Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee: Pillersee - Bergbahn-Talstation
The Pillersee valley defines the setting of St. Ulrich am Pillersee — broad alpine meadows and scattered farmsteads occupy its floor, enclosed by the rugged limestone summits of the Loferer Steinberge. This Tyrolean municipality forms part of the PillerseeTal, a settled mountain valley where agriculture shares the terrain with outdoor recreation. Pillersee, the valley’s lake, lies close to the village and gives the community its name. Above the valley, the Buchensteinwand is marked by the Jakobskreuz, a large summit cross with rooms and an observation platform. Near the lake, the pilgrimage church of St. Adolari is a longstanding religious landmark. St. Ulrich retains the character of a working rural settlement rather than a dense resort town.
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Few communities in Tyrol have a history as closely tied to pilgrimage at the Church of St. Adolari as Gemeinde St. Ulrich am Pillersee. The settlement lies beside Pillersee, a lake in the Pillerseetal valley, with the limestone walls of the Loferer Steinberge rising to the north and the Kitzbühel Alps beyond the valley. Standing near the lake, St. Adolari is one of Tyrol’s recognised pilgrimage churches and the locality’s key historic landmark. The area retains the character of a working alpine valley, with routes following the lakeshore and heading into the surrounding mountains. See how St. Ulrich am Pillersee fits within Pillerseetal by browsing webcams nearby.
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