Hinterstoder belongs to Austria since the 12th century. It was taken from the duchy of Bavaria.
The
village was mentioned the first time in a document in 1240 as "Stoder".
Stoder is a word of the Slavonic language and means "cold" or "stony
ground". The first settlers of Hinterstoder were Slavs. The Traun river
which flows through the cities of Wels and Linz, was the border between
the German speaking and the Slavonian speaking settlers in those times.
In
1890 the first recordings of overnight stays were done. The tourism
started in Hinterstoder. In 1897 the first police station was opened.
Hinterstoder received its railway connection in 1906 and in 1910 the
sport of skiing became popular. The first ski race took place on 10
December 1912. Today the village is world famous for its world cup ski
races. The first ski race for the world cup was hosted in 1986. This was
another important impulse for the winter tourism in Hinterstoder.Since
the competition among the candidates for World Cup races is very large
and the World Cup course on the Bärenalm did not meet the requirements
of the FIS anymore, the chairman of the Ski Club Hinterstoder Rudolf
Rohregger urged to rapidly construct a new, more attractive and
selective Weltcup slope in Hinterstoder. This ambitious goal has been
achieved with the new World Cup Run on the Hoess.
The construction of
the race course was started in late summer 2004; in the winter of
2004/05, the runway was partially available and already then caused a
stir. The first World Cup race on the new slope took place in the
2006-07 season.
The new "Hannes Trinkl valley descent" honors its
namesake, one of the world's best local downhill skiers in recent years.
With a length of 2,250 meters, the piste runs more or less directly
into the valley with an average slope of 35 percent. Natural terrain
edges and steep slopes with a gradient of 55 and 60 percent make this
run
