Lusatian way

The Lausitzer Weg near the Pfaffenschneide

The Lausitzer Weg is an approx. 18 km long alpine trail in South Tyrol . It connects Hundskehljoch ( 2557 m slm ) and Birnlücke ( 2665 m slm ).

history

The Lausitzer Weg was laid out by the Lausitz section of the then German and Austrian Alpine Club (DuÖAV) until 1904. After the annexation of South Tyrol by Italy , it was severely neglected for decades and fell into disrepair. In the 1970s, which provided section Tures of the Alpine Club South Tyrol for the restoration of the Alta Via.

location

Hundskehljoch

The high trail leads along the eastern southern slope of the Zillertal main ridge at around 2500 m near the Austrian-Italian border. From there you can see the rear Ahrntal and behind it the mountains of the Venediger group .

Between the Neugersdorfer Hütte and the Birnlücke, a little above the Lausitzer Weg on the slope of the Klockerkarkopf next to the Pfaffenschneide, stood the first Lausitzer Hütte, the foundations of which can still be seen. At the Hundskehljoch, where the Lausitzer Weg was extended in 1911, the construction of a second Lausitzer hut was planned.

designation

Signs near the Birnlückenhütte

In the course of the dispute over the monolingual, bilingual or trilingual signposts, a working group was set up to clarify all disputes. However, this working group was unable to agree on an Italian name for the Lausitzer Weg because the Italian side had suggested "Alta Via della Vetta d'Italia ". The existing “Via Lausitz” signage will probably remain.

swell

Information sheet for the municipality of Prettau
Heimatblatt Neugersdorf

Web links

Commons : Lausitzer Weg - collection of images, videos and audio files

EE Alta Via Lausitz (from page 110) in: "Valle di Tures e Valle Aurina con i Monti di Fundres: 50 escursioni selezionate in montagna e nelle valli; [le più belle escursioni per monti e valli]" by Eugen E. Hüsler, Bergverlag Rother GmbH, 2005. ISBN 9783763342624

Individual evidence

↑ Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean high trails . Athesia, Bozen 1977, p. 64 .
↑ Sign dispute: agreement on almost all names Governor Luis Durnwalder is satisfied with the compromise that a five-person commission has reached in the sign dispute . In: Südtirol online (stol.it). February 19, 2011, archived from the original on February 17, 2013 ; Retrieved December 16, 2012 .

[1] Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean high trails . Athesia, Bozen 1977, p. 64 .

[2] Sign dispute: agreement on almost all names Governor Luis Durnwalder is satisfied with the compromise that a five-person commission has reached in the sign dispute . In: Südtirol online (stol.it). February 19, 2011, archived from the original on February 17, 2013 ; Retrieved December 16, 2012 .