Aspen (Colorado)

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Aspen
View of Galena Street in the city center
View of Galena Street in the city center
Location in Colorado
Pitkin County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Aspen Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1879
State : United States
State : Colorado
County : Pitkin County
Coordinates : 39 ° 12 ′  N , 106 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 12 ′  N , 106 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone : Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents : 6,658 (as of 2010)
Population density : 731.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.1 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 2405 m
Postcodes : 81611, 81612
Area code : +1 970
FIPS : 08-03620
GNIS ID : 0204686
Website : www.aspenpitkin.com
Mayor : Steve Skadron
Aspen, 1962, Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg
Aspen in 1962

Aspen is a small town in the US -amerikanischen State Colorado , the administrative seat of Pitkin County and is located some 200 km south west of Denver on the Roaring Fork River . The city was in the 19th century center of a silver - mining area . Aspen is home to one of the most famous ski areas in North America. It consists of four non-lift parts: Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, and Snowmass.

According to the Forbes Institute, Aspen is the richest city in the United States and one of the richest in the world. The average price of a home in Aspen is over $ 1.5 million.

Aspen is home to three internationally important institutions: the Aspen Music Festival and School , the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Center for Physics . The Aspen Music Festival has been held every summer since 1949.

geography

Aspen is located about 65 km southeast of Glenwood Springs in a river valley between the Elk Mountains and the Sawatch Range , two sub-mountains of the Rocky Mountains . The Roaring Fork River , a tributary of the Colorado, flows through the city . Within the Roaring Fork Valley , Aspen is surrounded by mountains on three sides: Red Mountain to the north, Smuggler Mountain to the east and Aspen Mountain to the south .

climate

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Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 6.5 7.4 8.4 8.8 9.7 11.3 11.6 10.5 9.3 7.5 6.2 6th O 8.6
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history

Silver deposits were discovered here for the first time in 1879 after a contract with the Ute tribe made the western part of Colorado accessible. Because of the difficult access, mining developed only slowly, only when the railway line was extended to Aspen in 1887, the population grew to 12,000 inhabitants. At the height of the silver boom in 1892 silver ore worth nine million was US dollar encouraged Aspen was thus the most productive area for silver mining in the USA. In the same year, today's City Hall was built, in 1893 Aspen already had banks, a hospital, a police station, two theaters, an opera and electric lighting. However, the panic of 1893 resulted in many silver mines closing and thousands losing their jobs. By 1930, the population of Aspen had decreased to 705. However, the city still had commercial and residential buildings, which is why investors were interested in building a ski area. The Aspen Skiing Company was founded in 1946 and hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1950 .

Historical buildings

  • Aspen Community Church

  • Wheeler Opera House

  • Pitkin County Courthouse

  • Armory Hall or Fraternal Hall

  • Elks building

  • Cowenhaven Ute City Banque building

  • Independence building

  • Hotel Jerome

  • Buildings on South Mill street and Main street

Sports

Every year at the end of November, two alpine ski world cup competitions (mostly giant slalom and slalom ) for women take place in Aspen .

Infrastructure

Aspen / Pitkin County Airport is located near Aspen , from where there are connections to Denver International Airport .

Town twinning

Aspen has six twin cities :

Known residents

sons and daughters of the town

Trivia

literature

  • Kathryn Livingston: In The Spirit Of Aspen. Assouline Publishing, New York 2002, ISBN 978-2-8432-3399-9 .
  • Lisa Sun-Hee Park, David N. Pellow: The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America's Eden. NYU Press, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-4798-3476-1 .
  • Rod Martinez: Best Aspen Hikes (Colorado Mountain Club. Pack Guide). Colorado Mountain Club Press, Golden (Colorado) 2014, ISBN 978-1-9370-5208-9 .
  • Douglas N. Beck: Early Aspen: 1879-1930 (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2015, ISBN 978-1-4671-3318-0 .

Web links

Commons : Aspen, Colorado  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aspen ski area overview Colorado USA. Retrieved on March 5, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ http://www.aspenphys.org