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'''Seefeld in Tirol''' is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in [[Innsbruck-Land District]] in the [[Austria]]n state of [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]] with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about {{convert|17|km|mi|abbr =on}} northwest of [[Innsbruck]] on a [[plateau]] between the [[Wetterstein mountains]] and the [[Karwendel]] on a [[historic road]] from [[Mittenwald]] to Innsbruck that has been important since the [[Middle Ages]]. It was first mentioned in 1022 and since the 14th century has been a [[pilgrimage church|pilgrimage site]], benefiting not only from the visit of numerous [[pilgrim]]s but also from its [[stacking right]]s as a trading station between [[Augsburg]] and the [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]. Also since the 14th century, [[Tyrolean shale oil]] has been extracted in the area. Seefeld was a popular holiday resort even before 1900 and, since the 1930s, has been a well known [[winter sports area|winter sports centres]] and amongst the most popular [[tourist resort]]s in Austria. The municipality, which has been the venue for several [[Winter Olympics]] Games, is the home village of [[Anton Seelos]], the inventor of the [[parallel turn]].

With more than one million overnight stays each year, it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for [[skiing]] in winter, but also for walking holidays in the summer.

==Geography==
=== Neighbouring communities ===
To the northwest Seefeld borders on [[Leutasch]] (village of [[Weidach (Leutasch)|Weidach]]), to the northeast on [[Scharnitz]] (village of Gießenbach). Its eastern municipal boundary with [[Zirl]] runs along the arête from the Seefelder Joch and Seefelder Spitze. To the south lies [[Reith bei Seefeld|Reith]] (village of Auland) and to the west [[Telfs]] (village of [[Mösern]]).

{{Adjacent communities|width=auto
| CENTER = Seefeld in Tirol
| NORTHWEST = [[Ulm]]<br /><small>150 km</small>
| NORTH = [[Augsburg]]<br /><small>120 km</small>
| NORTHEAST = [[Munich]]<br /><small>95 km</small>
| WEST = [[Bregenz]]<br /><small>110 km</small>
| EAST = [[Salzburg]]<br /><small>150 km</small>
| SOUTHWEST = [[St. Moritz]]<br /><small>140 km</small>
| SOUTH = [[Bozen]]<br /><small>95 km</small>
| SOUTHEAST = [[Innsbruck]]<br /><small>17 km</small>
}}

=== Topography ===
The village is situated on the south-facing [[Seefeld Plateau]] north of the River [[Inn (river)|Inn]] on the watershed between the basins of the Inn and the [[Isar]]. The plateau (which also comprises the villages of [[Leutasch]], [[Reith bei Seefeld|Reith]], [[Scharnitz]] and [[Telfs|Mösern]]) is surrounded by the [[Wetterstein]] mountain range to the west, and the [[Karwendel]] mountain range to the east; it falls away in a steep drop off to the Inn valley to the south. To the north, the high valley leads through the village of [[Scharnitz]] towards the border with [[Germany]] at [[Mittenwald]].

[[File:Seefeld in Tirol Austria from ESE on 2014-10-18.png |thumb|center|baseline|800px|The [[Seefeld Plateau]] as seen from east-south-east with Seefeld in the foreground.]]

Seefeld has two main mountain areas (for walking or skiing): one is the rounded hill, the [[Gschwandtkopf]] (1,495 m); the other is on the slopes of the mountains to the east and called the ''Rosshütte'' after the large mountain restaurant halfway up. These mountains dominate the Seefeld Plateau; from left/north to right/south, they are the Seefelder Joch, [[Seefelder Spitze]] (2,215 m), [[Härmelekopf]] (2,224 m) and [[Reither Spitze]] (2,374 m). Notable other landmarks include the Seekirchl, a small, onion-domed church, and the Pfarrhügel, a spur of the Gschwandtkopf running into the town centre and forming a small attractive hill. There is also a popular bathing lake called the [[Wildsee (Seefeld)|Wildsee]].

