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5 unusual facts about Jenbach


Jenbach

In February 1945 31 tons of bombs were cast upon the railway station during the Operation Clarion in order to prevent the Reichsbahn from transporting war-material.

From 1410 onwards the Fugger constructed melting furnaces in order to proceed the silver and copper won in the mines near Schwaz.

In April and May, remainders of SS-units, among them the main staff of the SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, withdrew from the quickly advancing French units commanded by Charles de Gaulle, to Tyrol, where Nazi propaganda had virtually inscenerated a "fortress in the Alps".

Jenbach railway station

This article is based upon a translation of the German language version as at August 2010.

Roland Hattenberger

Born in Jenbach, Tyrol, Hattenberger started his professional career at lower league outfit Wattens, before moving to Austrian Football Bundesliga side SSW Innsbruck in 1971.


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Jenbach railway station

The Zillertal is connected at Jenbach, via the Zillertalbahn, with the ÖBB main line.

The Blue Paradise

The Blue Paradise is a musical in a prologue and two acts, with music by Edmund Eysler, Sigmund Romberg and Leo Edwards, lyrics primarily by Herbert Reynolds, and a book by Edgar Smith, based on the operetta Ein Tag im Paradies (A Day in Paradise, 1913) by Eysler with original text by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach.


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