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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Seefeld 19.02. - 03.03.2019 Table of contents

Welcome Tirol is a region passionate about sport. Many events underline this enthusiasm for outdoor activities, from classics such as 02 Introduction to Tirol! the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics to the annual FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld and the legendary Four Hills 04 1. Nordic in Tirol Tournament each January. Tirol has a long and rich tradition of hosting Nordic skiing events. At the 52nd FIS Nordic World 09 2. Tirol – Heart of the Ski Championships in Seefeld, 200,000 spectators are expected to attend 21 competitions spread over two weeks. The FIS 12 3. The venues of the FIS Nordic World Ski Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 are actually the third Championships 2019 Seefeld world championships to be held in Tirol in a very short space 12 3.1 Seefeld of time, following hot on the heels of the IFSC Climbing World 16 3.2 Innsbruck Championships and the UCI Road World Championships in 2018.

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Peter Schröcksnadel 1. Nordic skiing in Tirol Peter Schröcksnadel, born in Innsbruck in 1941, is one of the most influential figures in t he world of Austrian skiing. He has been president of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) since 1990 and is also a successful entrepreneur. When Schröcksnadel became president, the Austrian Ski Federation was heavily in debt and dependent on the support of sporting goods companies. Similar to Bernie Ecclestone in Formula 1, Schröcksnadel took the step of regaining the federation’s full marketing rights and giving control of them back to those in charge. Today the Austrian Ski Federation has a budget totalling many millions of euros and is debt-free. Seefeld was one of the first places in the Alps In 1963 Frenes, who worked for many years Mass-participation events like the Koasalauf to make cross-country skiing popular, at that as head of the local tourism association, in St. Johann in Tirol and the Dolomitenlauf time under the name of „ski hiking“. Today first came across the sport of cross-country in East Tirol draw huge numbers of skiers, the is THE Nordic hotspot in skiing during a trip to . Though while professional events like the FIS Nordic Werner Schuster Tirol. Its success story is inextricably linked hugely popular in Scandinavia, this sport Combined World Cup in Seefeld and the IBU Werner Schuster, the successful coach of the German national team, lives in in with one name: Walter Frenes. He may not was completely unknown in Tirol at the World Cup in Hochfilzen attract the village of , 40 kilometres west of Innsbruck. Schuster was a ski jumper himself have invented cross-country skiing, but he time – despite the fact that tens of thousands of spectators. from 1986 to 1995. After finishing his professional career, he trained as a ski jumping coach did import this traditional Scandinavian was booming. It was clear to the 82-year- in Innsbruck. From 1998 Schuster worked as a coach at the Ski High School. In 2007 sport to the region and thereby ensured old Frenes that cross-country skiing had Stams Ski High School he became head coach of the Swiss ski jumping national team before being appointed coach of that Seefeld would go on to become one great potential as an outdoor activity for One of the most renowned training centres the German national team in March 2008. In 2014 Schuster celebrated his greatest success as a of the most popular cross-country skiing holidaymakers on the Seefeld plateau. What for talented young Austrian winter sports coach so far when German team won gold at the in . destinations in the Alps. he needed was a Norwegian cross-country stars is Stams Ski High School. Located about skiing expert to explain to the Tiroleans 40 kilometres west of Innsbruck, it is the how to make cross-country trails. Walter oldest ski sports school in the world and was Frenes hired a sport teacher and journalist founded by the Austrian Ski Federation as who, armed with a pair of skinny skis, spent an education and training base for up-and- Alexander Stöckl three winters in front of a log cabin in Seefeld coming youngsters. The school has been An important name in Nordic skiing is 45-year-old Alexander Stöckl from St. Johann in Tirol. offering passers-by the chance to try out training world champions and Olympic Since 2011 he has been the head coach of the Norwegian national ski jumping team. Stöckl this exotic sport and then writing about champions for 50 years. wrote the lyrics for the official song of the 2012 World Championship in Vikersund: his experiences. As the sport became more „Flying into the Future“. Together with his father Paul Stöckl, an engineer, he invented a new popular, the image more attractive, the outfits Ski jumping: , Martin version of the ski jumping boot in 2012 designed to allow jumpers to place more pressure on sexier and the trails longer, Seefeld developed Höllwarth, , Daniela Iraschko, the ski during take-off. This invention, which caused a sensation at the the first mechanical trail-grooming machine , , , in 2012/13 with Anders Jacobsen‘s wins in and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, was in the world in 1985 with the help of a , , Richard christened the „Stöckl shoe“ by the press. modified snowmobile imported from Canada. Schallert, , Karl „Then the Scandinavians came to us to learn Schnabl, , Andreas Widhölzl, something,“ recalls cross-country pioneer Michael Hayböck, , Gregor Walter Frenes with a smile. Schlierenzauer Cross-country skiing: Markus Gandler, Maria The Polish team is also trained by a Tirolean. Since 2016 it is Stefan Horngacher from Wörgl Today, more than half a decade later, cross- Theurl who has been responsible for the performance of one of the best national teams in the world country skiing - alongside alpine skiing - is Biathlon: Christoph Sumann as the successor to former national coach Łukasz Kruczek. During his own active career, increasingly popular. Nordic winter sports Nordic combined: , Günter Horngacher became Team World Champion twice (1991, 2001). From 2004 to 2006 he worked enthusiasts throughout Tirol can choose Csar, , Christoph Eugen, Felix in as an assistant to Heinz Kuttin, then head coach of the Polish national team and from around 4,000 kilometres of perfectly Gottwald, , , currently head coach of the Austrian national team. Horngacher is today head coach of the groomed cross-country trails - from easy Polish national team featuring stars such as and will remain in this role at least loops on flat terrain to challenging routes until the end of the season. with steep climbs and even glacier trails at more than 2,500 metres above sea level.