=== Lakes and streams ===
[[File:Wildsee Seefeld 01.jpg|thumb|The lake that gave Seefeld its name: the [[Wildsee (Seefeld)|Wildsee]]. Behind: the [[Kalkkögel]]]]
On the east side of the ''Seefelder Joch'' rise the tributaries of the ''Haglbach'', which flows west through the valley of ''Hermannstal'', then swings south on reaching the [[plateau]] to run along the municipal boundary and feed the [[Wildsee (Seefeld)|Wildsee]]. The Wildsee is threatened by [[sediment]] deposition from the ''Haglbach''. In future it is planned to excavate a [[reservoir]] east of ''Innsbrucker Straße'' to collect these sediments.<ref>Josef Hornsteiner: {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204125246/http://plateauzeitung.at/letzte-chance-fuer-den-wildsee/ |date=February 4, 2014 |title=''Letzte Chance für den Wildsee?'' }}, plateauzeitung.at dated 4 February 2014. Archived from [http://plateauzeitung.at/letzte-chance-fuer-den-wildsee/ original] on 17 April 2014.</ref> The tailstream of the Wildsee, now called the Seebach, runs through Seefeld in a northerly direction and collects the waters of the Raabach shortly after passing the village centre. This section was called the ''Mühlbach'' by [[Peter Anich]] in 1762.

The Raabach has its source in the southeast near the [[Mösern]] ''Mähder'' and was once impounded to form a reservoir that gave the church of [[Seekirche (Seefeld)|Seekirchl]] its name. Below the Schlossberg, near the Seebach, is a [[radon]]-containing spring,<ref>[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20956563R3&TYPE=O ''Heilquelle T20956563R3/QU70351005''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102000846/http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20956563R3&TYPE=O|date=2018-11-02}}, Teilauszug aus dem [[Wasserbuch]] Tirol.</ref> that, under the name of the Franz Josef Spring,<ref>[http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/01fdd4ddd84d1727c1257b9c0029018a!OpenDocument ''Kurzgutachten - ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss''] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130724/http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/01fdd4ddd84d1727c1257b9c0029018a!OpenDocument |date=2013-07-24 }}, Bezirksgericht Innsbruck, 811 20 E 84/12k. Retrieved 24 July 2013.</ref> was mentioned in 1900 for the first time in the Directory of Spas of the Imperial-Royal Province of Tyrol and Vorarlberg (''Verzeichnis der Kurorte und Bäder der K.K. Statthalterei für Tirol und Vorarlberg'') and used until 1984 as a health spring.<ref name="Heilbad">Mag. Helmut Pintarelli: Gutachten zum Verkehrswert, ehemaliges Hotel Schneeweiss (Geschäftszahl: 20 E 84/12k) vom 13 December 2012, pp. 12 ff. ([http://www.edikte.justiz.gv.at/edikte/ex/exedi3.nsf/0/8bfb498fc37ee00cc1257b9c002901c1/$file/HotelSchneeweissGreenstat.pdf PDF]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 228&nbsp;KB)</ref> Its radon content of 
117 [[Becquerel (unit)|becquerels]] per litre is rather low (the limit for [[drinking water]] is 1,000&nbsp;Bq/L).

The ''Klammbach'' originates at the [[Wildmoos (Telfs)|Wildmoosalm]] below the lake of [[Wildmoossee]] and runs northwest of the village on the far side of the Geigenbühel, passes the Triendlsäge (where there is a reservoir with a capacity of 450&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> which supplies a small [[hydropower station]] generating 45&nbsp;[[watt (unit)|kW]]<ref>[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542888R3&TYPE=O ''Speicherteich Beck.Nr.1) T20542888R3''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426045618/https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542888R3&TYPE=O|date=2016-04-26}}, [http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542844R3&TYPE=O ''3/4 Kleinwasserkraftanlage "Triendlsäge" T20542844R3''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223453/https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20542844R3&TYPE=O|date=2016-03-05}} extracts from the [[Wasserbuch]] Tirol.</ref>) and merges with the ''Seebach'' by the ''Lehenwald'' woods in front of the ''Bodenalm'' to form the ''Drahnbach''. The latter flows towards  [[Scharnitz]] and empties into the [[Isar]] tributary, the [[Gießenbach (Isar)|Gießenbach]].

