Elvas (Brixen)
| Elvas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian name : Elvas | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Trentino-South Tyrol | ||
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) | ||
| local community | Brixen | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 44 ' N , 11 ° 40' E | ||
| height | 820 m slm | ||
| Residents | 270 () | ||
| patron | Peter and Paul | ||
| Church day | June 29th | ||
| Telephone code | 0472 | CAP | 39042 |
Elvas is a fraction of Bressanone in South Tyrol , which lies in the Eisack Valley on the plateau bordered by Eisack and Rienz north of the city center. Elvas has around 270 inhabitants and is 820 meters above sea level. Thanks to its sunny location, the village is surrounded by orchards and grapevines and offers a view of the Brixner valley basin and the surrounding mountains. Numerous prehistoric finds in the village indicate an early settlement.
location
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The place Elvas is located above the central town of Brixen between the hills Schaiders, Guggenkofl, Vogeltenne and Pinazbühel. The high plateau, on which Elvas and the villages of Natz , Viums , Schabs , Raas , Aicha and Kranebitt are located, is between 800 and 930 meters above sea level.
geology
The high plateau is the remnant of an old valley floor , which was separated during the Ice Ages , around 16,000 years ago, by the erosion activity of the rivers Eisack and Rienz , and thus remained as a 4.5 km long and 2.5 km wide land island. The numerous round humps with their glacier ships, such as the Pinatzhügel, the Elvaser Kopf, the Walderer Bühel and the elongated Mooswald, but also the many granite boulders that are spread over the entire Brixen area, provide information about the activity of the Ice Age glaciers .
Surname
The word Elvas is derived from the Latin word "ulva" and means "marsh grass".
history
On the occasion of the consecration of the St. Peter and Paul Church in "Elfes", Elvas is first documented in records of the Augustinian canons of Neustift near Brixen from the year 1077.
Prehistoric and early historical finds
Cup stones
There are several cup stones around Elvas . The "Bildstein von Elvas" is located at the southern foot of the Pinatzkopf and is one of the richest image stones in the Alps . This rock is a block of stone in which several different bowls and numerous grooves are inscribed. On the left side of the rock there is an area that resembles a slide. Tradition has it that it is a so-called fertility slide. Another such slide is located on the "Kreuzplatte" and is also known by the locals as the "witch's slide". Researchers are still puzzling over the meaning and purpose of the cup stones.
Huber property
During the excavations in 1998, a burial ground from the 6th / 7th centuries was found on the southern slope of the Vogeltenne . Uncovered century. More graves were found the following year. A total of 50 burials were found. Each of the uncovered graves contained at least one additive. A total of 15 knives, two silver earrings, four pearl necklaces made of glass paste , six bronze bracelets, two bone combs and three belt parts with a total of seven belt buckles were found. Five short swords and a spur were also exposed. A Roman house from the 1st century AD was uncovered in the western area of the burial ground.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmuth Michaeler: 100 years of the Elvas volunteer fire brigade. Elvas Volunteer Fire Brigade, Elvas 2011.
- ↑ http://www.suedtirolerland.it/de/urlaubsziel-in-suedtirol/eisacktal-wipptal/brixen/elvas/
- ↑ http://www.urlaub-dienstleistungen.com/Kienasthof.htm
- ↑ Helmuth Michaeler: 100 years of the Elvas volunteer fire brigade. Elvas Volunteer Fire Brigade, Elvas 2011.
- ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 1: Up to the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 223, No. 252 .
- ↑ Monika Auer-Graf: Elvas in the course of time. Elvas 2001.
- ↑ Monika Auer-Graf: Elvas in the course of time. Elvas 2001.