Malborghetto Valbruna

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Malborghetto Valbruna
coat of arms
Malborghetto Valbruna (Italy)
Malborghetto Valbruna
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 46 ° 30 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '24 "  N , 13 ° 26' 16"  E
height 721  m slm
surface 120 km²
Residents 908 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 33010
prefix 0428
ISTAT number 030054
Popular name Malborgether
Patron saint San Pietro
Website Malborghetto Valbruna

Malborghetto Valbruna ( Slovenian : Naborjet-Ovčja vas , German : Malborgeth-Wolfsbach , Friulian : Malborghèt Valbrune ) is a quadrilingual municipality with 908 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Canal Valley in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region .

Bridge over the Rio Malborghetto the old main road through the place

geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located in the central channel valley between the municipalities of Tarvisio (Tarvis) in the east and Pontebba (Pontafel) in the west.

The main towns are characterized by the mountain peaks of the Carnic Alps in the north and the Julian Alps in the south: the Jôf di Montasio (Montasch, 2754 m), the Jôf Fuârt (Wischberg, 2666 m), the Jôf di Miezegnot (Mittagskofel, 2087 m), the Monte Osternig (Oisternig, 2052 m) and the Monte Poludnig (Poludnig, 2000 m). The Val Saisera (Seiseratal) is located in a southern side valley of the Fella , crossed by the Saisera mountain stream . The Monte Santo di Lussari (Luschariberg, 1788 m) is also located here.

Neighboring communities

Municipal office in Malborghet
Palazzo Veneziano in Malborghet
Main square in Malborghet
Hermagor-Pressegger See Feistritz an der Gail , Sankt Stefan im Gailtal Hohenthurn
Pontebba Neighboring communities Tarvisio
Chiusaforte Dogna

Community structure

The districts (fractions) are Bagni di Lusnizza (Lußnitz), Cucco (Gugg), Malborghetto (Malborgeth), Santa Caterina (St. Kathrein), Ugovizza (Uggowitz) and Valbruna (Wolfsbach).

  • Santa Caterina (St. Kathrein)

  • Pontebbana near Santa Caterina (St. Kathrein)

  • Bagni di Lusnizza (Lußnitz)

history

Until the High Middle Ages, the community with the then name Bambergedt (-edt = good, property), like the entire Canal Valley , belonged to the bishops of Bamberg and gained economic importance at that time. The name developed over time to Buonborgeth (buon = good) and finally, after the place was burned down by the Venetians after disputes with Venice at the end of the 14th century, to Malborgeth (mal = bad). The flourishing iron production and timber industry contributed to the economic development of the village, which is still the seat of handicrafts and small industrial businesses.

The Habsburgs built a fortification there (now called Fort Hensel ), which was occupied by the Venetians in 1616, by the French general André Masséna in 1797 and by the viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais in 1805.

From May 14 to 17, 1809, an Austrian unit under Captain Friedrich Hensel defended the fortress for four days against 15,000 French soldiers under Eugène de Beauharnais until it fell on May 17. Of the 390 Austrians, 350 were killed. Due to the loss of time, the French corps could no longer intervene in the battle of Aspern , which contributed to Archduke Charles' victory .

In 1880 the then market town of Malborgeth had 894 inhabitants. Of these, 774 were German (87%) and 66 Slovenian (7%).

After the end of the First World War, Malborgeth and the entire Canal Valley fell to Italy in 1919, although it was populated exclusively by people of German and Slovene descent. At the end of August 2003 a flood with mudslides caused damage amounting to millions.

tourism

Together with the villages of Valbruna (Wolfsbach) and Ugovizza (Uggowitz), the area represents an important region for summer retreat and winter sports. The place is also a starting point for hikes in the Julian Alps .

Attractions

Malborghetto

  • The Palazzo Veneziano (17th century), used as an ethnographic museum of the municipalities in Montana-Canal del Ferro-Valcanale .

  • Palazzo Veneziano

  • Palazzo Veneziano (inner courtyard)

  • Ethnographic Museum in the Palazzo Veneziano

The parish church of Santa Maria
  • The single-nave Gothic parish church of Santa Maria was restored in 1809 . The nave has a ribbed vault. Remnants of Gothic frescoes and stones from the 16th and 17th centuries were uncovered.

  • The south portal of the parish church

  • Interior of the parish church

  • Interior view towards the gallery

  • Remains of Gothic frescoes

  • The high altar

  • Baptismal font in the parish church

  • Memorial to the fallen and remains of the Fort Hensel dam near Malborghetto

  • Gothic parish church of Santa Maria

  • Remains of the Fort Hensel dam

  • Monument to the fallen for Captain Hensel

Ugovizza

Reconstructed church tower in Uggowitz
  • The Church of Saints Philip and Jacob ; Inside are numerous frescoes that were uncovered in 1959 . The church tower was torn away by the flood of August 29, 2003, and has been completely restored since 2009.

literature

  • Roberta Costantini, Fulvio Dell'Agnese, Micol Duca, Antonella Favaro, Monica Nicoli, Alessio Pasian: Friuli-Venezia Giulia. I luoghi dell'arte , pp. 273-274; Bruno Fachin Editore, Trieste
  • Anna Zanier with Claudio Canton e Roberto Carollo ed il contributo di Mauro Bigot: La strada ferrata della Pontebba , 2006 Senaus, Udine; ISBN 88-901571-5-1
  • Guida del Friuli: VII. Val Canale , Udine 1991; Societá Alpina Friulana
  • Claudia Fräss-Ehrfeld (ed.): Napoleon and his time, Carinthia - Inner Austria - Illyria (pages 153-198). Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-85454-113-4 .

Web links

Commons : Malborghetto-Valbruna  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Malburget in the Topographia Austriacarum (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Kurt F. Strasser, Harald Waitzbauer, Across the borders to Triest (Vienna 1999), p. 64.
  3. ^ Digby Smith: The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book , p. 304. London 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
  4. ↑ KK Statistische Central-Commission, Special-Orts-Repertorien of the kingdoms and countries represented in the Oesterreichischen Reichsrathe. Volume V Carinthia (Vienna 1883) p. 67.