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Overview of the most important events
| 1100-800 BC | Already at this time there were settlements in the area of Kitzbühel. Urn graves dating back to Bronze Age were found. In the area of Kelchalm mining was pursued. |
| 1000 | Finally the town area was developed. |
| 1165 |
A Bavarian family with the name of “Chizzo” settles on the hill of “Chizbuhel”. As Episcopal fiefs of Regensburg they still owned it in the 13th century. |
| 1255 | Kitzbühel falls to Duke Ludwig II, the Severe |
| 1271 | Duke Ludwig granted the inhabitants of Kitzbühel the city charter of Munich |
| 1342 | Kitzbühel falls to Margarethe Maultasch |
| 1363 | Kitzbühel falls to the Habsburg dynasty |
| 1369 | The town is handed over to Bavaria again |
| 1412 | Foundation of the hospital outside the town walls |
| 1444 | There is a mayor of Kitzbühel for the first time |
| 1450 | The Ölbergkapelle chapel is built |
| 1504 | Kitzbühel falls back to Tirol. |
| 1506 |
Maximilian I pledges Kitzbühel to the Archbishop of Salzburg, Matthäus I of Wellenburg |
| 16. Jh. |
In the 16th century the area between Kitzbühel and Schwaz is a mountain farming area. On the spot of today’s district administration used to be the mining administration. The oldest walls date back to the 13th century and can be seen at the museum. |
| 1618 | The painter Andreas Faistenberger becomes an inhabitant of Kitzbühel |
| 1696 | Duke Johann Raimund Lamberg donates 60,000 gilders to the building of the Capuchin cloister |
| 1863 | Year of birth of Franz Reisch – skiing pioneer of Kitzbühel (Oct 17, 1863 – Jan 6, 1920) |
| 1902 |
At the "Schwarzer Adler" guesthouse (today: Hotel Tyrol) the first meeting of the Kitzbühel winter sports association takes place. |
| 1905 | 1st Tirolean Skiing Championships |
| 1906 | 1st downhill race at the Kitzbüheler Horn |
| 1931 | 1st Hahnenkamm Race on the Streif |
