Kals am Großglockner

Sister cities

• Marling

History

The Kalser valley might have been settled before the Paleolithic Age. Kals was first mentioned on 19 August 1197. A large copper mine was begun in the 16th century here. Kals was the starting point for the first ascent of Großglockner in 1853.

Geography

Kals is located in northern East Tirol, near the border to Salzburg and Carinthia. Located in the valleys of Kalser and Iseltals on the Kalserbach river, Kals is dominated by mountains, and the famous Großglockner mountain, the tallest mountain in all of Austria, is located partly in the municipality. Most of Kals is rugged and unusable (41.1%), with forests also prominent. Only 0.1% of the land is fields and pastures. Kals is divided into the following Katastralgemeinden: Unterpeischlach, Oberpeischlach, Staniska, Arnig, Lesach, Lana, Ködnitz, Glor-Berg, Großdorf, Unterburg, and Burg.

Most-observed species

• Alpine marmot

  Marmota marmota (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  1,686
• Yellow-billed Chough

  Pyrrhocorax graculus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  853
• Yellow Saxifrage

  Saxifraga aizoides L. · Magnoliopsida
  842
• Grass-of-Parnassus

  Parnassia palustris L. · Magnoliopsida
  750
• Water Pipit

  Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  737
• Moss Campion

  Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. · Magnoliopsida
  615
• Black Redstart

  Phoenicurus ochruros (S.G.Gmelin, 1774) · Aves
  598
• Bladder Campion

  Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke · Magnoliopsida
  596

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2026-09-26
  2 km NNW of Absam, Austria
• M 3.9 — 2025-01-12
  2 km S of Ampezzo, Italy
• M 4.3 — 2024-03-27
  6 km ENE of Tramonti di Sopra, Italy
• M 3.7 — 2021-08-16
  1 km S of Niederau, Austria
• M 4.3 — 2020-07-13
  9 km SSW of Forni di Sotto, Italy
• M 3.8 — 2019-10-22
  4 km SE of Ebbs, Austria