Umhausen: Ötztal - Stuibenfall
Built around farming settlements in the Ötztal valley, Umhausen grew into a Tyrolean municipality shaped by the Ötztaler Ache and the enclosing Ötztal Alps. Its defining natural landmark is Stuibenfall, whose water drops 159 metres down a rugged rock wall above the valley. Forested slopes, meadows and scattered hamlets give this stretch of the valley its rural character, while paths lead through the falls’ gorge. Umhausen also hosts the Ötzi-Dorf open-air archaeological park, where reconstructed dwellings and displays interpret the world of the Copper Age iceman Ötzi. The settlement lies between the larger resort communities of the central Ötztal and the high mountain country farther south.
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The Ötztaler Ache defines the setting of Gemeinde Umhausen — the river runs through the broad Ötztal valley, where farming settlements sit below steep Alpine slopes. Above the main village, the Horlachbach plunges over the 159-metre Stuibenfall, reached by walking routes from Umhausen and Niederthai. Umhausen is also home to Ötzi-Dorf, an open-air archaeological park interpreting Neolithic life in the Ötztal Alps, the range where the Copper Age ice mummy Ötzi was found in 1991. Move on to other webcams in Tyrol to compare landscapes and settings around the Ötztal.
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