# Bichlbach

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{{short description|Municipality in Tyrol, Austria}}
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'''Bichlbach''' is a municipality in the district of [Reutte](/source/Reutte_(district)) in the [Austria](/source/Austria)n state of [Tyrol](/source/state_of_Tyrol).

==Geography==
Bichlbach lies at an elevation of {{Höhe|1079|AT|link=true}} in the [Zwischentoren](/source/Zwischentoren), the valley that links the [Ehrwald Basin](/source/Ehrwald_Basin) with the [Lech valley](/source/Lech_valley). Over the municipal territory runs the watershed between the [Lech](/source/Lech_(river)) and [Loisach](/source/Loisach). The municipality consists of three villages: the elongated ''[Straßendorf](/source/Stra%C3%9Fendorf)'' of ''Bichlbach'' ({{Höhe|1079|AT}}, population: 550) and the two almost adjacent villages of ''Lähn'' ({{Höhe|1112|AT}}, population: 225) and ''Wengle'' ({{Höhe|1083|AT}}, population: 76; population figures as of 15 May 2001). Bichlbach is the base for an ascent of the [Kohlbergspitze](/source/Kohlbergspitze) (2,202 m) on a [waymark](/source/waymark)ed path that takes around three hours.

{{Adjacent communities|width=auto
| CENTER = Bichlbach
| NORTHWEST = [Heiterwang](/source/Heiterwang)
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| EAST = [Lermoos](/source/Lermoos)
| SOUTHWEST = [Berwang](/source/Berwang)
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==Constituent communities==
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The municipal area comprises the following three villages (populations as of 1 January 2019):

*Bichlbach (532)
*Lähn (189)
*Wengels (60)

==History==
The settlement took place from the [Allgäu](/source/Allg%C3%A4u). The village was first mentioned in 1300 as ''Puechelpach'', which means something like "creek surrounded by beeches". In Bichlbach had mining operations as in [Biberwier](/source/Biberwier). Lead and Galmeierze were mined. The town of ''Mittelwald'' was destroyed by an [avalanche](/source/avalanche) in 1456 and rebuilt as ''Lähn'' (= "avalanche") elsewhere. This place was also destroyed by an avalanche in 1689. Before 1816 Lähn formed the [diocese boundary](/source/Diocese) between [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg) and [Brixen](/source/Brixen).

Until 1859 Bichlbach was the seat of a masons and carpenters guild, the [Great Guild Bichlbach](/source/Great_Guild_Bichlbach). One of the members was the master builder [Joseph Michael Schnöller](/source/Joseph_Michael_Schn%C3%B6ller). In its baroque style, the guild church of Bichlbach is today the only one of its kind in the German-speaking world.

==Coat of arms==
[Blazon](/source/Blazon): ''In red a black, double-headed eagle, occupied by a silver post, therein a left-looking, black-robed figure of St. Joseph, holding a silver carpenter's triangle.''

The municipal coat of arms awarded in 1974 is modeled after the guild seal of 1694 and shows St. Joseph as a patron of craftsmen in front of a black double-headed eagle.<ref>{{citation|surname1=Eduard Widmoser|title=Tiroler Wappenfibel|publisher=Tyrolia-Verlag|publication-place=Innsbruck|at=p.&nbsp;63|isbn=3-7022-1324-4|date=   1978|language=German
}}</ref> The colors of the community flag are black and red.

==Economy and Infrastructure==
In addition Bichlbach is nowadays a two-season tourism community with a focus on winter tourism (by the location at the entrance to [Berwang](/source/Berwang)). The community is located on the [Fern Pass](/source/Fern_Pass) and is connected to the railway station ''Bichlbach-Berwang'' and the stops ''Lähn'' and ''Bichlbach-Almkopfbahn'' at the [Außerfernbahn](/source/Ausserfern_Railway) to the railway network.

At the same time, the village is located on the long-distance cycle path, which runs as [Via Claudia Augusta](/source/Via_Claudia_Augusta) along an ancient Roman road of the same name.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}

==Culture and sights==
In Bichlbach is the only guild church in Austria, the ''baroque church of St. Joseph'' (built 1710/1711).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zunftbruderschaft.at/zunftkirche.html|title=Zunftkirche - Zunftbruderschaft St. Joseph zu Bichlbach}}</ref>

==Personalities==
*Alois Zotz (1814–1893), priest, later American journalist and newspaper publisher
*[Nicole Hosp](/source/Nicole_Hosp) (born 1983), world champion in giant slalom skiing, lives in Bichlbach

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Bichlbach}}
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