Gaflei

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Gaflei is a hamlet at about 1500  m above sea level. M. in the largest and highest situated municipality Triesenberg ( dialect : Trisabäärg ) Oberland of the Principality of Liechtenstein . Gaflei developed from scattered settlements of the Walser in the Middle Ages into a hamlet. The community of Triesenberg itself is formed from the agricultural hamlet settlements of Silum , Rotenboden, Jonaboden, Wangerberg, Steinort / Lavadina, Masescha, some of which have grown together over the last few decades and develop into a clustered village around the community center.

On the Alp Bargälla , east of Gaflei, is about 120 m southwest of the alpine hut on the Sami valley side at 1721  m above sea level. M. the geographical center of Liechtenstein.

history

The Gaflei, first mentioned in 1615, was sold by the parish of Schaan - Vaduz to some Triesenbergers in the same year . The name Gaflei comes from the old Rhaeto-Romanic sulam, sulom ( farmstead , building site, ground, ground). Until 1860/1861 the Alp remained in the possession of various Triesenberg families. In 1895, Rudolf Schädler bought the alp in order to promote the Liechtenstein economy and had a health resort built there at a considerable expense and in line with the requirements of the time. Gaflei thus became the first health resort in Liechtenstein and is still a popular recreational and excursion area today. From 1930 to 1955, the next generation of the Kurhaus was headed by Rudolf Schädler . Rudolf Schädler was significantly involved in the persecution and attempted kidnapping of Alfred Rotter . Alfred Rotter was a German theater operator of the so-called Rotter Theaters, director and producer. On April 5, 1933, Rotter fell to their death near Gaflei while fleeing from the Nazi thugs with his wife Gertrud.

The painter Adolf Hildenbrand was in Gaflei in 1938 for a painting stay.

In 1976 Gaflei was a stage of the Tour de Suisse and went down as one of the most demanding stages in Tour de Suisse history.

economy

Until the sale in 1860/61, Gaflei served the Triesenberg owners as a mountain hut . Even after the advent of tourism, Gaflei was still used as an alp. The management of the alp with a dairy was initially part of the spa business. Since 1952, the 25.7 hectare alp with 6.4 hectares of pasture has been owned by the municipality of Vaduz. In 2006 the community left it at 1,483 m above sea level. M. cancel location Alpine buildings with stable and dairy. What has remained is extensive use of the alpine pastures.

Marc Risch, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy from Schaan , is building the “Clinicum Alpinum” private clinic in Gaflei for the inpatient treatment of patients with (severe) stress-related illnesses (exhaustion-depression) Depression or burnout are an integral part of the overall concept. The private clinic should admit the first patients in April 2019.

hike

Gaflei is the starting and destination point for hikes, including on the Fürstensteig .

literature

  • Municipality of Triesenberg (Ed.): Triesenberg. Masescha-Gaflei-Silum-Steg-Sücka-Malbun. The Walser Community in the Principality of Liechtenstein , Verlagdruckerei, Vaduz 1978.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adulf Peter Goop , Günther Meier, Daniel Quaderer, Customs Lichtenstein, Old Customs and New Customs , Alpenland Verlag, Schaan, 2005, ISBN 3-905437-09-0 , p. 254
  2. ↑ Geographic center ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Alois Ospelt: Gaflei. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein . December 31, 2011 .
  4. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 182.
  5. ↑ The Kurhaus no longer exists today.
  6. ↑ e-archiv.li The Rotter assassins Rudolf Schädler, Peter Rheinberger, Eugen Frommelt and Franz Roeckle are sentenced to prison sentences of between 4 and 12 months .
  7. ↑ http://www.verein-isl.li/Rad/Info/LiechtensteinunddieTourdeSuisse.aspx
  8. ^ Liechtensteiner Volksblatt , 3rd April 2014 edition .
  9. ↑ Liechtensteiner Volksblatt edition January 18, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Clinicum Alpinum website as of February 1, 2019 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifty-nine thousand seven hundred twenty-seven  /  223467