Großdorf (municipality of Kals am Großglockner)

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View of Großdorf above the Burg fraction

Großdorf is a place ( fraction ) of the municipality of Kals am Großglockner . The village on Kalserbach has 254 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Großdorf lies at an altitude of 1364  m above sea level. A. on the right side of the Kalserbach in the wide basin of the Kalser valley . The village lies between the Ködnitz and Burg fractions . Großdorf consists of 77 houses (2004).

history

The center of Großdorf

The origins of the settlement name of Großdorf come from the Romance language . The farm name Figer , documented as Zefig as early as 1307 , comes from the Romanesque sub vico ("under the village") and indicates that Großdorf was originally called Fig (Romanesque vicus , "village"). The name Großdorf, however, is relatively young. Originally, Großdorf was probably simply called a village, since the former municipal property of Kals-Großdorf is known as Dorfer Alm (officially Dorfer Tal ).

Großdorf was already the most populous village in the Middle Ages and had the most important agricultural areas in the municipality. Even today four preserved stock mills testify to the importance of grain cultivation. Furthermore, the village consisted of four of the nine ranks of the community. These were the Bergerrotte with the Petronilla chapel, the Gollerrotte, the Taurerrotte and the Praderrotte. In 1754 the Bergerrotte consisted of 16 houses (164 people), the Gollerrotte of 15 houses (132 people), the Taurerrotte of 15 houses (153 people) and the Pacherrotte of 16 houses (137 people).

Großdorf is now the starting point for ski tourism in the community. The first lift was built as early as 1963, and further expansion took place in 1996/97. The building activity triggered by tourism changed the appearance of the town permanently. Nevertheless, the historical building fabric still predominates in the village.

Attractions

Petronilla Chapel in Großdorf

The Petronilla Chapel is a baroque chapel consecrated in 1875 , which was expanded in a neo-Gothic style in 1898 . Furthermore, a tower with multiple bells was built. The chapel has a three-bay nave with a stitch cap vault and statues of Saints Joseph , Andrew and James, which were created by locals around the turn of the century. The vault fresco shows the church patroness Petronilla and comes from Wolfram Köberl. The Rosary Madonna with God the Father and the guardian angel statues were made by the Kals sculptor Johann Gratz.

Transport and infrastructure

Großdorf is accessible via Kalser Straße (L 26). Großdorf (Kals am Großglockner Taurer stop) can be reached by public transport with the ÖBB-Postbus GmbH bus , with line 4408 connecting the village to the district capital of Lienz up to nine times a day (journey time 48 minutes).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ Hilda Antonia Leimser: History of Kals am Großglockner through the centuries. Kals am Großglockner 1998, 271-272
  3. ↑ Hilda Antonia Leimser: History of Kals am Großglockner through the centuries. Kals am Großglockner 1998, 128, 272; Louis Oberwalder: Kals. Close to heaven. Kals am Großglockner 2004, p. 96

literature

  • Catholic Tyrolean Teachers' Association (Ed.): District Studies East Tyrol . Innsbruck 2001, ISBN 3-7066-2267-X .
  • Hilda Antonia Leimser: History of Kals am Großglockner through the centuries . Kals am Großglockner 1998.
  • Louis Oberwalder : Kals. Close to heaven . Kals am Großglockner 2004.

Coordinates: 47 ° 1 '  N , 12 ° 38'  O