Schladming

Schladming
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Schladming Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°23′39″N 13°41′21″E / 47.39417°N 13.68917°ECoordinates: 47°23′39″N 13°41′21″E / 47.39417°N 13.68917°E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Liezen
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Winter (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	10.3 km^2 (4.0 sq mi)
Elevation	745 m (2,444 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
• Total	4,402
• Density	430/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	8970
Area code	03687
Vehicle registration	GB
Website	www.schladming.at

Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013. The shopping area has many cafes, restaurants and a variety of shops that cater to tourists.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,259	—
1880	1,421	+12.9%
1890	1,487	+4.6%
1900	1,721	+15.7%
1910	2,011	+16.9%
1923	1,948	−3.1%
1934	2,132	+9.4%
1939	2,200	+3.2%
1951	3,189	+45.0%
1961	3,249	+1.9%
1971	3,460	+6.5%
1981	3,918	+13.2%
1991	4,377	+11.7%
2001	4,570	+4.4%
2011	4,477	−2.0%

Recreation

Winter sports

The local peak for winter sports is the Planai. A six-seater cable car with a middle station takes tourists up the mountain. The Planai consists of many "red" and "black" slopes for competitive skiers, and there are also many "blue" slopes for beginners but generally the Planai is an intermediate to expert mountain. The Hochwurzen is the other mountain in Schladming. It has three main red runs off the four man chair lift and a sledge run. This mountain is better suited to more experienced boarders and skiers. There is a fifteen-man cable car which can take groups of up to five to the top.

Schladming hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013.

Non-winter months

The surrounding mountains are popular with climbers and hikers and country lovers. In the summer there are downhill toboggan runs and an outdoor swimming complex is open.

The UCI Mountainbike Worldcup has taken place in Schladming since 2004. In 2010 the Mountainbike Worldcup in Schladming was relocated to Leogang due to do construction work for the Ski World Championships in 2013.^[2]

Transport

There is a bus service that runs up and down the Planai and surrounding mountains throughout the year. There are many ski lifts on the mountains, some catering especially for small runs.

Twin Cities

• Felletin, France since 1960
• Wetzlar, Germany since 1974
• Furano, Japan since 1977

External links

• Schladming
• Mountainbike Worldcup in Schladming
• Pictures of Schladming
• Everything about Schladming in one place
• Mountainbike guiding

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
2. UCI Announcement for Relocation of Worldcup, UCI, retrieved 2010-04-11