Hochfilzen
| Hochfilzen | ||
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|   Hochfilzen Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 47°28′10″N 12°37′21″E / 47.46944°N 12.62250°ECoordinates: 47°28′10″N 12°37′21″E / 47.46944°N 12.62250°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Tyrol | |
| District | Kitzbühel | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Sebastian Eder | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 959 m (3,146 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2014)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,149 | |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 6395 | |
| Area code | 05359 | |
| Vehicle registration | KB | |
| Website | Gemeinde Hochfilzen | |
Hochfilzen is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at 47°28′N 12°38′E / 47.467°N 12.633°E, in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,109 in 2001.
It is a popular winter sports resort, especially for cross country skiing. In 2005 (4–13 March) it hosted the Biathlon World Championships, as it also did in 1978 and 1998, and is a regular venue in the annual IBU World Cup series.

Hochfilzen, road panorama with smoking chimney
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% | 
| 1869 | 285 | — | 
| 1880 | 332 | +16.5% | 
| 1890 | 341 | +2.7% | 
| 1900 | 376 | +10.3% | 
| 1910 | 453 | +20.5% | 
| 1923 | 465 | +2.6% | 
| 1934 | 499 | +7.3% | 
| 1939 | 526 | +5.4% | 
| 1951 | 645 | +22.6% | 
| 1961 | 956 | +48.2% | 
| 1971 | 1,098 | +14.9% | 
| 1981 | 1,059 | −3.6% | 
| 1991 | 1,111 | +4.9% | 
| 2001 | 1,109 | −0.2% | 
| 2011 | 1,123 | +1.3% | 
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