My city Mayrhofen from Franz Geisler

Facts Inhabitants: 4000 Area: 180 km 2 Sea level: 630m Mayor: Günter Fankhauser

Mayrhofen – Jenbach Here is our school. This is my home town. One hour with the train. large water reservoir “Schlegeis-Stausee”.

Mayrhofen is a perfect tourist resort in summer we play football or tennis we go swimming, canyoning, mountain climbing or 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 production In 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 station In Mayrhofen.

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