Seefeld in Tirol

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Seefeld in Tirol

Total population

3,516

Air quality index

28Good

Coordinates47.33°, 11.19°

Demographic figures from Statistik Austria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a local population of 3,312. The village is located about 17 km (11 mi) 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 site, benefiting not only from the visit of numerous pilgrims but also from its stacking rights as a trading station between Augsburg and the 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 centres and amongst the most popular tourist resorts 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Vinzenz Maria Gredler

Austrian naturalist (1823-1912)

Nadine Beiler

Austrian singer

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Anton Josef Schatz

Austrian politician (1902-1968)

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Gustav Markt

Austrian university professor (1881-1977)

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Hanspeter Fitz

(1929-1969)

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Josef Anton Puellacher

Austrian painter

J

Jorg Kolderer

Austrian painter and illuminator (c.1465-1540)

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Leopold Josef Puellacher

Austrian painter (1776-1842)

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Wastl Mariner

Austrian mountaineer

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Alois Forer

Josef Schöpf

Austrian painter (1745–1822)

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Hubert Hammerschmidt

Austrian alpine skier and ski jumper

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Andreas Angerer

Austrian politician

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Edmund Klotz

Austrian sculptor

Anton Gratl

Austrian photographer and bookbinder (1838–1915)

Josef Schretter

Austrian painter (1856–1909)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tyrol

• Mösern
  2.1 mi away · pop. 344
• Reith bei Seefeld
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,133
• Leiblfing
  2.8 mi away
• Pettnau
  2.9 mi away · pop. 977
• Leutasch
  3.5 mi away · pop. 2,140
• Hatting
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,097
• Polling in Tirol
  3.7 mi away · pop. 842
• Inzing
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,915
• Flaurling
  4 mi away · pop. 1,106
• Pollingberg
  4.3 mi away · pop. 187
• Zirl
  4.6 mi away · pop. 6,796
• Oberhofen im Inntal
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,593

Browse all places in Tyrol →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Charcoal Spider

Tegenaria ferruginea

Seen 2026-05-31

lesser stitchwort

Stellaria graminea

Seen 2026-05-31

meadow buttercup

Ranunculus acris

Seen 2026-05-31

great stinging nettle

Urtica dioica

Seen 2026-05-31

lady fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Seen 2026-05-31

White-lipped Snail

Cepaea hortensis

Seen 2026-05-31

Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Seen 2026-05-31

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-05-31

Evarcha arcuata

Evarcha arcuata

Seen 2026-05-31

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Seefeld in Tirol, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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