Westendorf, Tyrol
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Location of Westendorf within Tyrol
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| Coordinates: 47°24′00″N 12°12′00″E / 47.40000°N 12.20000°ECoordinates: 47°24′00″N 12°12′00″E / 47.40000°N 12.20000°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Tyrol | |
| District | Kitzbühel | |
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| • Mayor | Anton Margreiter | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 95.52 km2 (36.88 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 783 m (2,569 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016) | ||
| • Total | 3,650 | |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 6363 | |
| Area code | 05334 | |
| Vehicle registration | KB | |
| Website | www.westendorf.tirol.gv.at | |
Westendorf is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.7 km west of Kitzbühel and 12 km southeast of Wörgl in the Brixental valley. The community is a popular ski resort as well as a popular location for Summer tourism especially for excursions and walking-tours. Westendorf was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1234. It has 21 village parts.
Westendorf lies on a sunny terrace of the Brixental valley, at the foot of the Choralpe. The parish consists of a clustered village (Haufendorf) and other hamlets and farmsteads in the surrounding area, as well as an industrial estate. To the south the Windautal, a popular recreation area, branches off.
A large part of the parish is wooded or used for agricultural purposes.
Rivers: The Brixentaler Ache and the Windauer Ache flow through the parish.
Mountains: Important mountains are the Hohe Salve (1,828m), the Steinbergstein (2,215m), the Kröndlhorn (2,444m) and the Brechhorn (2,032m).
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