Norital

Norital (also: Nurihtal, Vallis Norica, Orital, Ourital, Ovrital ) is an old common name for the Inntal between the Melach and Ziller estuaries , the Wipptal and the Eisack valley and part of the Gadertal ; it formed a county in the Middle Ages .

From the 12th century , the Norital was combined with the Vinschgau (west of South Tyrol ) and the Passeier (north of Meran ) to form the County of Tyrol .

Counts in the Norital were:

• Welf II. († 1030), Count of Altdorf, in the Inntal and Norital
• Hartwig from the Sieghardinger family , Bishop of Brixen 1022-1039, was enfeoffed with the Nori Valley in 1027 by Emperor Konrad II ; In the same year he passed the administration of the Norital on to his brother Engelbert
• Engelbert IV. († 1040), Count in Pustertal , Norital and Lavanttal
• Adalbert I of Eurasburg († 1100), Count in the Norital
• Adalbert I († 1125), his son, Count of Tyrol

literature

• Paul Gleirscher : Vallis Norica - Sabiona - Prihsina. On territorial-political issues in the Eisack Valley. In: Helmut Flachenecker , Hans Heiss , Hannes Obermair (eds.): City and Hochstift / Città e Principato. Publications of the South Tyrolean Provincial Archives 12. Bolzano: Athesia 2000. ISBN 88-8266-084-2 , pp. 27–47