[[File:Kaltwassersee Tyrol.JPG|thumb|left|The Kaltwassersee.]]
The reservoir at {{Höhe|1578|AT|}} near the ''Rosshütte'' (called the ''Kaltwassersee'' and named after the local area) has a capacity of 66,500&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> and receives its water from the public mains. In 2015 it was additionally fed between April and August from the ''Blauer Schrofen'' spring below the Seefelder Spitze. The additional water from the Kaltwassersee for [[snowmaking]] was raised in 2009 from 100,000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> to 165,000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> per year.<ref>[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20608902R3&TYPEO ''3/3108 Beschneiungsanlage "Roßhütte - Härmelekopf - Reitherjochalm" T20608870R3''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306013306/https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20608902R3&TYPEO |date=2016-03-06 }}, Teilauszug aus dem Wasserbuch Tirol.</ref>
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===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Seefeld (1971–2000)
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan record high C = 14.5
|Feb record high C = 15.2
|Mar record high C = 19.0
|Apr record high C = 21.5
|May record high C = 27.0
|Jun record high C = 28.4
|Jul record high C = 32.2
|Aug record high C = 30.3
|Sep record high C = 28.0
|Oct record high C = 23.0
|Nov record high C = 17.9
|Dec record high C = 13.0
|year record high C = 32.2
|Jan high C = 2.2
|Feb high C = 3.1
|Mar high C = 6.3
|Apr high C = 9.7
|May high C = 15.3
|Jun high C = 17.5
|Jul high C = 20.2
|Aug high C = 19.8
|Sep high C = 16.4
|Oct high C = 12.2
|Nov high C = 5.1
|Dec high C = 2.3
|year high C = 10.8
|Jan mean C = -3.2
|Feb mean C = -2.8
|Mar mean C = 0.3
|Apr mean C = 3.7
|May mean C = 9.2
|Jun mean C = 11.8
|Jul mean C = 14.3
|Aug mean C = 13.8
|Sep mean C = 10.2
|Oct mean C = 5.9
|Nov mean C = 0.0
|Dec mean C = -2.5
|year mean C = 5.1
|Jan low C = -6.9
|Feb low C = -6.7
|Mar low C = -3.7
|Apr low C = -0.7
|May low C = 3.9
|Jun low C = 6.7
|Jul low C = 9.1
|Aug low C = 9.1
|Sep low C = 6.0
|Oct low C = 2.1
|Nov low C = -3.3
|Dec low C = -6.1
|year low C = 0.8
|Jan record low C = -26.0
|Feb record low C = -27.4
|Mar record low C = -23.1
|Apr record low C = -10.8
|May record low C = -4.5
|Jun record low C = -1.4
|Jul record low C = 1.0
|Aug record low C = 0.5
|Sep record low C = -4.8
|Oct record low C = -7.9
|Nov record low C = -21.2
|Dec record low C = -22.0
|year record low C = -27.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 74.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 77.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 80.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 70.4
|May precipitation mm = 97.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 140.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 153.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 141.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 92.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 64.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 85.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 85.3
|year precipitation mm = 1165.3
|Jan snow cm = 78.7
|Feb snow cm = 72.2
|Mar snow cm = 75.0
|Apr snow cm = 39.0
|May snow cm = 2.7
|Jun snow cm = 0.4
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.1
|Oct snow cm = 13.1
|Nov snow cm = 62.3
|Dec snow cm = 76.3
|year snow cm = 419.8
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 8.7
|Feb precipitation days = 8.9
|Mar precipitation days = 10.9
|Apr precipitation days = 11.4
|May precipitation days = 12.6
|Jun precipitation days = 15.6
|Jul precipitation days = 15.0
|Aug precipitation days = 14.4
|Sep precipitation days = 10.9
|Oct precipitation days = 8.5
|Nov precipitation days = 10.3
|Dec precipitation days = 10.1
|year precipitation days = 137.3
|time day = 14:00
|Jan humidity = 63.4
|Feb humidity = 59.9
|Mar humidity = 55.9
|Apr humidity = 54.3
|May humidity = 53.5
|Jun humidity = 57.5
|Jul humidity = 56.4
|Aug humidity = 57.9
|Sep humidity = 58.3
|Oct humidity = 58.1
|Nov humidity = 65.9
|Dec humidity = 66.3
|year humidity = 59.0
|source 1 = [[Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics]]<ref name = ZAMG>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| archive-date = 12 October 2019
| url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Tirol-Seefeld
| language = de
| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
| access-date = 3 November 2019}}</ref>
}}

