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'''Going am Wilden Kaiser''' is a [[Municipality (Austria)|municipality]] in the district of [[Kitzbühel (district)|Kitzbühel]] in the [[Austria]]n region of [[Sölllandl]]. It is located 8.5&nbsp;km northwest of [[Kitzbühel]] and 5&nbsp;km west of [[Sankt Johann in Tirol]]. The village has 1,849 inhabitants and is divided into five sub-districts. Its main source of income is tourism. It is connected to the large ''Ski Welt'' skiing area by the ''Astbergbahn'' [[chairlift]], which takes skiers rapidly from Going in the valley up to the large expanse of ski terrain on the mountainsides.

==Geography==

Going lies west of [[St. Johann in Tirol]] between the [[Kitzbühel Alps]] in the south and the [[Wilder Kaiser|Wild Kaiser]] in the north in the [[Sölllandl]]. Other hamlets in the municipality are: Schwendt, Aschau, Prama, Sonnseite and Schattseite.

Municipalities neighboring Going include [[Ellmau]], [[Oberndorf in Tirol]]; [[Reith bei Kitzbühel]], [[St. Johann in Tirol]]; and [[Kirchdorf in Tirol]].

== History ==
In 1160 the village was first mentioned in a deed at Baumbach Abbey as ''Gouwingen''. In 2010 the 850th anniversary of this record was celebrated. The name is derived from a [[Bajuvarian]] nobleman, ''Guowo'' or ''Gauwo''. This suggests it was founded by the [[Bavarii]]. However latest research show that those mentions refer to Gauing located in [[Traunstein (district)]] ([[Upper Bavaria]]). The village church is one of the most impressive rococo churches in Tyrol. It is consecrated to the Holy Cross and the martyr, Laurentius. Its architect was Andrä Hueber and the frescoist was Matthias Kirchner, both from Kitzbühel. The altars and holy figures were carved by Going sculptor, Thomas Blieml. There is an interesting madonna in the altar niche of the left-hand altar, carved around 1480.

Copper and silver were mined at Rehrobichl between Going and Oberndorf in the first quarter of the 16th century. The miners (''Bergknappen'') lived in the hamlet of Prama. Prama is Celtic and means "the place where the blackberries (''Brombeeren'') grow."
This is a clue that it was a Celtic settlement. The Celts mined copper and silver in this region in around 800 B. C. The mine was closed around 1773. In its heyday, about 12,000&nbsp;kg of copper and 7,000&nbsp;kg of silver were won annually. The smelter was in the hamlet of Bärenstätten von St. Johann. The deepest, vertical mineshaft was about 880 metres deep.

{{wide image|Going am Wilden Kaiser Panorama 2011-01-29.jpg|656px|Panorama of Going in winter|65%|left}}
{{Historical populations
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|1869|739
|1880|820
|1890|751
|1900|738
|1910|664
|1923|752
|1934|825
|1939|867
|1951|918
|1961|966
|1971|1152
|1981|1180
|1991|1449
|2001|1730
|2011|1851
|2018|1849
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== Economy ==
Today, in addition to many handicraft, industrial and trading businesses, Going is dominated by agriculture and the winter and summer tourist industries.
* Summer activities and facilities: hiking trails, climbing, mountaineering, natural bathing lake with the longest open-air water slide in Tyrol, beach volleyball, tennis courts and halls, squash hall, 27 hole golf course, riding hall and bridleways, cycle paths, ''asphaltstockbahnen'', ''Zimmergewehr'' firing range, open air [[climbing wall]], children's and family programmes, moorland experience world, etc.
* Winter activities and facilities: Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental, Going-Ellmau ski area, cross-country skiing trails, toboggan runs, winter hiking trails, tennis hall, squash hall, ice rink, ''Zimmergewehr'' firing range, ''asphaltstockhalle'', indoor climbing wall.

== Personalities ==
*[[Johann von Sieberer]] (1830-1914), insurance general inspector and philanthropist

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://www.going.tirol.gv.at Website of the municipality] at Landesserver Tirol
*[http://www.going.at Website of the Going Information Office], ''Tourismusverband Wilder Kaiser'' (www.going.at)
* [http://www.gpix.at/Gpix.at-Gigapixel_gpath,going,pid,9112,type,gpix.html Going Gigapixel Panorama (11.000 Megapixel)]
*[http://www.wilderkaiser.info/de/chronik-going.html Village chronicle]
*[http://geschichte-tirol.com/orte/nordtirol/kitzbuehel/1029-going-am-wilden-kaiser.html www.geschichte-tirol.com: Going am Wilden Kaiser]

== References ==
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[[Category:Kitzbühel Alps]]
[[Category:Kaiser Mountains]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Kitzbühel District]]