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The Viggarbach (also: Mühlbach or Mühltaler Bach) is a river of Tyrol, Austria. The Viggarbach's origin is the lake Blauer See. It flows through the valley with the same name in western direction and merges near Schönberg with the Sill. It has a length of 10.1 km (6.3 mi). The rapid small creek keeps its Grade A water quality in the whole course, but gets dangerous at high water or strong rain. Because nearby townships are further away from the creek, there is less danger for settlements. The Blauer See, the origin of the Viggarbach, has an area size of 0.79 ha (2.0 acres) and a volume of 23.570 m3 (832.4 cu ft), and lies on the frontier of the Tux Alps.

Schönberg im Stubaital is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, Tyrol, Austria. It is 9 km (5.6 mi) south of Innsbruck at the entrance of the Stubaital. The village was mentioned as “Schönenberge” for the first time in 1180.

Mühlbachl was a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land located 15 km south of Innsbruck. Mühlbachl extended from the southern slopes of Schönberg im Stubaital along Matreiwald to Steinach (to the aperture of the Navistal) and the Sill River flew through it. It had 1,349 inhabitants. On 1 January 2022 Mühlbachl and Pfons were merged into the municipality of Matrei am Brenner.A famous place of pilgrimage, Maria Waldrast, can be reached by hiking up the mountain Serles to the west. The Serles is 2,718 metres high.

Pfons was a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.7 km south of Innsbruck in the Wipptal at the Sill River. Although it is not exactly clear where the name of the village comes from, the location was first mentioned as “Phunzun” in 1030 and later as “Phanes” in 1177. Formerly a part of Matrei am Brenner, Pfons was declared as independent in 1811. On 1 January 2022 Pfons and Mühlbachl were merged into the municipality of Matrei am Brenner.

Matrei am Brenner is a small municipality in the southern part of the District Innsbruck-Land and is located approximately 17 km south of Innsbruck. Matrei has always been an important station for commerce. On 1 January 2022 the municipalities of Pfons and Mühlbachl were merged into Matrei. The village has 3,500 inhabitants, at 992 m. above sea level and the Sill river flows through it.

Patsch is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 6.7 km south of Innsbruck at the bottom of the Patscherkofel. It is one of the oldest villages in the southern low mountain range around the capital and was mentioned in documents for the first time around 1200 as „Patsche or Pats“.

The Bezirk Innsbruck-Land is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Tyrol, Austria. It encloses the Statutarstadt Innsbruck, and borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the district Schwaz in the east, South Tyrol in Italy to the south, and the district of Imst in the west. Area of the district is 1,990.17 km², with a population of 181,698 (January 1, 2021), and population density of 91 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Innsbruck, located outside of the district itself.

The Europa Bridge or Bridge of Europe (Europabrücke) is a 777-metre-long (2,549 ft) bridge carrying the A13 Brenner Autobahn (and European route E45) over the 657-metre (2,156 ft) Wipp valley just south of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. The bridge spans the Sill River, and forms part of the main route across the Alps from western Austria to South Tyrol in Italy. It is also part of the main route between southeastern Germany and northern Italy. The longest span between pillars is 198 metres (650 ft). It hosts a 192-meter Bungee Jump, the fifth highest in the world.

Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km (4 mi.) south of Innsbruck. The peak rises to a summit elevation of 2,246 m (7,369 ft) above sea level. The town of Igls at its northwest base is at 870 m (2,854 ft), a vertical drop of 1,376 m (4,514 ft).

The Ruetz is a river of Tyrol, Austria, a tributary of the Sill. The Ruetz flows from the glacier area of the Stubaital to the Wipptal in north-east direction. Near the famous Europa Bridge, it merges with the Sill after a route length of appr. 37 km (23 mi). The river crosses the village of Fulpmes providing a nearby power station of the Austrian Federal Railways with electricity. As a typical rapid-river the Ruetz is pretty dangerous and full of rapids. Before several defence structures had been constructed, it was quite feared due to floods. However, the water quality is very good and several communities in the Stubaital use the river as drinking water resource.