as a "morning steam train"
and as a "afternoon steam train" with a historic locomotive. Info
Zillertalbahn;
The Achenseebahn is a narrow-gauge rack railway
(gauge 1,000 mm) and runs on 7 km with a maximum gradient of up to
16% from Jenbach station via Eben and Maurach to the shores of the
Achensee (931m), here with a connection to the Achensee shipping .
The Achenseebahn is the oldest exclusively steam-powered rack
railway in Europe. Achenseebahn prices: journey Jenbach - Seespitz
one-way: 22.- €; Mountain u. Downhill ride € 28 (as of 2007); Info
Achenseebahn;
Tratzberg Castle
A first fortified castle in
the exposed position above the valley floor of the Inn Valley was
mentioned in a document in the 13th century and served as a border
fortress against Bavaria. After a fire and complete destruction of
the castle in 1490/91, the oldest and still late Gothic part of
today's castle was built in 1500.
The palace complex
underwent multiple changes of ownership and various other
construction phases, the palace is particularly worth seeing because
of the overall condition that has been completely preserved in its
historical state, that is, the rooms in the original splendid
interior design such as armory, Habsburg Hall, palace chapel and the
Renaissance courtyard its striking arcades.
The castle is now
privately owned (Tratzberg Castle Family Foundation).
Tratzberg Castle, Tratzberg Castle, A-6200 Jenbach (approx. 2.5 km
southwest of Jenbach). Tel .: +43 (0) 5242 63566 Tratzberg Castle on
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Getting there
By train
The train station in Jenbach is
one of the largest train stations in the state of Tyrol and is the
starting point of the narrow-gauge railways "Zillertalbahn" and
"Achenseebahn", see the section on sights. Jenbach station is a
station on the Westbahn - the railway line from Vienna via Salzburg
and Innsbruck to Bregenz.
The website of the Verkehrsverbund
Tirol provides information about public transport in the state of
Tyrol.
By
You can reach Jenbach by car via the
Inntalautobahn exit Jenbach.
Toll-free arrival from Munich -
leave the A 8 motorway from Munich at Holzkirchen. From here either
on federal roads via Lenggries or via Tegernsee to Achensee, on to
Jenbach.
Around the town
Taxi lion. Tel .: +43 676
7707488. Open: 24 hours a day.