Jochberg

Jochberg, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kitzbühel, alt. 923 m, pop. 1,461, area 87.84 km², winter sports resort (79,526 overnight stays) in the valley of the Jochberger Ache river, between Kitzbühel and the Thurn Pass. - Until the beginning of the 20^th century a mining town; exhibition mine "Kupferplatte" (since 1990; mining discontinued in 1926), Transalpine Ölleitung (transalpine oil line) business premises; sawmill industry, environmental technology company, marinade factory. - Baroque parish church (rebuilt 1748-1750 by K. Singer) with Gothic north tower in the main section), vault paintings by S.B. Faistenberger (1750); pilgrimage chapel in Jochberg forest (1841/1842); Baroque Taxerkapelle chapel; museum of local mining history; picturesque Haufenhof farmhouses on the east side of the valley. South-east of J., waterfalls on Sintersbach stream.