My city Mayrhofen

from Franz Geisler

FactsInhabitants: 4000Area: 180 km2

Sea level: 630mMayor: Günter Fankhauser

Mayrhofen – Jenbach

Here is our school.

This is my home town.

One hour withthe train.

large water reservoir “Schlegeis-Stausee”.

Mayrhofen is a perfect tourist resort

in summer we play football or tenniswe go swimming, canyoning, mountain

climbingor we go mountain biking (downhill)In winter we go skiing, snow boarding or ice

climbing on one of the many frozen waterfalls.

Here you can practice all kinds of sports in summer as well as in winter.

Mayrhofen is very popular for winter tourism. Millions of guests spend their holidays in Mayrhofen and enjoy skiing on the fantastic slopes among the spectacular mountains.

Highlights & Parties“Snowbombing” (music and art festival)“Mayrhofner Freeski Open” (Freeski contest)“Wängl Tängl” (music and snowboard festival)“Zillertaler Bike Challenge” (bike race)“Mayrhofner Straßenfest” (street festival)

Energy productionIn Mayrhofen there is one large company which

produces electrical power. This firm is called “Verbund” and it is the largest Austrian energy corporation which controls several hydro-electric power stations.

Verbund

This is one of the many storage reservoir called “Schlegeis-Stausee”.

And this is the power stationIn Mayrhofen.

Thank you for your attention !