Defereggental

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View from the Wetterkreuz in St. Jakob over the Defereggental towards the Großglockner
at St. Veit

The Defereggental (colloquially Defreggental) or simply Defereggen is the middle of the three East Tyrolean high mountain valleys with an east-west course. The neighboring valleys running parallel are the Puster Valley and the Virgen Valley . The Defereggental is accessed through the Defereggentalstraße . The name is derived from the Celtic dubar (black, dark) or from the Slavic dober (good).

The Defereggental is located in the Hohe Tauern National Park and is surrounded by mountains of the Defereggen Mountains , the Rieserferner Group , the Lasörling Group and the Schober Group . The valley is traversed by the Schwarzach . In the valley are the three communities Hopfgarten in Defereggen , St. Veit in Defereggen and St. Jakob in Defereggen .

The Defereggental has been settled since the 7th century via Staller Sattel and Klammljoch , both transitions into today's South Tyrol . That's why South Tyroleans still enjoy grazing rights in the upper Defereggental today. The main town of St. Jakob in Defereggen is the oldest settlement in East Tyrol. You can reach the Antholz Valley via the Staller Sattel .

In the 17th century, around half of the population of the Defereggen valley had turned away from the Catholic faith and became Protestant. After they did not comply with the Salzburg Archbishop's request to return, they were expelled from the valley in December 1684. They had to leave their children behind and sell their property. The exiles settled mainly in the area of ​​today's German federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg .

The Defereggental, protected by the Hohe Tauern National Park , is one of the most untouched high mountain valleys in the Alps and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the Austrian Alps.

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Defereggental with a view of the Villgraten mountains and St. Jakob in Defereggen on the right

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Jakob in Defreggen geschichte-tirol.com, association "fontes historiae - sources of history", "Written by Mag. Michael Fritz", with a source from 1993, accessed August 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Hannes Hintermeier in FAZ.Net : Did it fit? Already fits! (no date; read: end of April 2011)

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