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1869|439
|1880|448
|1890|431
|1900|420
|1910|468
|1923|619
|1934|986
|1939|1130
|1951|1790
|1961|1801
|1971|2303
|1981|2476
|1991|2751
|2001|3098
|2011|3161
}}

== Culture and sights ==
[[File:Seefeld St Oswald innen 01.jpg|thumb|alt=Wandmalereien in Sankt Oswald|[[Mural]]s in St.&nbsp;Oswald]]
* Parish and [[pilgrimage church]] of St. Oswald<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zur Geschichte der Seefelder Hostienlegende {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/799544452 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=De qvantitate Hostiae contra errorem Osuudaldi, liber in quo historia Seefeldica de admirabili Sacramento explicatur {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/56707551 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Waibel |first=Aloys Adalbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eX5kAAAAcAAJ |title=Oswald Mülser von Schloßberg: eine Geschichte aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhunderte; für Alle, vorzüglich für die reifere Jugend |date=1834 |publisher=Rieger |language=de}}</ref>
* Former Augustine monastery west of the church, today a five-star hotel. Founded in 1516 by [[Maximilian I (HRR)|Maximilian&nbsp;I]] as a hostelry
* Pfarrhof, above and south of the church
* [[Seekirche (Seefeld)|Lake church]] of the Holy Cross (Seekirchl) in the west of the village: symbol of Seefeld, built under [[Leopold V of Austria-Tyrol|Archduke Leopold&nbsp;V]] by Innsbruck's court architect, Christoph Gumpp, in the [[baroque]] style (built 1629–1666), paintings by [[Josef Anton Puellacher]]
* Seefeld's woodland cemetery on the eastern edge of the village with its chapel and monument to those who died on the railway journey from [[Dachau concentration camp]] at the end of April 1945<!-- <ref name="IbkZG2004" /> -->
* Hermitage and [[Schlossberg Castle (Seefeld in Tirol)|old ruined castle of Schlossberg]] north of the village
* Milestone, originally unengraved, probably Roman. A [[cross potent]] has been inscribed later<ref>[[Dehio Tirol 1980]], pp. 719–723</ref>

== Infrastructure ==

=== Rail services ===
[[File:Seefeld Bahnhof 2012 04 01.jpg|thumb|Seefeld in Tirol railway station]]
[[File:DRG 41018 02 18122011.jpg|thumb|Museum train of [[DRB Class&nbsp;41]] in Seefeld]]
Seefeld is on the [[Karwendel Railway]] with links to [[Munich]] via [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] and [[Innsbruck]]. It is also served by [[Tyrol S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] line 5 from Innsbruck to Scharnitz (to Garmisch-P.). From the start of the winter timetable in 2010, Seefeld station became the highest [[Intercity-Express]] (ICE) stop in Europe. At weekends it is served by two ICE trains in each direction daily (2014 timetable).

=== Bus services ===
Three bus routes run by the [[Verkehrsverbund Tirol|Tyrol Transport Association]] stop in Seefeld, as does a long distance bus route (at the Rosshütte bus stop):

{| class="wikitable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Bus number
! Name
! Route
|-
| {{Bahnlinie|Bus || 4184|green|yellow|green}} || regiobus Tirol || ''Seefeld/Tirol'' - Leutasch - Oberleutasch - Buchen
|-
| {{Bahnlinie|Bus || 4186|green|yellow|green}} || regiobus Tirol || ''Seefeld/Tirol'' – Gießenbach – [[Scharnitz]] – [[Mittenwald]]  – [[Leutasch]] – Seefeld/Tirol – [[Reith bei Seefeld|Reith]] – Leithen
|-
| {{Bahnlinie|Bus || 8354|green|yellow|green}} || regiobus Tirol || ''Seefeld/Tirol'' - [[Mösern]] - [[Telfs]]
|-
| {{Bahnlinie|Bus || 040|yellow|green|yellow}} ||[[Flixbus]] || Innsbruck - Seefeld(Rosshütte) - Garmisch-Parten. - [[ZOB München|Munich Central Bus Station (Hackerbrücke)]] - [[Munich Airport]]
|}

