Lesach

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Unterlesach with the memorial chapel

Lesach is a place ( fraction ) of the municipality of Kals am Großglockner . The village on Lesachbach with the associated hamlets of Pradell and Ellenparte has 210 inhabitants ( 2001 census ).

geography

Lesach is located in the Kalser Valley south of the main town Ködnitz on the rubble cone of the Lesachbach. The village of Lesach is located north of the Lesachbach a few hundred meters east of the mouth of the stream in the Kalserbach . Due to the difference in altitude, between the 1309  m above sea level. A. high Unterlesach and Oberlesach at 1,526 m above sea level . The highest farm in Lesach is the Rubisoi farm east of Oberlesach at an altitude of 1,562 m.

Hamlet of Pradell with the Meilinger farm

In addition to the main town, Lesach also includes the hamlet of Ellenparte south of the Lesachbach and the village of Lesach and the hamlet of Pradell in the north on the road to the village of Ködnitz. The Lesach-Riegel-Hütte (2,134 m), the Lesachalm-Hütte (1,828 m) and the Lesachalm (2,026 m) are also located in the Lesachbachtal and the adjacent hills .

history

The origins of the Lesach settlement names come from Slavic or Romanesque . The place name Lesach was first documented in 1244 as Lescha . The name of the village comes from the Slavic and means "forest dwellers" (old Slovene lešah ). The settlement names of the hamlets belonging to Lesach, on the other hand, come from the Romance language. Pradell (formerly Pradel) goes back to the Romanesque pratellu ("small meadow"), Ellenparte is derived from the Romanesque illam partem ("other side").

Attractions

Interior view of the memorial chapel

The memorial chapel in Unterlesach was built after a vow in the flood years of 1965/66 and takes the rank of a small village church. It was built according to plans by Paul Illmer and has a high facade with a bell tower. The chapel has an interior which, after being slightly tapered, merges into a bluntly angled choir . The front of the chapel is decorated with a crucifix and several figures in popular, baroque design. In addition to St. John of Nepomuk (patron against water hazards) and the church patron Kilian, there is also a protective coat Madonna (1977) by the Kals sculptor Hans Unterweger.

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.

Web links

Commons : Lesach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hilda Antonia Leimser: History of Kals am Großglockner through the centuries. Kals am Großglockner 1998, 271–272

Coordinates: 46 ° 59 '  N , 12 ° 38'  E