Hochsölden
| Hochsölden ( village ) | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Imst (IM), Tyrol | ||
| Pole. local community | Sölden ( KG Sölden) | ||
| Locality | Soelden | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 '39 " N , 10 ° 59' 3" E | ||
| height | 2083 m above sea level A. | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Counting district / district | Sölden (70220 000) | ||
 View of Hochsölden (2002) |
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| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS | |||
Hochsölden is a hotel village in the southern part of the Ötztal in the Imst district , Tyrol , Austria . Hochsölden is located above Sölden at an altitude of 2083 m above sea level. A. directly on the ski slope.
Origin of name
The origin of Hochsölden was the Hamrachalpe (today Hotel Schöne Aussicht ), where the rental of 6 straw beds began as early as 1926. At that time there were no lifts and a climb was only possible for tourists with touring skis and skins. The area was then divided into Hainbach and Hamrachalpe. The arriving guests often mistook the alpine pastures and that is why the whole area was renamed Hochsölden.
history
The Sonnblick was built in 1928 . The Serafin Gurschler family built the first material ropeway from Sölden to Hochsölden in 1929 to transport the necessary building materials and food . As a result, the Gurschler family built the Hotel Hochsölden between 1931 and 1934 and the Lengler family established the Alpine Peace in 1936 . In the same year, the Hamrachalpe was expanded by Hans Fender into the Gasthaus zur Schöne Aussicht . In addition, a chapel was built in Hochsölden in 1934. Due to the strong increase in the number of guests, more and more beds were required and therefore the Enzian was added in 1940 .
On March 15, 1946 - after the end of the Second World War , the SC Sölden-Hochsölden ski club was re-established .
The construction of a chair lift from Sölden to Hochsölden took place in 1948. This lift was the first chair lift in Ötztal and only the third in Tyrol. This was replaced by a 1-seater chairlift in 1955.
In 1951 the Rotkogel lift was built, which made it much easier to climb the daily mountain tours. In 1956, the hoteliers and innkeepers from Hochsölden joined forces under the leadership of Hans Fender to build a road together. A 7 km long stretch of road from Sölden to Hochsölden was built with pick and shovel. At that time the road was only passable in one direction. So there was an exact schedule of when to go down and when to go up.
Around the same time, the Giggijoch and Hainbachkar tow lifts were built and with these two lifts, skiing in today's sense and on groomed slopes was possible for the first time. In 1958, Hans Fender built another hotel, the Hotel Edelweiss . At that time it already had rooms with a bathroom and toilet, which was a particular luxury in the 1950s. To this day it is the only hotel in Hochsölden that was built entirely after the Second World War.
The enormous construction activities were of course also an interference with the natural balance. Therefore, in 1963 the construction of a sewer system for Hochsölden took place, at a time when no other place in the Ötztal had one. In 1967 one of the first indoor swimming pools in the Ötztal was built at the Hotel Edelweiss at an altitude of 2,090 meters.
Sports
- In 1947, the SC organized the "large downhill race around the Ötztaler Edelweiss " route Giggijoch - Rainstadl. Eberhard Kneisl emerged as the winner .
- In 1948 the Tyrolean championship takes place, which also counts as elimination for the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz .
- In 1957 the start of what is probably the largest racing event of the post-war period - the "International Race for the Wildspitzkreuz ". The young Karl Schranz and Resi Feiersinger emerge victorious.
- In 1960 the international Ötztal “spring race” takes place in Hochsölden.
The Sölden-Hochsölden ski area currently comprises (as of the 2009/2010 season) 148 km of groomed slopes between 1,350 and 3,340 meters above sea level. Approx. 60% of the ski slopes can be snowed. A total of 33 lifts and cable cars with a transport capacity of 69,000 people per hour are in operation.
Modern tourism
In 1971 the Hochsölden and Gaislachkogel ski areas were merged. After the former forest road to Hochsölden was expanded, the glacier road to the Rettenbachferner was built in 1972 . This meant that the Sölden ski area was guaranteed snow all year round for the first time. In 1998, the Hochsölden ski area was connected to the Rettenbach glacier - another historic impetus for Sölden's success.
In order to create an optimal parking solution for the hotel village, a local 5-storey underground car park was built in 2002. During the entire winter season, you can ski directly from your accommodation to the ski slopes, avoiding long queues at the lifts.
Today the mountain village of Hochsölden consists of five 4-star hotels, a mountain restaurant, two sports shops, some apartment buildings and its own ski school.
literature
- The Ötztal . Hayman-Verlag, Innsbruck 1999
- Ötztal - experience of an enchanting mountain world . Verlag Photo-Lohmann Ges.mbH, p. 46 and p. 71
Web links
- www.hochsoelden.info - Obenauf und mittendrin , website of the town
Ski area:
- Sölden / Ötztal ski area
- Livecam Hochsölden
- Sölden-Hochsölden ski area map
- Hochsölden: High Alpine gem for unforgettable winter holidays , January 17, 2009 (touristikpresse.net)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1935: Tourism in Hochsölden , ORF broadcast “Tirol Today”, October 19, 2011
- ↑ Interview with Hans Falkner in the 60 years Skiclub Sölden edition (2008) ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.1 MB)
- ↑ Photos and technical data of the Hochsölden lift
- ↑ "Wildspitzkreuz für Karl Schranz and Resi Feiersinger", Autumn Information SC Sölden, Season 2009/2010, p. 8. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.sc-soelden.at - Club history SC Sölden-Hochsölden ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on the Rettenbach Glacier in Sölden ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