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Mario Stecher Alexander Pointner Since 2018 he is sporting director for ski jumping and Nordic combined with the Austrian Alexander Pointner originally hails from the province of Upper Austria but today also lives in Ski Federation. Former Nordic combined star Mario Stecher is famous around the world. His Tirol. From 1995 to 2005 he lived in the village of Kematen before moving with his family to greatest sporting successes include two Olympic gold medals ( 2006 and 2010), Innsbruck. As head coach of the Austrian national ski jumping team, Pointner has become the two Olympic bronze medals ( 2002 and Sochi 2014), two World Championship most successful coach in the history of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) and in the history titles ( 2011), three World Championship silver medals (Ramsau 1999, 2001 and Val die of the national ski jumping team. His national team led by , Gregor Fiemme 2013) and one World Championship bronze medal ( 1997). He lives with his Schlierenzauer, , Andreas Kofler and Martin Koch achieved 32 medals at wife Carina and his two sons in the Pitztal valley in Tirol. Stecher says the cross-country trail in major events, 17 of them gold, as well as four overall World Cup victories and six victories in the area of Seefeld is his favourite cross-country skiing trail anywhere. a row at the Four Hills Tournament.

Markus Gandler Ole Einar Bjørndalen Markus Gandler has been sporting director for cross-country skiing and biathlon at the Another Nordic superstar who has settled in Tirol is the Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Austrian Ski Federation since 2003. His most famous achievement as a cross-country Bjørndalen. He lives in Obertilliach (East Tirol), where there is a course for skier came at the in , where he won silver behind Bjørn summer training named after him at the local biathlon centre. He is the most successful Dæhlie in the 10km – Austria’s first medal in cross-country skiing. Looking ahead to the athlete ever at World Championships and Olympic Winter Games in terms of both the World Championships in Seefeld, he comments: “We have a very young team. As an athlete, number of titles and the total number of medals. With eight gold medals he is considered competing in a home World Championships is almost more important than the Olympics. one of the most successful Winter Olympians of all time in any sport. Of course the pressure on your shoulders is huge, but it is also a massive opportunity.”

Martin Tauber Primož Roglič Former cross-country skier and Olympian Martin Tauber grew up in Seefeld. In fact, the The former Slovenian ski jumper and pro cyclist Primož Roglič visited the ski jump house where he spent his childhood was located right next to the cross-country skiing in the summer of 2018 during his preparations for the UCI Road World Championships in trails. That meant he spent much of his time at a young age out and about on skis perfecting Tirol. At the Junior World Ski Jumping Championships 2007 in he won gold as a his technique. Today the former professional athlete runs his own cross-country ski member of the Slovenian national team. After a serious fall in 2011, Roglič ended his career as school in Seefeld and works as an advisor on cross-country skiing for the regional tourism a ski jumper and switched to road cycling. Ten years later he won silver at the individual time board. He is one of the team responsible for grooming and preparing the trails at the World trial of the UCI Road World Championships in Bergen (Norway). „What’s important is that Championships. you believe in yourself - that applies equally to both sports,“ said Roglič during his visit to Innsbruck.

Toni Innauer Anton “Toni” Innauer is one of Austria’s most famous faces in Nordic sports. The former Olympic champion and World Cup winner lives in the village of , four kilometres east of Innsbruck. Innauer was the first ski jumper in history to be awarded a perfect 20 by all five judges. From 1989 he was head coach of the successful Austrian national ski jumping team and in 1992 he convinced all the athletes on the team to switch to the new V-style jumping technique. For many years Innauer represented the Austrian Ski Federation at the FIS and was involved in decisive developments in the sport of ski jumping such as the BMI rule, prize money for athletes and more TV-friendly competition formats. Today, Toni Innauer works as a consultant, seminar coach, author and journalist.

