Lech Sant
| Lech Sant | ||
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| The Lech Sant , behind it the Sella | ||
| Geographical location | St. Christina in Val Gardena , South Tyrol | |
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| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 '11 " N , 11 ° 43' 46" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 2096 m slm | |
| length | 50 m | |
| width | 50 m | |
The Lech Sant is a small mountain lake on the Mastlé-Alm at the northern foot of the Pitschberg in St. Christina in Val Gardena ( South Tyrol , Italy ).
The Ladin field name "Lech Sant" means "Holy Lake" in German, to which this name refers, but is not known. Today it is a protected natural monument .
Natural history
The Lech Sant biotope is a relic from the Würm glacial period at the end of the Pleistocene .
Fish such as the minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) or pill (in Italian Sanguinerola ) from the carp family are present in Lech Sant .
archeology
In 1984 Franco Prinoth with Gianni Rizzo and Markus Delago were able to uncover at least two prehistoric find layers through excavations at Lech Sant: a deeper layer with a bronze needle, Bronze Age ceramics and flint tools and an upper layer with Iron Age pottery shards and calcined animal bones . From these finds it can be assumed that there was a burnt offering place at Lech Sant .
Legend of Lech Sant
Legend has it that a chapel once stood here. However, this was desecrated by shepherds who grazed their flocks on the alpine pastures at nightly dance festivals, as they were still very popular in later times by mowers on Fridays on the alpine pastures. As a punishment for this, the chapel and the shepherds disappeared into a hole that filled with water. This is how this alpine lake emerged. Sometimes, according to the vernacular, eerie lights can still be seen here, reminding of the shepherds.
Web links
- Data sheet of the natural monument at the South Tyrolean provincial administration
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edgar Moroder: Calender de Gherdëina 1988 . Union di Ladins de Gherdëina, Urtijëi 1987, pages 5-27. 12 images of Lech Sant and text in Ladin.
- ↑ Reimo Lunz: Archaeological grazing lights from Val Gardena . In: Archaeological forays through South Tyrol . Athesia, Bozen 2004., page 332, ISBN 8882662586
- ↑ Ignaz Vinzenz Zingerle : Legends from Tyrol . Innsbruck 1859, page 98. Online at haben.at , a database on European ethnology / folklore, accessed on June 19, 2010
- ↑ Calendar Ladin 1914: Stories da Zacan, Lech Sant . Signed TP, page 68 (Ladin). Union dei Ladins Disarray, Innsbruck 1914.