Gurgltal
| Gurgltal | ||
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 View from Imst into the Gurgltal |
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| location | Tyrol , Austria | |
| Waters | Gurglbach | |
| Mountains | Lechtal Alps , Mieming Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 16 ' N , 10 ° 48' E | |
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| Type | Trough valley | |
| height | 800 to 850 m above sea level A. | |
| length | 12 km | |
The Gurgltal is a wide side valley of the Oberinntal in Tyrol , which branches off to the northeast near Imst . It separates the Lechtal Alps in the west from the Mieminger Mountains in the east and is traversed by the Gurglbach, which flows into the Inn at Imst . In the valley are the towns of Tarrenz and Nassereith , the latter at the end of the valley. The Fernpass joins further north .
During the Ice Age, the valley was carved out by a branch of the Inntal Glacier , the tongue of which reached as far as Garmisch-Partenkirchen . During the ice ages, 150 m thick band clays were deposited, which seal the valley floor watertight.
The valley floor is mainly used as a meadow. The many scattered hay barns on the valley floor are characteristic. They came about because the land was divided among the heirs for each new case of inheritance. This also prevented intensive cultivation with machines and so agriculture has remained largely natural.
The valley floor was once an extensive swamp area, and today there are still some fens and wet meadows. This cultural landscape offers a habitat for numerous plant species and birds and has so far been protected from major encroachments. Some of the rare animals that have found a habitat here include the birch moth , the nail spot ( Aglia tau ), the swallowtail ( Papilio machaon ), the aurora butterfly ( Anthocharis cardamines ), many species of dragonflies and the German scorpion ( Euscorpius germanus ) who are here northernmost distribution area.
The Gurgltal was also an important mining area for centuries. In the vicinity of former mining areas, the Knappenwelt Gurgltal in Tarrenz, true to the original, is a complete medieval mining operation that is run as an open-air museum.
The Mieminger Straße (B 189) runs through the Gurgltal and continues from Nassereith over the Holzleitensattel to the Mieminger Plateau and connects to the Fernpassstraße (B 179) in Nasserreith .