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The Austrian federal province of Tirol increasingly being worn again by young comprises the regions of North Tirol and people - albeit only on special occasions. East Tirol. The neighbouring province of Another aspect of Tirol known well beyond South Tirol/Alto Adige has belonged to its borders is the strong local dialect. It has since 1919. Other neighbours are the its roots in the Bavarian language and the German state of , the Swiss canton Vulgar Latin spoken by the Romans. The of Graubünden and the Italian province most noticeable elements of Tirolean dialect of Belluno, as well as the Austrian federal are the hard “k” and “ch” sounds. However, provinces of Vorarlberg, and strictly speaking there is no such thing as a . The eventful history of Tirol and single “Tirolean dialect” - the region is home INFOBOX WINTER SPORTS IN TIROL its location in the heart of the Alps make to countless subdialects, many of which differ the Tiroleans what they are today: genuine, greatly from each other. Linguistically they straightforward and very proud of their are all as far away from the Standard German • Kilometres of cross-country skiing trails: 4,000 region, while at the same time cosmopolitan spoken in as Hannover is from the • Ski jumps: 23 and innovative. Their enthusiasm for sport Hintertux Glacier! When it comes to religion, is deeply rooted. Tiroleans are probably Tirol is very much a Catholic region. This is • Toboggan runs: 220 more proud of their local identity than any the reason why even today it is commonly • Ski resorts: 80 other people in Austria. One of the many referred to as the „Holy Land of Tirol“. Today clichés about Tirol is that the people here about 60% of Austrians consider themselves • Kilometres of ski pistes: 3,400 wear Lederhosen (for the men) and Dirndl Catholic, with the proportion in the west of • Cable cars & lifts: 1,100 (for the women). In fact, traditional costume the country probably somewhat higher than • Ski schools: 300 is currently experiencing a revival and is in the east. • Snow sports instructors: 7,000 • Glacier skiing areas: 5

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• Capital: Innsbruck • Municipalities: 279 (including 11 towns) • Population: 751,140 • National colours: white-red • Surface area: 12,648km² • Of which habitable: 1,503km² (approx. 12.5%) Tourism • Of which forest: 37% • Highest mountains: Großglockner (3798m), Wildspitze (3768m) Whether hiking, mountain biking, skiing or • Largest lake: Achensee (6.8km²) simply enjoying the alpine landscape - people • Longest river: (in Tirol: 212.5km, total length: 518.5km) from all over the world flock to Tirol for their • Peaks over 3000m: 573 holidays. The province counts 49.4 million • Largest glacier: Gepatschferner (17.6km²) overnight stays per year and has 340,000 • Neighbouring countries: Germany, , Italy guest beds. The tourism industry is the third • South Tirol/Alto Adige: Has belonged to Italy since 1919 strongest pillar of Tirol’s economy, alongside goods manufacturing and business-related services. Around 25,000 businesses in Tirol depend on tourism, of which 92% are family-run companies. The region’s tourist infrastructure - such as ski lifts and hotels - is among the most modern and the highest quality in the world. The tourism sector employs around 60,000 people in Tirol.

