Hinterbichl: Bichl - Quirl
The landscape around Hinterbichl is a steep Alpine valley of hay meadows and conifer forest, which has shaped both the built environment and local life. Bichl and Quirl belong to this dispersed rural setting in East Tyrol, where farm buildings and small roads occupy gentler ground above the valley floor. The surrounding slopes lead into the Venediger Group in the Hohe Tauern, and Großvenediger, at 3,666 metres, is one of Austria’s highest mountains. The mountain was first climbed in 1841. Prägraten am Großvenediger, the municipality that includes Hinterbichl, is closely tied to walking, mountaineering and the protected landscapes of Hohe Tauern National Park.
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Hinterbichl occupies a high mountain-valley position in Austria’s East Tyrol, beneath the Venediger Group near the head of the Virgental. Part of the municipality of Prägraten am Großvenediger, it sits within Hohe Tauern National Park, where the Isel rises from the Umbalkees glacier before descending the valley. Routes from the settlement lead towards the Umbal Falls and the high Alpine terrain below the Großvenediger massif. Farmsteads, hay meadows and mountain huts show the continued importance of Alpine pasture farming in this part of Tyrol. Continue with other webcams from East Tyrol to see how this part of the Hohe Tauern connects regionally.
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