Kals am Großglockner

Kals am Großglockner
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location within Lienz district
Kals am Großglockner Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°00′13″N 12°38′41″E / 47.00361°N 12.64472°E / 47.00361; 12.64472
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Lienz
Government
• Mayor	Nikolaus Unterweger
Area [1]
• Total	180.54 km2 (69.71 sq mi)
Elevation	1,324 m (4,344 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,142
• Density	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9981
Area code	04876
Vehicle registration	LZ
Website	www.kals.at

Kals am Großglockner is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the exclave of East Tirol in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Kals is located in northern East Tirol, near the border to Salzburg and Carinthia. Located in the valleys of Kalser and Iseltals on the Kalserbach river, Kals is dominated by mountains, and the famous Großglockner mountain, the tallest mountain in all of Austria, is located partly in the municipality. Most of Kals is rugged and unusable (41.1%), with forests also prominent. Only 0.1% of the land is fields and pastures.

Kals is divided into the following Katastralgemeinden: Unterpeischlach, Oberpeischlach, Staniska, Arnig, Lesach, Lana, Ködnitz, Glor-Berg, Großdorf, Unterburg, and Burg.

The Kalser valley might have been settled before the Paleolithic Age. Kals was first mentioned on 19 August 1197. A large copper mine was begun in the 16th century here. Kals was the starting point for the first ascent of Großglockner in 1853.

• Church in Ködnitz built in 1439, with Classicist alterations made between 1818 and 1821.
• Church in Großdorf with a two-storeyed chapel and a Gothic spire

Kals is a large tourist center, with an average of about 100,000 visits in the summer. Of course, due to its high altitude it is also a skiing resort.

• Marling, Italy

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