The history of this sector began as early as the middle of the 19th century when the first summer guests came to Tirol. The development of tourism in the region is also directly linked to the beginnings of INFOBOX ECONOMY TIROL mountaineering, which started mainly with the arrival of wealthy adventurers from Politics Economy and business in Tirol sustainable sources. Plans are in place to • GDP per inhabitant: €45,200 Great Britain. Until then the local population Austria has a federal political structure. Once a farming region, Tirol is now an increase this to 100% by 2050. • Unemployment rate: 5.8% had held the mountains in great respect and This means each province, including Tirol, attractive business location. Tourism is the https://bilder.tirol.at/image/39329/ • Economic growth: 3% climbed only few of them, so it was travellers has its own regional parliament. It is this main industry in the side valleys branching • Companies: 43,800 companies (Austria: approx. 506,150) from other European countries who were the regional parliament that elects the regional off the main Inn valley. Political stability, its Science & Research • Of which small and medium-sized enterprises: 98% first to discover the Alps as a place for alpine government. Since the most recent elections geographical location between the north Tirol is also a leading location for research • Exports: €12.7 billion adventures. Around 1900 the first winter in 2018, Tirol has been ruled for the second and south of Europe and a high quality of and education. The province is home to • Industry turnover: €10 billion tourists came to Tirol. The earliest cable time in a row by Regional Governor Günther life characterise the region. Tirol is home to three universities and five colleges with • Turnover from tourism: €8.4 billion cars were built at the end of the 1920s: from Platter in a coalition of the Austrian People‘s a number of niche specialists and „hidden around 38,000 students and almost 6,000 • Guest overnight stays in winter: 27.6 million Ehrwald onto the Zugspitze mountain, from Party and the Green Party, which is on the champions“ as well as global market leaders researchers, as well as a number of non- • Share of tourism in GDP: approx. 17.5% (higher in tourist areas) Kitzbühel onto the Hahnenkamm mountain, left of the political spectrum. such as Swarovski, Plansee, Tyrolit and university research institutions. In addition • Number of people employed in tourism: 60,000 and from Innsbruck onto the MED-EL. Thanks to its strong roots in there is a high-performance innovation • Guest beds: 340,000 and Hafelekar mountains. trade, industry and tourism, Tirol is today landscape as well as a network of companies • Nearby economic hubs: , Milan, , Vienna, Zurich among the wealthiest regions in Europe. in the future-oriented sectors of life sciences, • Number of companies founded in 2017: over 2,800 The worldwide economic crisis of the 1930s Since Austria‘s accession to the EU in 1995, medical technology, renewable energies, IT, saw the development of tourism in Tirol cooperation with neighbouring countries mechatronics and wellness & health. grind to a halt. Shortly afterwards, the Nazi has intensified even further. The EuroRegion government in Germany issued a decree Tirol-South Tirol-Trentino was founded in according to which every German who wished 1998 with the aim of promoting the exchange to leave for Austria had to pay a fee of 1,000 between these regions in Austria and Italy Reichsmark. After the horrors of the Second which once were united as a single “Tirol” World War, Tirol succeeded with much hard but have been divided since 1918. Thanks work in getting tourism to the area back to the Schengen Agreement the importance on track. In the tourism year 1958/59 the of the state border between North Tirol in number of overnight stays already exceeded Austria and South Tirol in Italy has declined. the 10 million mark. The 9th Olympic Winter The introduction of the euro as a common Games took place in Innsbruck in 1964 and currency has also contributed to greater carried Tirol‘s reputation as a winter sports north-south integration. The farming sector destination out into the world. After several as a whole contributes less to Tirol’s economy highs and lows over the decades, Tirol is than in the past, but it still plays a major role today more popular than ever as a holiday in preserving the cultural landscape. Today, destination. In the year 2017/18 it saw 12.3 already 35% of Tirol‘s energy comes from million arrivals – a new record.

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• Altitude: 1,200m • Villages in the region: Seefeld, , Mösern-Buchen, Reith and • Number of overnight stays: 2 million (2017) • Guest beds: 14,438 • Cross-country skiing trails: 245km (135km classic, 110km skating) • Grooming machines for cross-country skiing trails: 8 • Trail maintenance team: 6 specially trained employees • Cross-country skiing schools: 5 • Artificial snow-making systems:30 in Seefeld, 6 in Leutasch • Cross-country runs covered by artificial snow-making:15km • Ski jumping hills: 2 (HS 109 + HS 75) 3. The Venues

The hub of all (sporting) activities is the „Olympic Sport and Congress Centre Seefeld“, which opened its doors in the mid-1970s. The name Walter Frenes is inseparably linked with the construction of the centre. A large The Venues of the 52nd as construction site planning and the 3.1 part of the (tourist) infrastructure in Seefeld sustainable use of nature were already dealt can be traced back to his visions (see page 4). FIS Nordic Ski World with in detail in the concept presented to the Thanks to its sheltered location, the village Championships 2019 FIS during the bidding process. of Seefeld with its 3,440 inhabitants is Major Nordic skiing events in Seefeld considered one of the most snowsure villages The first „ski hikers“ on the Seefeld Plateau In order to make the most of the existing in Tirol. Seefeld is just 20 minutes by car were considered a curious sight and were Seefeld in Tirol was announced as the venue structures, also in the field of trail planning from Innsbruck and about 10 kilometres even laughed at. This changed with the of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and trail construction, it was decided from the German border. It was already a arrival of the 1964 Olympic Games. In 2012 Seefeld also hosted the Nordic events 2019 at the 49th FIS Conference in Barcelona to bring on board cross-country skiing popular holiday resort before 1900, and since of the Winter . The on 5 June 2014. It is the second time since consultant of the Austrian Ski Federation the 1930s it has been one of the most popular FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been 1985 that Seefeld in Tirol has been awarded Dietmar Miklautsch and Norwegian expert winter sports resorts in Austria. In the 1960s a regular fixture on the Seefeld plateau the right to host the FIS Nordic World Ski Hermod Bjørkestøl. In the end the organisers and 1970s the small town was also called the since 2004. Other top events here are the Championships. Seefeld, which has already succeeded in using 70% existing trails for the „Monaco of the Alps“. Hardly any other region Euroloppet Ganghoferlauf in Leutasch and hosted the Nordic ski competitions at World Championships. Only minor additions in Austria has such a high density of four-star the Kaiser-Maximilianlauf, two annual mass- Olympic Games on three occasions, came out were needed. and five-star hotels as Seefeld. participation races. on top against Obersdorf in Germany and Planica in . When the 52nd Nordic World Ski Seefeld offers a wide range of leisure activities. Championships are opened on 20 February In addition to cross-country skiing, skiing, Initially Seefeld had only been given an 2019, the ceremony will mark the start of tobogganing, winter hiking and ice skating, outsider’s chance of getting the World what is set to be an unforgettable two-week Seefeld also serves up culinary delights. From In 1976 Seefeld was the venue for the Nordic Championships. In the end the final vote was sports festival. Over 200,000 spectators from traditional Tirolean specialties to haute competitions of the Olympic Games for the extremely close: 9:8 votes in favour of Tirol. around the world are expected to come to the cuisine there is a wide range of restaurants second time. In 1985 the FIS Nordic World The guaranteed snow, large number of guest region to watch the world’s best athletes do catering for all tastes and budgets. Visitors can Ski Championships took place in Seefeld - beds and the good accessibility from the battle in 21 medal events during 12 days of relax in the local swimming pools and spas or the last time that the championships were airports in Innsbruck and Munich scored the competition held in Seefeld and at Bergisel stroll through one of the oldest pedestrianised held without any skating competitions. decisive points. The main concept of the bid ski jump in Innsbruck. zones in Tirol with its charming boutiques. was to keep the burden on the environment Those who are feeling lucky can visit the as low as possible. Relevant points such Casino Seefeld.

