{"id":189,"date":"2026-10-06T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jochberg.nl\/index.php\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:37:50","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jochberg.nl\/index.php\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Jochberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tyrol \u00b7 Kitzb\u00fchel Alps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History of Jochberg<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Three thousand years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From copper ore to ski slopes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jochberg lies at 924 metres in the valley of the Jochberger Ache, between Kitzb\u00fchel and the Pass Thurn. The long, stretched-out village has just over 1,500 inhabitants and is surrounded by mountains rising to 2,363 metres (the Gaisstein). Driving through the valley today you see meadows, farmhouses and ski lifts \u2013 but the history of Jochberg begins underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As early as the Bronze Age, some three thousand years ago, copper was mined and smelted around the Kelchalm, which makes Jochberg one of the oldest mining areas in Tyrol. In the fifteenth century the extraction of copper- and silver-bearing ore started again in the area that later became known as the “Kupferplatte”. For centuries miners and smelters shaped life in the village; the ore was processed in the hamlet of H\u00fctten. The last copper was smelted in 1875 and on 31 July 1926 the mine closed for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that Jochberg went back to what it had always been as well: a farming village. Until 1959, when the first chairlift opened on the Wagst\u00e4tt and ski tourism began. Since 2013 a modern gondola lift takes skiers into the KitzSki area in a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miners in the Tyrolean mountainsSchwazer Bergbuch, 1556 \u00b7 public domain (Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The assayer tests the oreSchwazer Bergbuch, 1556 \u00b7 public domain (Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Timeline<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jochberg through the centuries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. c. 1000 BC<\/span>
    Bronze Age copper mining<\/strong>

    Copper ore is mined around the Kelchalm and processed in smelting furnaces. Archaeologists have found the remains.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  2. 1073<\/span>
    First mention<\/strong>

    Jochberg (“Johberg”) appears in a charter in the name of Emperor Henry IV \u2013 probably a later forgery from the 12th or 13th century, but still the oldest document naming the village.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  3. 1275<\/span>
    Border village<\/strong>

    The border between the Archbishopric of Salzburg and Bavaria runs at Jochberg. In the 14th century the village belongs to the court of Kitzb\u00fchel.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  4. 1447<\/span>
    Copper and silver<\/strong>

    Mining of fahlore, rich in copper and silver, begins in what later became the Kupferplatte.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  5. 1482<\/span>
    Gasthof Schwarzer Adler<\/strong>

    The village inn is built \u2013 and is still there today.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  6. 1504<\/span>
    Part of Tyrol<\/strong>

    Together with the court of Kitzb\u00fchel, Jochberg becomes part of Tyrol under Emperor Maximilian I.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  7. 1505<\/span>
    The Wolfgang spring<\/strong>

    99 healings are recorded at the spring below the church. For almost three hundred years pilgrims come to Jochberg.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  8. c. 1600<\/span>
    Erbstollen zum Heiligen Geist<\/strong>

    A new main adit opens up the ore veins deeper in the mountain.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  9. 1750\u20131752<\/span>
    Baroque church<\/strong>

    The parish church of St Wolfgang is built by Kassian Singer; the frescoes and stucco are by Simon Benedikt Faistenberger.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  10. 1762<\/span>
    Independent village<\/strong>

    Jochberg is recognised as one of the ten villages of the Landgericht Kitzb\u00fchel.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  11. 1835<\/span>
    The road through the valley<\/strong>

    Construction of the road towards the Pass Thurn and the Salzburg region.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  12. 1875<\/span>
    Last smelt<\/strong>

    Copper is smelted for the last time at the smelting works in H\u00fctten.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  13. 31 July 1926<\/span>
    End of mining<\/strong>

    After almost five centuries the Kupferplatte closes for good.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  14. 6 December 1959<\/span>
    First chairlift<\/strong>

    The Wagst\u00e4tt lift opens: the start of ski tourism in Jochberg.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  15. 7 December 2013<\/span>
    New Wagst\u00e4ttbahn<\/strong>

    A 10-seater gondola replaces the old lift and links Jochberg directly to KitzSki.<\/p><\/div><\/li>

  16. Today<\/span>
    Over 1,500 inhabitants<\/strong>

    A quiet mountain village with a former mine as its attraction: the Kupferplatte show mine and the mining and local history museum.<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Washing the oreSchwazer Bergbuch, 1556 \u00b7 public domain (Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Smelting works with bellowsSchwazer Bergbuch, 1556 \u00b7 public domain (Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Kitzb\u00fchel with the Wilder Kaiser, 1944Photo: Willy Pragher \u00b7 Landesarchiv Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 \u00b7 CC BY 4.0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Did you know\u2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fun facts about Jochberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    3,000<\/span>years<\/span>

    That is how long ago copper was already being mined around the Kelchalm: Jochberg is one of the oldest mining areas in Tyrol.<\/p><\/div>

    479<\/span>years of mining<\/span>

    From 1447 until 31 July 1926 copper and silver ore was mined in the Kupferplatte.<\/p><\/div>

    1482<\/span>Schwarzer Adler<\/span>

    The village inn is ten years older than the discovery of America \u2013 and it is still there today.<\/p><\/div>

    99<\/span>healings<\/span>

    In 1505, 99 miraculous healings were recorded at the Wolfgang spring below the church.<\/p><\/div>

    1073<\/span>“forged”<\/span>

    The oldest charter naming Jochberg is probably a medieval forgery.<\/p><\/div>

    400<\/span>metres deep<\/span>

    That is how high the 3S cable car floats above the Saukasergraben between Jochberg and Kitzb\u00fchel. One cabin has a glass floor.<\/p><\/div>

    85<\/span>metres<\/span>

    The Sintersbach waterfall drops 85 metres into natural pools, about an hour’s walk from the valley.<\/p><\/div>

    54<\/span>years and 1 day<\/span>

    Between the first chairlift (6 December 1959) and the new Wagst\u00e4ttbahn (7 December 2013).<\/p><\/div>

    1,439<\/span>metres higher<\/span>

    The village lies at 924 metres; the Gaisstein above it rises to 2,363 metres.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Discover it yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    History you can visit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Entrance to the Kupferplatte show minePhoto: Ansgar Koreng \u00b7 CC BY 3.0 DE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Kupferplatte show mine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Put on a helmet and go into the old galleries: in summer you can visit the copper and silver mine and see how the miners worked for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Parish church of St Wolfgang<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The baroque village church of 1752, with its onion-domed tower the landmark of Jochberg. Below it lies the old Wolfgang spring.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Sintersbach waterfall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The waterfall drops 85 metres, about an hour’s walk from the Schradlern car park. At its most impressive in spring, after the snowmelt.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Sources: Wikipedia (Jochberg, Tirol), bergbaugemeinden.at, kitzbuehel.com.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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