=== Road transport ===
The Bundesstraße 177 federal highway (''Seefelder Strasse'') to the German border is part of the [[International E-road network|European route]] E 533. It runs from 
[[Zirl]] over the [[Zirler Berg]] to [[Scharnitz]] and [[Mittenwald]]. Another road link from the [[Inn valley]] runs from [[Telfs]] via Mösern, along the road to [[Leutasch]] and enables Mittenwald to be reached over the [[Scharnitz Pass]].

[[Innsbruck Airport]] lies about 20&nbsp;km from Seefeld. In winter there are direct flights from e.&nbsp;g. Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt.
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=== Ver- und Entsorgung ===
Die Wasserversorgung speist sich zum großen Teil aus den ergiebigen „Eppzirler Quellen“ im Tal des Gießenbachs an der nordöstlichen Grenze der Gemeinde. Die in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren errichteten bzw. erweiterten Brunnen an der Seewiese zwischen Fußball- und Tennisanlage und am Wildsee werden nur mehr für die Notwasserversorgung herangezogen bzw. für Brauchwasser (Beschneiung der Skipisten und Langlaufloipen, Bewässerung von Eislaufplatz und Fußballfeldern sowie des Sprungschanzenareales).<ref>[http://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug.aspx?ANL_ID=T20574981R3&TYPEO ''3/638 WVA Seefeld T20574859R3''], Teilauszug aus dem [[Wasserbuch]] Tirol.</ref>

Zur Olympiade 1964 wurde eine der ersten vollbiologischen [[Kläranlage]]n Österreichs errichtet und 1974 erweitert. Ende der 1990er Jahre begannen Planungen für den Ausbau von bisher 10.000 auf 26.000 [[Einwohnerwert]]e.<ref>''Kläranlage Seefeld wird offiziell eröffnet'', Seefelder Rundschau 07/2006, S.4 ([http://www.rundschau-seefeld.at/ausgaben/RS_07_06.pdf PDF, 3,8&nbsp;MB])</ref> Im Jahr 2005 wurde für ca. 12&nbsp;Millionen Euro das erste Abwasserkraftwerk Österreichs errichtet:
das geklärte Wasser wird nicht mehr zur Isar abgeleitet, sondern zum [[Zirler Berg]] gepumpt und das Gefälle zum Inntal mit ca. 600&nbsp;m Höhenunterschied zum Betrieb einer [[Wasserturbine|Turbine]] genutzt.<ref>[http://www.wassertirol.at/e-i-n-g-a-b-e-bild328-165-pkt/projektberichte/ressourcenwirtschaft/abwasserkraftwerk-seefeld/index.html ''Power Plobb, das Abwasserkraftwerk Seefeld i.T.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140118000000/http://www.wassertirol.at/e-i-n-g-a-b-e-bild328-165-pkt/projektberichte/ressourcenwirtschaft/abwasserkraftwerk-seefeld/index.html |date=2014-01-18 }}, Webseite der Wasser Tirol GmbH ([[TIWAG]]-Tochter). [http://mo.tirol.gv.at/scripts/esrimap.dll?Name=Ortho&MyAufl=1024&MapIDX=1&ZuB=1&Int=1&User=92&Left=66436&Bottom=238077&Right=67001&Top=238409&Cmd=ZoomIn&AppPar=0&ChkB=0&Chk5=1&Mst=2000&Aktual.x=0&Aktual.y=0&info=1&Suche=0 Luftbild].</ref> Je nach Abwasseraufkommen wird auch dem Seebach Wasser entnommen, um einen gleichmäßigen Durchfluss zu erreichen. Von den 5,5 Millionen [[Wattstunde|Kilowattstunden]] Jahresarbeitsvermögen werden 0,5&nbsp;GWh für die Abwasserreinigung und 1,5&nbsp;GWh für das Pumpwerk aufgewendet, so dass die Nettoerzeugung von 3,5&nbsp;GWh etwa dem Bedarf aller Privathaushalte in Seefeld entspricht.