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Toni Seelos Seefeld is the home village of Anton Seelos, the inventor of the . This is a basic technique in alpine skiing. Seelos, who worked as a ski instructor, was not allowed to participate in the 1936 Olympic Winter Games because of the event’s strict amateur-only principle. He took part in the slalom, albeit as a forerunner, and was much faster than the Olympic champion Franz Pfnür. died at the age of 95. Today the two ski jumps in Seefeld are named after him.

Nordic Ski Centre Seefeld The “Seekirchl” church Sustainability at the FIS Nordic World Spectacular journey to Seefeld Nature & surroundings of Seefeld With the Nordic Ski Centre Seefeld, Seefeld The baroque-style Seekirchl church is Ski Championships 2019 If you travel by train from Innsbruck to Above Seefeld, Oberleutasch and rises has one of the most modern biathlon the landmark of Seefeld. This octagonal It was of key importance to the local tourist Seefeld you will cross the Martinswand rock the mighty , a 2,662-metre-high facilities anywhere in Europe. The facility building was consecrated in 1666. For association that the FIS Nordic World Ski face on what is one of the most spectacular mountain with an unusual shape. comprises two new ski jumps and a network centuries Seefeld was a popular destination Championships 2019 in Seefeld should leave railway journeys in Austria. Legend has it of cross-country skiing trails, all covered for pilgrims, especially as the crucifix in a sustainable legacy. The railway station that Emperor Maximilian I sought refuge in by a state-of-the-art snow-making system. this little church is considered to be have in Seefeld was comprehensively renovated a grotto on the rock face while out hunting The centre also offers the longest roller miraculous powers. At that time the building ahead of the World Championships. As chamois. He was saved by a farm boy - some skiing course in Austria (3.6 kilometres) for was located in the middle of an artificial a result, since December 2018 there has legends speak of an angel. The Emperor summer training. The fact that Seefeld has lake known as the „Kreuzsee“. The lake was been a high-speed rail connection from Maximilian Grotto, as it has been known Zugspitze been awarded the Tyrolean Cross-country drained in 1808 and the church has been dry Germany directly to Seefeld all year round on ever since, can be accessed by visitors today. Ski Trail Seal of Approval guarantees a ever since. At the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski weekends. This is rare – express trains do not The Karwendelbahn or Mittenwaldbahn consistently high quality of trails throughout Championships, medals will be awarded on usually stop in small towns and villages like is a single-track railway line connecting The Mountains begin in the the resort. The region has received numerous Medal Plaza located next to the Seekirchl Seefeld. Further measures taken before the Innsbruck with Garmisch-Partenkirchen heart of Seefeld. At 920 square kilometres, awards from the renowned ADAC Guide church. After the World Championships the World Championships include updating the that runs through the Martinswand. This they form one of the largest natural alpine and the German Skiing Federation. In Seekirchl will get its lake back – a part of this old arena, building a tower at the ski jumping is a true masterpiece of engineering by the landscapes in . There are order to ensure ideal training conditions for new artificial lake has already been created. stadium and numerous other improvements railway pioneer Josef Riehl, who planned 125 peaks in the range over 2,000 metres cross-country skiers as early as November, to the local infrastructure. the line at the beginning of the 20th It was on the peak of this mountain that the in altitude. The Karwendel Nature Park is Seefeld uses a technique known as “snow- century. The highlight of the journey is the play „Munde“ by the Tirolean author and Austria‘s largest nature reserve and one of farming”: a method for making, storing and section through the rock and the 1,810m playwright Felix Mitterer was performed. The the oldest protected areas in the Eastern preserving artificial snow. Thanks to its good Martinswand Tunnel. mountain offers one of the most beautiful Alps. Throughout the Karwendel Mountains infrastructure, Seefeld is a popular place vantage points in the region around Seefeld. you can find typical animal species native for training camps. Former top biathlete to the Limestone Alps – in particular large (D) enjoyed training here To the west of Seefeld lie the groups of chamois and golden eagles. The during her career and current star Laura Mountains between Garmisch-Parten- , Bavaria‘s fourth largest river and Dahlmeier (D) is a frequent guest. Further kirchen (Germany), and Munich‘s main river, is commonly said to top athletes to take advantage of the excellent Außerfern (Austria). The main summit of have its source in the Karwendel Mountains. training conditions in Seefeld include Martin the Wetterstein Mountains, the Zugspitze, However, the official source of the river Fourcade (F) and (NOR). is at 2,962 metres the highest mountain in Isar in the Hinterautal valley is not actually Leading Nordic nations such as Norway, Germany. a source in the true sense of the word but Russia and Germany regularly hold their rather a place where three streams converge. training camps in Seefeld. Locals therefore refer to this spot as „at the rivers“.

