Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ("Paul Ausserleitner Hill") was opened in 1941, and re-built in 2003, and is a ski jumping

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 venue in Bischofshofen

Bischofshofen

Bischofshofen is a city located in the Salzach valley in the Alps, in the District of Pongau, in Salzburgerland, Austria.The city is an important railway hub and lies at the Tauernautobahn, a highway route through the Alps....

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS

FIS

FIS may refer to:In English:* Faculty of Information Studies, now the University of Toronto Faculty of Information* Fairy Investigation Society* Far-Infrared Surveyor, an instrument on the AKARI space telescope* Federal Inspection Station of the U.S...

 Ski jumping World Cup

Ski jumping World Cup

The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is a ski jumping tournament held yearly by the International Ski Federation since 1979–80 season.- World Cup points :...

, annually hosting the fourth and final competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament

The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...

. It is named after Paul Ausserleitner

Paul Ausserleitner

Paul Ausserleitner was an Austrian ski jumper. He died in a tragic accident in Bischofshofen's ski jumping hill and the hill was after the accident renamed to Paul Ausserleitner Schanze to remember him. Ausserleitner holds the hill record in the K-50 hill in Gaisberg, Salzburg with 55...

, an Austrian ski jumper who died of the consequences of a fall on this hill in 1952.