What should you know about healthcare and emergencies in Kitzbühel?
Emergency number
112
Police: 133. Ambulance: 144.
Updated July 2026 · Sources cited: kitzbuehel.com, thelocal.at
This call covers only the hospitals/ER/trauma sub-section; other Emergencies sub-sections not covered here
Good to know
Good to Know
- 112 is the easiest number to remember and use for visitors — it works for any emergency and routes you to the right service, so you don't need to know the difference between 133, 122, and 144.
- Because Kitzbühel sits in an alpine/ski region, save 140 (Bergrettung/mountain rescue) separately — it's the direct line for ski accidents (including off-piste) and hiking emergencies, and can dispatch helicopter rescue.
- All emergency numbers are free to call from any phone in Austria, and 112 can even be dialled from a locked phone with no SIM or PIN.
- If you have a hearing or speech impairment, the DEC112 app lets you reach any Austrian emergency service by text chat instead of a voice call.
- Kitzbühel town itself does not have a full hospital with an ER/trauma department — the nearest one is the district hospital in St. Johann in Tirol, about 12 km / roughly 12–15 minutes away by car or train.
- For a genuine life-threatening emergency in Austria, dial 144 for ambulance/rescue services rather than driving yourself, especially given the mountain roads around Kitzbühel.
- During ski season and major events (e.g. the Hahnenkamm races), trauma-related admissions to the St. Johann hospital rise sharply due to winter sports injuries — expect this to be a genuinely busy facility at those times.
Emergency Numbers
Police
- Number
- 133
- Details
- Direct line to Austrian police control rooms (Bundespolizei) without routing through the multi-service 112 dispatch centre. Used to report crimes, dangerous situations, or suspicious activity.
Ambulance
- Number
- 144
- Details
- Rettung/Rettungsdienst — operates around the clock, sends first responders and transports patients to the nearest appropriate hospital. In Tyrol, ambulance/rescue services are largely run by the Austrian Red Cross.
Fire Brigade
- Number
- 122
- Details
- Feuerwehr — available 24 hours a day. In most of Austria (outside big cities) fire response is provided by volunteer brigades.
Accessibility
- App Name
- DEC112
- Availability
- Google Play Store and Apple App Store; usable anywhere in Austria, not Kitzbühel-specific.
- Description
- Official Austria-wide app enabling text-based emergency calls to police (112/133), ambulance (144), fire brigade (122), and mountain rescue (140) for deaf and hearing-impaired users, including a 'silent emergency call' option for situations where a voice call is unsafe.
Mountain Rescue
- Number
- 140
- Details
- Bergrettung — dedicated alpine rescue number for hikers, climbers, and skiers in distress, including off-piste ski accidents and helicopter rescue. Especially relevant for Kitzbühel given its skiing and alpine hiking terrain.
Universal EU Number
- Number
- 112
- Details
- Works throughout Austria and the EU, free of charge from any phone including locked mobiles without a PIN. Connects to police, ambulance, or fire dispatch and routes callers to the nearest emergency coordination centre; operators can generally handle German and English.
Other Useful Numbers
Gas Emergency
- Number
- 128
Doctor On-call / Physician Radio Service
- Number
- 141
Poison Control Centre (National)
- Number
- 01 406 43 43
Deaf/hearing-impaired Police Service (SMS/fax)
- Number
- 0800 133 133
ÖAMTC Roadside Assistance (Motoring Club)
- Number
- 120
Official Safety Alert App
- App Name
- KATWARN
- Operator
- Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior
- Description
- Sends location-based and topic-based warnings about severe weather, natural disasters, major incidents, or industrial accidents, complementing sirens and loudspeaker alerts.
Hospitals
Bahnhofstraße 14, 6380 St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
- Name
- A.ö. Bezirkskrankenhaus St. Johann in Tirol (St. Johann in Tirol District Hospital)
- Hours
- Emergency department (Notfallambulanz/Ambulanz) — this is the district's main acute-care public hospital; as a general public hospital it maintains an emergency department, though we could not confirm exact published ER opening/staffing hours on the hospital's own site
- Bed Count
- 274
- Is Within Kitzbuhel Town
- No
- Trauma Level Designation
- Classified in the Austrian hospital plan as a hospital providing 'erweiterte Standardversorgung' (extended standard care) for the Kitzbüheler Alps region — this is not the same as a US-style 'Level I/II trauma center' designation; Austria does not use that exact terminology. It does have a dedicated trauma surgery/orthopedics (Unfallchirurgie/Orthopädie) department.