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Zaha Hadid Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, (*1950 in Baghdad; †2016 in Miami/Florida) was an architect, professor of architecture, and designer from Iraq. In 2004 she became the first woman to receive the most prestigious award in architecture, the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Her architectural INFOBOX INNSBRUCK • Colleges and universities: 5 style and design is described as flowing or kinetic (based on movement). In Innsbruck she • Students: More than 33,000 designed the and the stations of the Hungerburgbahn funicular railway. In • Surface area: 104.9m² • Animals in the Alpine Zoo: 2,000 Germany, the „phæno“ in Wolfsburg was her biggest project, an interactive museum of natural • Climate: temperate alpine climate • Museums: 22 sciences. Other milestones in Hadid‘s career include the Tomigaya Zaha Building in Tokyo, the • Population: 133,539 • Museum visitors: 980,337 Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, and the expansion of the Reina Sofia • Altitude at city centre: 575m • Cinema screens: 19 Museum in Madrid. Zaha Hadid died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2016. • Altitude at Hafelekar peak: 2,334m • Highest building: Voest building • Main landmark: Golden Roof (21 floors) • Number of overnight stays: • Winter Olympics: 1964 and 1976 4,500 per day • Sports clubs in Tirol: 2,300 • Guest beds: 8,566 • Seats in the Bergisel ski jumping • Companies and businesses: 3,449 stadium: 28,000 run-in track with three supports. However, in INFOBOX BERGISEL SKI JUMP the end the 68.5m structure was constructed without any columns with an gradient of up • Architect: Zaha Hadid to 35 degrees. The take-off tower lies on a 16m • Commissioned by: Austrian Ski Federation x 20m foundation with three floors housing • Start of construction: June 2001 technical infrastructure, storage and staff • Completion: 14 September 2002 rooms. A three-storey steel structure with a • Construction costs: approx. €15.4 million Bergisel ski jump – sporting landmark rescue level, panorama deck and restaurant • Funding: Austrian National Government, Tirolean Regional Government, City of 3.2 Innsbruck of the city was placed on the concrete shaft of the Innsbruck and Austrian Ski Federation The Bergisel ski jump towers majestically above tower. One of the ski jump’s most spectacular • Tower height: 50m The ski jumping competitions of the FIS Innsbruck on the historic Bergisel hill to the features is the 360-degree panoramic view • Highest point: approx. 250m above Innsbruck Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 south of the city. It is regarded as one of the of Innsbruck and the opposite Nordkette • Absolute altitude: 650m above sea level in Seefeld will take place at the legendary most modern facilities of its kind in the world Mountains which can be enjoyed through • Height difference:run-in to bottom of landing area: 128m Bergisel ski jump in the south of Innsbruck. and can accommodate over 28,000 spectators. the large glass front at the „Bergisel Sky” • Steps from the entrance to the top of the run-in: 455 With 133,000 inhabitants, Innsbruck is the Ski jumping competitions have been held restaurant. Those with strong legs can take the • Capacity: 28,000 people most populous city in Tirol and the regional there since 1927. The hill has hosted Olympic 455 steps leading from the stadium entrance to • Run-in length: 98m capital. Around 300,000 people live in the events on three occasions: at the 1964 and 1976 the top of the run-in, while those who prefer • HS: 120m city and its surrounding villages. Despite Olympic Games as well as during the 2012 to take it easy can use the inclined elevator • Ski jump record (winter): 138m by Michael Hayböck (AUT) 2015 this, Innsbruck is small enough to explore on Winter Youth Olympic Games. The Bergisel ski that can carry up to 350 people per hour. The • First Four Hills Tournament with event in Innsbruck: 3 January 1953 foot. At the same time it is large enough to jump is one of four venues for the international elevator needs just 2 minutes to complete the be home to a diverse food scene and cultural Four Hills Tournament. In the summer months 250m journey to the top. Tourists can even feel highlights – plenty to keep the city’s 33,000 many Austrian and international teams train what it is like to sit on the beam at the top of students busy. Innsbruck has everything a here. In 2002 the ski jump was redesigned by the run-in and look down at the landing and lively city needs - and yet within the space of world-famous architect Zaha Hadid. the city below. just 20 minutes you can find yourself alone in the mountains. Sport is a major part of The architecture of the Bergisel ski jump Bergisel ski jump: a place with history life here and many Innsbruck locals enjoy With the in-run as bridge construction, the The name of the ski jump is derived from the exploring the mountains around the city on tower as a high construction and the tower 746-metre-high Bergisel hill in the Wilten foot and by bike in summer as well as on skis head as steel construction, the ski jumping hill of Innsbruck. About 200 years in winter. at Bergisel unites many different architectural ago, brave Tirolean men under their leader disciplines. The original design was for a Andreas Hofer fought for the freedom of

