Austria: Tannheimer Tal (GPS data)
A jungle, a river, a mountain range: borders between two countries often coincide with natural barriers that are difficult to overcome. Barriers that often also separate language and culture. In the Tannheimer Tal, in the north-western corner of Tyrol, things are different. Settlement came from the west, i.e. from the Allgäu, with only the easternmost part, including Nesselwängle, Gaicht and Rauth, being settled from the Lechtal, i.e. from the Austrian side. Even though cyclists cross the dividing line between Austria and Germany on almost every tour, they hardly notice it. Are you still in Tyrol or already in the Allgäu? Since the scrapping of the barriers and the demolition of the customs stations, the only difference you notice is the colour of the town signs. However, the cows are brown on both sides and the alpine meadows are the same lush green colour.
"There is hardly any other region where you can find as many varied tours as here." When the head of the local tourism association praises his home region, it sounds like marketing platitudes at first. But when you realise that the tourism man was the coach of the Austrian national mountain bike team, such statements gain credibility.
You can find the entire article below as a PDF download with the following tours:
- TOUR 1: Via Königssträßle
65 kilometres, 1,120 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of eleven per cent
- TOUR 2: Namlos Valley
87 kilometres, 1,250 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of 14 per cent
- TOUR 3: Allgäu waves
84 kilometres, 1,200 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of 15 per cent
- TOUR 4: Forggensee and royal castles
108 kilometres, 1,470 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of ten per cent
GPS DATA: TOUR offers the tour data for free download. You can download the tracks in GPX format directly onto a GPS device or view them on your computer in Google Earth or Google Maps.