- Distance From Kitzbuhel Center
- Approx. 12 km / 12–15 minutes by car (also reachable by train, about 10–12 minutes, and by regional bus)
- Notes
- This is the hospital that actually serves Kitzbühel town — Kitzbühel itself no longer has its own full acute hospital; this is the nearest and district-designated facility for trauma/emergency care, run as a district hospital jointly by the 20 municipalities of the Kitzbühel political district.
Contact
- Phone
- +43 5352 606-0
- Website
- www.khsj.at
Departments
- Internal medicine
- General, visceral and vascular surgery
- Trauma surgery (Unfallchirurgie) / Orthopedics
- Gynecology and obstetrics
- Pediatrics and adolescent medicine
- Anesthesiology and intensive care
- Interventional radiology
- Consiliary ENT department
Day Clinic
- Name
- Tagesklinik Kitzbühel
- Address
- Hornweg 9, Kitzbühel
Services
- X-ray with digital storage
- Sonography/ultrasound
- Magnetic resonance therapy
- Arthroscopic keyhole operations
Specialties
- Trauma surgery
- Sports medicine
- Orthopedic surgery
Primary Hospital
- Beds
- 274
- Name
- Bezirks-Krankenhaus St. Johann in Tyrol (District Hospital)
- Location
- St. Johann in Tirol
- Description
- Full-service district hospital serving the Kitzbühel region with departments including internal medicine, orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and intensive care.
Departments
- Internal medicine
- Orthopedics and traumatology
- General, visceral and vascular surgery
- Gynecology and obstetrics
- Pediatrics and youth medicine
- Anesthesia and intensive care medicine
- Interventional radiology
Pharmacies
- Prescription Requirement
- Prescriptions available through doctor consultations; pharmacies can source approximately 10,000 pharmaceutical specialties available in Austria within half a day.
- Availability Note
- Basic medicines like paracetamol and ibuprofen require pharmacy purchase in Austria (not available over-the-counter in shops).
Pharmacies In Center
Stadtapotheke Kitzbühel
- Phone
- +43 5356 62415
- info@apokitz.at
- Address
- Vorderstadt 15, 6370 Kitzbühel
- Description
- One of the oldest pharmacies in the district.
Hours
- Sunday
- closed
- Saturday
- 08:00 - 12:00
- Monday Friday
- 08:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 18:00
Rosen-Apotheke
- Phone
- +43 5356 62207
- rosenapotheke@kitz.net
- Address
- Jochbergerstraße 5, 6370 Kitzbühel
- Description
- Specializes in homeopathy, natural medicines, and Schüssler salts.
Hours
- Saturday
- 08:00 - 12:00
- Monday Friday
- 08:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 18:00
Health Center
- Name
- Gesundheitszentrum Kitzbühel
- Description
- Multi-practice health center with short distances between individual practices for convenient coordinated care.
Weekend Emergency
Weekend doctor service (notdienst) rotates around different practices within the Kitzbühel district; details available at district website.
Quality And Standards
Austrian healthcare system ranks highly internationally; access to specialists is straightforward.
English Language Support
Many hospital staff speak English, though paramedics primarily work in German.
In Town Urgent Care Option
- Name
- Medkitz.Plus (private medical practice)
- Type
- Private outpatient medical practice with an emergency contact number — NOT a hospital ER and has no trauma/surgical capability
- Hours
- Monday–Thursday 08:00–16:00; Friday 08:00–13:00
- Address
- Hornweg 30, 6370 Kitzbühel, Austria
- Emergency Contact
- +43 660 66 56 098
- Notes
- Useful for non-life-threatening issues or after-hours phone triage within Kitzbühel itself, but anything requiring trauma surgery, inpatient care, or a true ER must go to St. Johann in Tirol.
AI-generated estimateData refreshed July 2026
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