Fieberbrunn

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Marktgemeinde
Name = Fieberbrunn
Wappen = Wappen at fieberbrunn.pnglat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 27 | lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 12 | lon_min = 33 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Tirol
Bezirk = Kitzbühel
Höhe = 780
Fläche = 76.29
Einwohner = 4309
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 6391
Vorwahl = 05354
Kfz = KB
Gemeindekennziffer = 7 04 03
NUTS = AT335
Straße = Dorfplatz 1
Website = [http://www.fieberbrunn.tirol.gv.at www.fieberbrunn.tirol.gv.at]
Bürgermeister = Herbert Grander
Partei =
Gemeinderatanzahl = 17
Gemeinderat = 8 Liste Fieberbrunn,
3 SPÖ,
3 Alt bis Jung,
2 Liste Pfaffenschwendt,
1 Grüne Liste
Wahljahr = 2004

Fieberbrunn is a market town in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at coord|47|28|N|12|33|E|region:AT_type:city(4180), in the Kitzbühel Alps. Fieberbrunn has a population of 4,180 (2001), and is the most populous municipality in the Pillersee valley.

According to a legend, the fountain near its church, and later also the market town received the name "Fieberbrunn" ("fever fountain") when Tyrolean Countess Margarete Maultasch was healed from fever after drinking from it. Previously the market town was named "Pramau".

Fieberbrunn is a winter sports resort and venue of international snowboarding events (like "Lords of the Boards"), as well as a hiking and mountaineering resort in summer. Since 2006 Fieberbrunn is venue of a new event called 'SNOWFEVER', which is one of the biggest Big Mountain Events in Austria. It is also home of the churchjump.

External links

* [http://www.pillerseetal.at/en/region/fieberbrunn.php Fieberbrunn, Pillerseetal] en iconde icon
* [http://www.fieberbrunn-tirol.com Fieberbrunn Info] de icon
* [http://www.travel2austria.com/?p=261 Pictures of Fieberbrunn]
* [http://www.snowfever.at Snowfever Homepage]