St. Anton am Arlberg is a ski resort in the Austrian Alps. It is located in Tyrol, on the border with Vorarlberg at the foot of the Arlberg Pass, and is on 1284-1489 m above sea level. A.
St. Anton, once an important mere transit location, one of the most famous winter sports resorts worldwide, and is considered to be the cradle of alpine skiing.
St. Anton is located in the upper part of the Stanzertal in Tyrol, about 100 km west of the provincial capital of Innsbruck, on the border between Vorarlberg Lech Valley Alps to the north and to the south by the Verwallgruppe Rosanna. The mountain is the Gampen [1] and the highest achievable with lifts point is the summit of Valluga with 2811 m above sea level. A ..
The municipality has an area of 165.81 km² and 2,426 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2014), so is St. Anton larger in area than the principality of Liechtenstein, and the whole of Vienna is only three times as large.
St. Anton am Arlberg carries within 750 years already the fifth name: 1275 called Vallis taberna, followed over the centuries the name Stanzertal (1275 - 1805) for a short time before the church St. Jakob name as the site of the old St Kuratie . Jacob was taken. (1805 - ca. 1811). This name is not likely to have been satisfactory and they agreed on the community name from the old Nasserein (1811 - 1927), which is located in the middle of the two fractions St. James and St. Anton, probably also because, as the Post Gasthaus in this district was to 1824. With the construction of the new highway in 1824, the two districts of St. Jakob and Nassereinbahn were bypassed and the district of St. Anton gained more and more importance. As in 1880 to 1884, the Arlberg railway was built, it was already clear in planning that the station St. Anton am Arlberg will be called, even though the community name was still Nassereinbahn. In 1927, the previously mentioned community Stanzertal finally renamed in St. Anton am Arlberg.
St. Anton, once an important mere transit location, one of the most famous winter sports resorts worldwide, and is considered to be the cradle of alpine skiing.
St. Anton is located in the upper part of the Stanzertal in Tyrol, about 100 km west of the provincial capital of Innsbruck, on the border between Vorarlberg Lech Valley Alps to the north and to the south by the Verwallgruppe Rosanna. The mountain is the Gampen [1] and the highest achievable with lifts point is the summit of Valluga with 2811 m above sea level. A ..
The municipality has an area of 165.81 km² and 2,426 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2014), so is St. Anton larger in area than the principality of Liechtenstein, and the whole of Vienna is only three times as large.
