Lüsner and Rodenecker Alm
The Lüsner and Rodenecker Alm ( Italian Alpe di Luson or Alpe di Rodengo ) is one of the largest alpine pastures in South Tyrol with around 2300 hectares and is one of the largest plateaus in Europe. It is located in the Lüsner Mountains , a northern subgroup of the Dolomites in Italy . The mountain ridge of the alpine pasture area extends between the Lüsner Valley in the south and west, the Pustertal in the north and the Gadertal in the east. The Lüsner Alm and the Rodenecker Alm are not two strictly demarcated areas, but the names are often used synonymously .
geography
The Alm has a size of around 2300 hectares, is located at an altitude of 1700 to 2300 m . It occupies the entire summit corridor of the ridge that accompanies the Lüsner Valley on the orographic right side and has no pronounced summit shapes. In the north-west the alpine pasture area begins at Zumis, in the south-east it ends above the Würzjoch .
The gentle and easily hiked peaks of the Lüsner and Rodenecker Alm - Astjoch ( 2194 m ), Campill ( 2190 m ), Glittnerjoch ( 2191 m ) and Maurerberg ( 2326 m ) - allow a wide panoramic view and are a popular hiking area.
Administratively, the alpine pasture area is divided among several communities. The largest areas belong to the municipality of Lüsen , smaller shares belong to the municipalities of Rodeneck , St. Lorenzen , Enneberg and St. Martin in Thurn .
The Lüsner Alm can be reached by public and private transport, from the Oberflitt and Schwaiger bottom car parks (via the main town Lüsen and its districts Rungg and Flitt), from Lüsen Berg, from Hinterlüsen (Goar car park), from the Zumis car park and from the Pustertal and Gadertal valleys about the localities Ellen , Onach , Wellschellen and Untermoi .
Alpine farming
A peculiarity of the local alpine pasture is that, in contrast to the otherwise very widespread community alpine pastures, it is still small-scale owned by numerous farmers. Around 80 alpine pastures are distributed on the high plateau, where alpine farming is still active today. The farmers mow the hay on the meadows for the winter, bring their cattle to the pasture in the summer and look after their own cows from neighboring farmers. On average, around 600 head of cattle are kept on the mountain pasture for 100 days a year.
history
The area is historically significant. For example, various traces of resting places for hunters from settlements from the Mesolithic . Last but not least, there are also numerous sagas and legends about the Alm. For example, the notorious “ Lauterfresser ” is said to have been up to mischief on the Alm, for example by bewitching the weather on Starkenfeld.
Until the advent of tourism in the 1970s, the management of the alpine pasture was largely of an agricultural nature. There is historical evidence of a large number of servitutes ( easements ) in favor of the Rodeneck and Lüsner farmers on the common alpine pasture, the Rodenegger Alpe .
literature
- Education Committee Lüsen (Ed.): Lüsen, Insights into Yesterday , 2012.
- Education Committee Rodeneck (Ed.): Rodeneck - Pictures from bygone times. Athesia, Brixen 2005.
- Ernst Delmonego: Lüsen, nature, culture, life. Village book . 1988.
- Johann Hochgruber: Rodeneck through the ages. Athesia, Bozen 1974.
- Alois Rastner, Ernst Delmonego (Ed.): Heimatbuch Rodeneck. History and present. Athesia, Brixen 1986.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ' N , 11 ° 50' E