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The
municipality of Tux with its districts of Lanersbach
and Vorderlanersbach consists of some larger villages (Tux,
Hintertux, Madseit and Juns) and smaller hamlets
like Berg, Schöneben, Außerrettenbach and Gemais.
Tux is the main village as there are the council hall,
the church, the tourism office, the schools, the
kindergarten - in short, it is the centre. The municipalitiy
is spread across 10 km at a height of 1260 m above sea level
in Vorderlanersbach and more than 1500 m in Hintertux. It is
framed by beautiful mountains, whose highest summit is the Olperer
at 3476 m. The valley and the slopes are green up to the
glacier's border - hence the name "Tux, the green
glacier valley".
The Tux valley is more thoroughly settled than the
other side valleys of the Zillertal, since the climatic
conditions there are a bit more favourable. The valley is
the rock barrier between the "Tuxer Voralpen"
(mountains of clay-like slate) and the "Tuxer
Hauptkamm" (granite-like gneiss). That varied make-up
of the mountains on both sides of the valley is
responsible for the location's special geographical
attraction. Because of it, both hiking lovers as well as
mountaineering fans will find something suitable. The
smooth slate mountains on the sunny side of the valley are
better positioned for farming. This is evidenced by the
"Geisel" farms at an altitude of 1,630 m, being
the only farms at such a height that are inhabited the
entire year.
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