Seit Ende 2007 versorgt die Ortswärme Seefeld GmbH (Anteile: 50 % Gemeinde Seefeld, 50 % [[Wien Energie]]) den Ort mit [[Fernwärme]] aus [[Biomasse]].<ref>[http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20080711_OTS0171/energiecomfort-eroeffnet-bio-ortswaerme-seefeld ''Bio-Ortswärme Seefeld eröffnet''], Pressemitteilung der Energiecomfort GmbH vom 11. Juli 2008.</ref>
Anfangs wurden etwa vier Millionen Liter Heizöl pro Jahr eingespart. Mittlerweile wird über die Hälfte des Wärmebedarfs von Seefeld durch das [[Biomasseheizwerk]] gedeckt und jährlich 10.500 Tonnen CO<sub>2</sub> vermieden.<ref>Nikolaus Paumgartten: [http://www.tt.com/csp/cms/sites/tt/%C3%9Cberblick/Chronik/ChronikInnsbruckLand/1954478-6/seefelder-ortsw%C3%A4rme-ist-voll-ausgebaut.csp ''Seefelder Ortswärme ist voll ausgebaut''], [[Tiroler Tageszeitung]] vom 29. Dezember 2010</ref>
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=== Communication and telecommunication ===
The [[pilot project]] by ''Telesystem Tirol'' for [[cable TV]] was conducted in 1975 by a family firm based in [[Reith bei Seefeld#Subdistricts|Auland]]. Today about 900 participants in Seefeld and Reith are connected.<ref>[http://www.kabelseefeld.at/ueberuns/index.html ''Die Kabelanlage''] at kabelseefeld.at. Retrieved 26 April 2014.</ref> [[DVB-T]] is transmitted by a  [[transmitter]] on the Gschwandtkopf.

[[Broadband access]] and [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]] is available in the entire permanent settlement of Seefeld at a rate of 42.2 [[bit rate|MBit/s]].<ref>[https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/downloads/Breitband-Masterplan_fuer_Tirol.pdf ''Breitband-Masterplan für Tirol''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215200/https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/downloads/Breitband-Masterplan_fuer_Tirol.pdf |date=2014-04-26 }}, Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung, Abteilung Wirtschaft und Arbeit, 2012 (pdf)</ref> It is [[naked DSL]] with [[Symmetric digital subscriber line|symmetric bandwidth]] of up to 20&nbsp;Mbit/s, [[ADSL]] up to 30&nbsp;Mbit/s. Broadband internet is also provided over the cable network. Since August 2012 there has been free [[WLAN]] access in the pedestrian zone, the spa park, the sport and congress centre, around the Seekirchl and at the ''Casino Arena'', around the [[ski jump]]s on the Gschwandtkopf and at several stations in the Rosshütte [[ski area]].

=== Sports facilities ===
[[File:Seefeld Seelos Schanzen.jpg|thumb|alt=Die Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanzen|The [[Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jump]]]]
In recent years Seefeld has expanded and renovated its sports facilities and positioned itself as the [[Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre|Nordic Competence Centre]] (''Nordisches Kompetenzzentrum'') for the training of national teams and clubs as well as the Stams Skiing Grammar School (''Skigymnasium Stams'').

