Your Tuxertal
Tux. Stories with faces
A Celtic name. Roman coins. And a mine that brought prosperity. Our Tuxertal is not only full of natural beauty, but also history. People were in this area already 7000 years ago. This is demonstrated by hornstone findings. Also ancient Romans left their traces here in the form of a golden coin that was found at the Tuxer Joch. Tux was documented the first time in 1257, but the name is much older. Tux most likely comes from “tukkes” which essentially means “wild water” in Celtic. People lived from agriculture in Tuxertal for hundreds of years. In the 1920s, a magnesite mine brought prosperity and an upswing to this poor valley. Your host Alexander Erler will be happy to tell you personally about how everything then changed with the construction of the first funicular. There are so many stories about Tuxertal. When will you write yours?
