Zeller Berg

The Zeller Berg rises 100 metres above the Inn valley floor in the Zell district of Kufstein, Tirol. A narrow railway line separates it from the town centre. The rock summit is 42 metres higher than the nearby Festungsberg, yet the medieval plan to build a parallel fortress here was never carried out. Archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck uncovered traces of a multi-phase fortress that reached back to the reign of Emperor Maximilian. Among the finds were a gilded belt buckle from his era and a late-Gothic green-glazed stove tile. In 1805 Bavarian troops took the position without resistance and the structure was dismantled again in the 19th century. Today the slopes above the railway are stabilised to prevent rockfalls onto the tracks. A forest running route winds across the hillside, offering views over the Inn valley towards the Kaisergebirge. The summit itself is crossed by the boundary between Kufstein and Langkampfen, reflecting the complicated municipal history of the area.