16 · TV-Roadbook - Seefeld 2019 · www.sport.tirol · www.sport.tirol · TV-Roadbook - Seefeld 2019 17 their homeland on this hill. The four battles Patscherkofel: Innsbruck’s local mountain at Bergisel in 1809 were part of a popular About seven kilometres south of the uprising against the Napoleonic French and Bergisel ski jump is the 2,246-metre-high their allies, Bavaria. The „Tirol Panorama“ Patscherkofel, Innsbruck’s local mountain. museum houses the largest work of art Its round, treeless top and 50-metre-high TV in Tyrol: a giant 360° panoramic painting mast can be seen from afar. In winter locals showing the 1809 fight for freedom spread use the mountain for skiing, in summer for across an area of almost 1,000 square metres. hiking. During the warm summer months the popular „Zirbenweg“ hiking trail starts Wilten: jumping towards the local on the Patscherkofel mountain and offers cemetery fantastic views of the Inn valley and the As they sit and wait nervously at the top mighty Karwendel Mountains. Patscherkofel of the run-in, ski jumpers have a fine view was at the heart of the Olympic action in 1964 The Seegrube offers a dreamlike backdrop of Wilten cemetery, which is a listed site of and 1976. Alpine skiing, tobogganing and with an incomparable 360-degree view of historical importance. competitions all took place on the mountain. Innsbruck and its surroundings. In winter In 2012 the mountain hosted the Winter Youth the Seegrube is the city’s closest ski area. Olympic Games. One of the most memorable As well as the cable car from the city to the moments in Austrian skiing history also Seegrube, there is a second cable car from took place on Patscherkofel on 21 December the Seegrube all the way up to the Hafelekar 1998: Austria‘s men finished 1st to 9th in the ridge 300 metres further up. The notorious Super-G – the most dominant performance Hafelekarrinne couloir is one of the steepest ever by a single nation in a ski race. ski routes in Europe – with a gradient of up to 70%, this descent is reserved for real experts only.

Patscherkofel A stone‘s throw away from the cemetery is Wilten monastery, home to the Wilten Boys‘ The Nordkette: from the city to the Choir. This is not only one of the oldest but high mountains also one of the best and most famous boys‘ To the north of Innsbruck, the Nordkette The Hafelekar has also been the filming choirs in Europe. Mountains keep watch over the city. There location for well-known movies such as in is no other place where urban space and 1955 when Romy Schneider shot a mountain mountain terrain are so close together. The scene as Empress Elisabeth, better known Nordkettenbahnen cable cars take you in as “Sissi”. In summer the Goetheweg trail just 20 minutes from the city centre to the is a popular attraction in the Nordkette Alps. They lead via the Hungerburg district Mountains. This hiking trail runs from the of the city to the 1,905-metre-high Seegrube Hafelekarhaus to the Pfeishütte and offers and on to the Hafelekar at 2,296 metres. The sweeping views of the Inn Valley, the Stubai stations of the Hungerburg funicular railway and Tux Alps, the Wetterstein Mountains and were designed by internationally renowned the Gleirsch-Halltal massif. Due to the high architect Zaha Hadid. alpine environment, however, hikers must be sure-footed and have experience of walking in the mountains.

