Tux is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The parish of Tux covers the higher and largest part of the Tuxertal, …Tux is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The parish of Tux covers the higher and largest part of the Tuxertal, a side valley of the Zillertal that branches off at Mayrhofen. The territory of the parish extends to the glaciated peak of Olperer and the 2,338 m high saddle of the Tuxer Joch, a crossing between the Zillertal and Wipptal valleys that was heavily used even in the protohistoric period. Other prominent peaks within the municipality are the 3,288 m high Gefrorene Wand Spitze and the 3,231 m high Hoher Riffler. The highest farmsteads lie at a height of 1,630 m.
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