Antholz Obertal

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Antholz Obertal
Anterselva di Sopra
Country Italy
region Trentino-South Tyrol
province South Tyrol  (BZ)
local community Rasen Antholz
Coordinates 46 ° 53 '  N , 12 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '33 "  N , 12 ° 7' 52"  E
Telephone code 0474 CAP 39030
Chapel of St. Joseph

Antholz Obertal ( Italian Anterselva di Sopra ) is a fraction of the municipality of Rasen-Antholz in the Antholz Valley in South Tyrol ( Italy ) with 120 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

location

The scattered settlement of Antholz Obertal is the northernmost and highest village in the Antholz Valley at an altitude of around 1550  m . The place is located behind a swivel of the valley towards the northeast, between Antholz Mittertal and Antholz Lake .

history

Until 1919 Antholz Obertal belonged as part of the cadastral municipality of Antholz in the municipality of Rasen to the judicial district of Bruneck , which came to Italy as a result of the First World War . 1928 Cadastral Antholz together with Niederrasen, Oberrasen and Olang was under fascism the greater community Lawn Olang ( Italian Rasun Valdaora ) based in Niederrasen together. The German-speaking mayors were deposed and a Podestà from the old Italian provinces was appointed community leader. In 1955 the community was divided into the present-day communities Olang and Rasen-Antholz.

chapel

The St. Joseph's Chapel, also called Steinzger-Stöckl , was built by Jakob Passler in 1815.

Infrastructure

State road 44, which connects the Pustertal state road with the Staller Sattel , which leads to Austria , runs through the village . The Südtirol Arena , in which biathlon world cups are held annually, is located between Antholz Obertal and Lake Anterselva .

Web links

Commons : Antholz Obertal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Lawn-Antholz population statistics , accessed on February 15, 2020.
  2. ^ History of the community of Rasen-Antholz , accessed on March 25, 2017
  3. St. Joseph's Chapel , accessed on March 26, 2017