18 · TV-Roadbook - Seefeld 2019 · www.sport.tirol · www.sport.tirol · TV-Roadbook - Seefeld 2019 19 Nordkette, Hafelekar-Station Serles: The “High Altar of Tirol” The Europabrücke bridge History & attractions in Innsbruck The Serles (also called the “Waldrastspitze”) About 8 kilometres from Bergisel ski jump The Brenner Base Tunnel is a joint Austrian- Innsbruck has its own international airport Tirol is a harmony of contrasts and is blessed can be seen from Innsbruck as you look to is the Europabrücke, an 815-metre-long Italian project for the construction of a in the west of the city. This airport became with a diverse range of attractions. With the south. It is an iconic mountain between and up to 190-metre-high bridge. It spans railway tunnel for passenger and freight increasingly important during the Winter the regional theatre, the Haus der Musik, the valleys of the Stubaital and the Wipptal the Wipptal valley and is a section of the traffic under the . Together Olympics. Today Innsbruck is connected by countless galleries, museums, historic with a summit at 2,717 metres. Its three-stage Brenner motorway connecting North Tirol with the existing underground bypass by scheduled flights to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, buildings and music venues, Innsbruck is the construction and dominant position high in Austria and South Tirol in Italy. The Innsbruck, the Brenner Base Tunnel will London, Berlin and Vienna. cultural centre of the region. But the region’s above Innsbruck have given the mountain Brenner motorway south of Innsbruck is one reach a total length of 64km, making it the smaller towns and even remote villages the nickname „High Altar of Tirol“. During of the most important transit routes between longest underground railway link in the The approach over the Alps is one of the most often have a lively cultural scene, from small the summer months it is a popular place for northern and southern Europe. world. According to current planning the spectacular in Europe. Due to its topography, theatres to electro festivals and opera singing. sunrise hikes. project is expected to be completed in 2028. location and the strong Föhn wind, Innsbruck Innsbruck’s main shopping street, Maria- Airport is a challenge for pilots. Captains Theresien-Straße, is just 25 minutes on foot Innsbruck and Bolzano become flying to Innsbruck must complete a special from Bergisel. One thing is for sure: with its The Counts of Andechs from Bavaria played Smart Cities training seminar to prepare them for approach spectacular backdrop it is definitely one of the a key role in the foundation of Innsbruck “Smart City” is a collective term for development and departure. most popular selfie spots in Tirol! The car- around 1180 in order to promote trade. concepts aimed at making cities more efficient, free street is perfect for a little retail therapy The colourful row of listed houses in the technologically advanced, greener and more Weather phenomenon: the Föhn wind followed by coffee and cake in one of the Mariahilf district of the city is still living pleasant to live in. In the Sinfonia joint The Föhn wind is a weather phenomenon many cosy cafés and restaurants. Highlights proof of the city‘s development phase. It was project, companies, research institutions and specific to Innsbruck. Everyone who lives include the magnificent baroque buildings here that the city’s first market places and housing developers from Tirol are currently here knows the feeling when it starts to and the fabulous views of the Nordkette settlements were created more than 800 developing methods for renovating buildings blow. It is a dry fall wind from the south Mountains to the north. Within the space of years ago. and implementing intelligent electricity, that is found in the mountains and occurs just a few hundred metres visitors will find cooling and heating networks. These use a high very frequently in Tirol, producing gusts the Annasäule column, Georgskapelle church The Habsburg Emperor Maximilian (1459- proportion of renewable energies to reduce of up to 150 km/h. In 2008 the Four Hills and Triumphpforte, all prominent witnesses of 1519) liked to come to Tirol to fish and hunt. The mountain is also commonly referred to CO2 emissions. The technology will initially be Tournament event at Bergisel had to be the past, while the modern architecture of the Thanks to their marriage policy, the Habsburgs as „King Serles“. This goes back to an old folk used in Innsbruck and Bolzano and will later moved to /Salzburg because of Kaufhaus Tyrol and the Rathauspassage present gained access to the House of Burgundy and legend according to which the mountain peak be transferable to other urban regions. The the strong Föhn wind. a fascinating contrast of styles. Emperor Maximilian joined Italy by marrying is an evil king who was turned into stone as cities of Boras (SE), Pafos (CY), Seville (ES), La Bianca Maria Sforza in 1490. Tirol has also punishment. The two smaller peaks of the Rochelle (FR) and Rosenheim (D) are also part always been closely linked to Bavaria, especially Serles are said to be the tyrant’s sons. of the Sinfonia project. through trade with the Fugger city of

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