* [[Toni Seelos Olympic Ski Jump]]s in the ''Casino Arena'' on the northwest slopes of the Gschwandtkopf ([[Schanzengröße|HS&nbsp;109]] und HS&nbsp;75)
* [[Biathlon]] stand with 30 firing points
* 279&nbsp;km of runs for [[cross-country skiing]], 125&nbsp;km of which is for skating and 154&nbsp;km for classic cross-country skiing
* [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]] [[roller skiing]] route with a length of 3.6&nbsp;km and width of 3&nbsp;m with variations from 560&nbsp;m to 4.7&nbsp;km
* [[Fédération Internationale de Ski|FIS]]-[[Homologation|homologated]] courses for [[slalom skiing|slalom]] and [[giant slalom]] on the Gschwandtkopf <ref>[http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/homologations.html?place=Seefeld&discipline=&nat=&gender=&homid=186&type=DET&sector= ''Homologations: Seefeld (AUT)''] auf fis-ski.com</ref>
* [[Ski area]]s of Rosshütte, Gschwandtkopf and Geigenbühel-/Birkenlifte
* [[Ice rink]]s for skating and [[Bavarian curling]]
* Two grass areas for [[association football|football]], another is planned
* WM Halle with 8 indoor [[tennis court]]s and 4 outside courts
* Seefeld Tennis Club with 6 clay courts
* Golf courses: Seefeld-Reith Golf Club (9 hole, par 70) and Panorama golf course of am Geigenbühel, an 18-hole course in [[Wildmoos (Telfs)]]
* 266&nbsp;km [[waymark]]ed [[running]] and [[Nordic walking]] routes
* 570&nbsp;km  of [[cycling]] and [[mountain bike]] routes
* [[Beach volleyball]] court
* Two [[riding hall]]s with outdoor riding paddocks
* Fitness studio
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Zahlreiche Vereins- und Nationalmannschaften hielten bereits [[Fußball]]-Trainingslager in Seefeld ab, so beispielsweise die [[Niederländische Fußballnationalmannschaft|Niederlande]] als Vorbereitung für die [[Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2010|WM 2010]] oder 2012 der englische Meister [[Manchester City]].<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tt.com/Nachrichten/5071215-6/mancity-bezog-quartier-in-seefeld.csp |date=* |title=''ManCity bezog Quartier in Seefeld'' }}, [[Tiroler Tageszeitung]] vom 9. Juli 2012 (archiviert vom [http://www.tt.com/Nachrichten/5071215-6/mancity-bezog-quartier-in-seefeld.csp Original] am 5. Februar 2013).</ref> Die Hallen-Europameisterschaften der Senioren im [[Tennis]], die 2014 zum 38. Mal ausgetragen wurden, sind mit mehr als 650 Teilnehmern aus über 30 Nationen das größte Hallenturnier Europas.<ref>[http://www.tirol.at/e-38-internationale-senioren-tennis-em ''38. Internationale Senioren Tennis EM''] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140420000000/http://www.tirol.at/e-38-internationale-senioren-tennis-em |date=2014-04-20 }} auf tirol.at; [http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100030014 ''38th European Senior Open''] auf der Webseite der [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] (englisch).</ref>

=== Öffentliche Einrichtungen ===
[[File:Seefeld 9.JPG|alt=Kongresszentrum mit Olympiabad]]
* Bibliothek

=== Bildung === 
* [[Neue Mittelschule]] Seefeld
* Volksschule Seefeld

=== Sonstiges ===
In der ''WM-Halle'' können Veranstaltungen mit bis zu 2.000 Besuchern abgehalten werden. Das ''Olympia Sport- und Kongresszentrum'' in Seefeld verfügt über Tagungssäle mit insgesamt 450&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> Fläche sowie den Kinobetrieb ''Cinepoint'', welcher im Mai 2013 den ersten [[High Frame Rate|HFR]]-[[3D-Film|3D-Projektor]] mit 60 Bildern pro Sekunde (was der ''"Higher Frame Rate"'' von James Camerons Filmprojekten entspricht) sowie mit [[2K (Film)|4K-Auflösung]] für 2D in Österreich installierte.<ref>[http://www.meinbezirk.at/wildermieming/kultur/eines-der-modernsten-kinos-von-ganz-europa-in-seefeld-d573362.html ''Eines der modernsten Kinos von ganz Europa – in Seefeld!''] auf meinbezirk.at vom 18. Mai 2013, abgerufen am 25. Januar 2013.</ref>
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==Economy==

