Kals

Kals am Großglockner is in , . Kals is on the border of the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern and the main starting point for climbs on Austria's highest mountain, Großglockner. Kals is also a skiing resort.
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  • Type: Village with 1,300 residents
  • Description: municipality in Lienz District, Tyrol, Austria
  • Also known as: “Kals am Grosglokner”, “Kals am Großglockner”, “Kals-am-Grosglokner”, “Калс ам Гроßглоcкнер”, and “Калс-ам-Гросглокнер”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Widum and Stockmühlen am Kalserbach.

Public building
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is a public building.

Heritage site
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is a heritage site.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Großdorf and Burg.

Village
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is a village.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Locality
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is a locality.

Kals

Latitude
47.0024° or 47° 0′ 9″ north
Longitude
12.6459° or 12° 38′ 45″ east
Population
1,300
Elevation
1,325 metres (4,347 feet)
Open location code
8FVJ2J2W+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1686207562
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3323885
Wiki­data ID
Q697575
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Kals” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Belarusian: “Кальс-ам-Гросглёкнэр”
  • Catalan: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Cebuano: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Chechen: “Кальс-ам-Гросглоккнер”
  • Chinese: “大格洛克纳山麓卡尔斯”
  • Czech: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Dutch: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Esperanto: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Estonian: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • French: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • German: “Kals am Grossglockner”
  • German: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Hungarian: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Irish: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Italian: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Kazakh: “Kalʹs-am-Grosglokner”
  • Kazakh: “Кальс-ам-Гросглокнер”
  • Kazakh: “كالس-ام-گروسگلوكنەر”
  • Ladin: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Lombard: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kals um Grossglockner”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Persian: “کالس آم گروسگلوکنر”
  • Polish: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Portuguese: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Russian: “Кальс-ам-Гросглоккнер”
  • Russian: “Кальс-ам-Гросглокнер”
  • Slovak: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Spanish: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Swedish: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Tatar: “Кальс-ам-Гросглоккнер”
  • Turkish: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Ukrainian: “Кальс-ам-Гросглокнер”
  • Uzbek: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Venetian: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Volapük: “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kals am Großglockner”
  • Western Panjabi: “کالز ایم گروزگلوکنر”

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