The ibex not only proudly adorns the coat of arms of the municipality of St. Leonhard. After the successful reintroduction in the 1950s, the largest colony of ibex in the Eastern Alps lives here today with around 1200 specimens.
Opened in 2020, the Tyrolean Ibex Centre in St. Leonhard is dedicated to the ambivalent history of the relationship between man, nature and culture in the Pitztal valley. The visitor centre houses a photographic exhibition, an information point and a restaurant. The centrepiece is the walk-in ibex enclosure, where ibex and marmots can be observed up close.
The aim is to make the Ibex Centre a centre for education and training in the field of Hunting & Game to develop.