Mittersill Attractions

Mittersill (789m/2,589ft; pop. 5,000), chief town of the upper Pinzgau and a winter sports resort, lies in the Hohe Tauern national park. Notable are the two Baroque churches (c. 1750) and the castle (rebuilt in 1532 after being destroyed in 1525, during the peasant wars and now privately owned). To the east of the town stands the church of St Nicholas (1479; sculptures of c. 1500; Baroque high altar). The Felberturm houses a local museum of minerals. There are schools of mountaineering and cross country skiing, and a ski slope nearby with numerous lifts.