Tux Alps
mountain range
The Tux Alps (German: Tuxer Alpen) or Tux Prealps (Tuxer Voralpen) are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian state of Tyrol. The Tux Alps are one of three mountain ranges that form an Alpine backdrop to the city of Innsbruck. Their highest peak is the Lizumer Reckner, 2,886 m (AA), which rises between the glen of Wattentaler Lizum and the valley of the Navisbach. Their name is derived from the village of Tux which is tucked away in a side valley of the Zillertal.
The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) calls this range the Tux Alps. The name Tux Prealps was declared in the 1984 edition of the AVE as outdated and not longer applicable. The reality is that the mountain range can hardly be described as "prealps" in view of their sheer extent and height. The description only makes any sense when the range is seen in the context of the Zillertal Alps to the south, which are considerably higher than the Tux Alps and permanently covered in glaciers.
Neighbouring ranges
The Tux Alps are surrounded by the following other ranges in the Alps:
Karwendel (to the north)
Brandenberg Alps (to the northeast)
Kitzbühel Alps (to the east)
Zillertal Alps (to the south)
Stubai Alps (to the west)
Boundary
To the north the lower Inn valley forms the boundary of this range from Innsbruck downstream to the Inn's confluence with the
Ziller.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tux Alps” as mountain range. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as mountain range. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q697920. VIAF identifies the subject as 247646382. Authority coordinates are 47.176, 11.643. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984.
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