Kleinwalsertal
Sign in to saveKleinwalsertal is a valley in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg and part of the Bregenz district. It includes the municipality of Mittelberg and consists of three villages along the River Breitach. Due to the geographic location in the Allgäu Alps with its alpine terrain, the Kleinwalsertal has no direct traffic connection to the rest of Vorarlberg. It is accessible only via Oberstdorf, Germany, to the north, and thus is an Austrian "practical exclave" or "pene-exclave".
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- Kleinwalsertal
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- Kleinwalsertal_vom_widderstein.JPG
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- 300px
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- The Kleinwalsertal seen from the summit of the Widderstein
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- Karte Kleinwalsertal SRTM3.png
- Valley.location
- Mittelberg, Vorarlberg, Austria
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- 1086
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- Etymology
- Geography
- Natural geography
- Human geography
- Nature Conservation
- History
- Economy and tourism
- Winter tourism
- Summer tourism
- Customs zone and impact of EU membership; postal and police services
- Taxation and banking: Kleinwalsertal as tax haven
- Traffic and infrastructure
- Safety
- Public transport
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Kleinwalsertal is a valley in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg and part of the Bregenz district. It includes the municipality of Mittelberg and consists of three villages along the River Breitach. Due to the geographic location in the Allgäu Alps with its alpine terrain, the Kleinwalsertal has no direct traffic connection to the rest of Vorarlberg. It is accessible only via Oberstdorf, Germany, to the north, and thus is an Austrian "practical exclave" or "pene-exclave".
==Etymology== The name of the valley derives from the Walsers who moved there from the Valais () in the 13th century (see also "Großwalsertal").