1987, 2005 and 2021. The town has also hosted several stages of the Tour de Ski, a cross-country skiing stage event. Germany's modern figure skating center was built on the outside of the town. It has three covered rinks and some of them are accessible to the public, for recreational skating. It is a popular destination with European skaters for training camps. Oberstdorf hosts the annual Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition and has hosted the German Figure Skating Championships twelve times. It has also hosted the 1982, 2000, and 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. One of the two ISU adult figure skating competitions (for skaters aged 28 and older) is held in Oberstdorf each May. Mountain bikers start their Transalp tour in Oberstdorf on the Schrofen Pass to Riva del Garda. Notable people Andreas Heckmair, who participated in the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1938 lived in Oberstdorf until his death in 2005. Gertrud von Le Fort (1876-1971) author, lived in Oberstdorf from 1925 until her death Toni Steurer, athlete Chonrad Stoeckhlin (1549–1587), German herdsman who was accused and executed for witchcraft Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach (1894–1989), German general The 2010 German Vancouver Olympic Team Members Christina Geiger and Gina Stechert (both Alpine Skiing), David Speiser (Snowboard Cross), Johannes Rydzek (Nordic Combined), Nicole Fessel and Katrin Zeller (both Cross-Country Skiing), Daniel Herberg (Curling) and Michael Neumayer (Ski jumping) live in Oberstdorf Pavlo Skoropadskyi (Hetman of Ukraine) Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (born 1969), German politician (SPD) Karl Geiger (born 1993), ski jumper Maximilian Günther (born 1997), racing driver Aljona Savchenko, (born 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pair skater, living in Oberstdorf. Sister cities Megève, France. References External links Official website Ski areas and resorts in Germany Oberallgäu