Hochfilzen

Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016.

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Settlement.name: Hochfilzen
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Hochfilzen,_Katholische_Pfarrkirche_Unsere_Liebe_Frau_Maria_Schnee_Dm64081_foto1_2012-08-07_17.40.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Our Lady of the Snow
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Hochfilzen COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Kitzbühel district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name

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Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016.

It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross-country skiing. In 2017 (9 to 19 February) it hosted the Biathlon World Championships, as it also did in 2005, 1998 and 1978, and it is a regular venue in the annual IBU World Cup series.