===Tourism===
[[File:20180126 FIS NC WC Seefeld Seefeld 2019 850 9846.jpg|thumb|Seefeld, host of the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019]]]]
Seefeld is an important centre for [[cross-country skiing]]. The Nordic events at both the 1964 and 1976 [[Winter Olympics]] were hosted at Seefeld. Competitions during the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1933|1933]], [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cccski.com/About/History/FIS-History/World-Champs-in-Seefeld-1985-%281%29.aspx#.XSRIw-gzbIU|title=World Champs in Seefeld 1985|publisher=Cross Country Canada|language=en|date=10 February 2010|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> and [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019|2019 FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ts-bramberg.at/2019/03/03/nordische_schiwm_seefeld/|title=Bramberger Tourismusschüler waren bei der nordischen Ski-WM live dabei|date=3 March 2019 |publisher=Salzburg Tourism Schools|language=de|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> also took place here. In both the Winter Olympics and the 1985 World Championships only the normal hill in [[ski jumping]] took place in Seefeld, the large hill took place in [[Innsbruck]]) as well as some of the events at the [[2012 Winter Youth Olympics|1st Winter Youth Olympic Games]] in January 2012. World Cup competitions have been located here a number of times. During the 2019 World Championships, ski jumping took place in Seefeld in Tirol.

The [[Biathlon World Championships 1963|1963 Biathlon World Championships]] also took place in Seefeld in Tirol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tirolerskiverband.at/fuer-eilige/nordische-ski-wm-seefeld-2019/|title=FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Feb/Mär 2019 in Seefeld|publisher=Tiroler Skiferband|language=de|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref>

The [[alpine skiing]] area is small and appropriate for beginners. There are two separate small areas which are not connected except by a ski bus (free of charge) or taxis. The terrain itself is quite good and there is good access to other facilities (walks, shops and the Olympia swimming complex).

Seefeld is popular with walkers because of its plateau location; there are many attractive walks which don't depend on climbing up and down mountains. However, the walks into the mountains are beautiful too, especially since the [[Karwendel]] is a huge nature reserve. Recommended walks include down through the Schlossbachklamm to Hochzirl (then the train back), and from the cable car stations down into the Eppzirlertal (if you're fairly fit). There are possibilities for multi-day walks through the Karwendel towards the [[Achensee]].

Together with eleven other towns Seefeld is a member of the community ''Best of the Alps''.<ref>[http://www.bestofthealps.com/en/d/seefeld/ Seefeld member page on Best of the Alps]</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Anton Seelos]] (1911–2006) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion. In the 1930s, Seelos invented the [[parallel turn]]. The [[Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze]] in Seefeld in Tirol is named after him.
* [[Regina Schöpf]] (1935–2008) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the [[1956 Winter Olympics]]. She was born in Seefeld
* [[Jan-Carl Raspe]] (1944-1977) was a member of the German militant group the [[Red Army Faction]]. Raspe was born in Seefeld. He co-founded Kommune II in 1967 and joined the [[Red Army Faction]], also known as the "[[Baader-Meinhof Gang]]" in 1970

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:InntalMieming03.jpg|View from the Seefelder Joch
File:Seefeld St Oswald Widum 01.jpg|Sankt Oswald parish church
File:Seefeld 1.JPG|Heilig Kreuz church
File:Seefeld 7.JPG|Main square of the old town
File:From the minigolf, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|[[Panorama]] of Seefeld with the [[Alps]] in the background
File:At the minigolf, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|[[Miniature golf|Mini golf]] in Seefeld
File:From Rosshütte, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|The [[Alps]] from Rosshütte [[ski area]], Seefeld
File:Bergbahnen Rosshütte, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|The [[funicular]] to the Rosshütte [[ski area]]
File:Colours of Kaltwassersee, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|Colours of [[lake]] Kaltwassersee, Seefeld
File:From Wildsee, Seefeld in Tirol A.jpg|The [[Alps]] from [[Wildsee (Seefeld)|Wildsee]] [[lake]]
</gallery>

==References==
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*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf 1964 Winter Olympics official report.] pp.&nbsp;95–103. Accessed 30 October 2010. {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf 1976 Winter Olympics official report.] pp.&nbsp;199–203. Accessed 10 November 2010. {{in lang|en|fr|de}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.seefeld.com/en Official Homepage] of [[Olympiaregion Seefeld]] {{in lang|en}}
*[http://www.seefeld.com/region-tirol-service/wetter-webcam Webcams in Seefeld] {{in lang|en}}
*[http://www.travel2austria.com/?Tirol:Seefeld_in_Tirol Pictures of Seefeld]

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