Rofenhöfe

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Rofen ( Rotte )
Rofenhöfe (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Imst  (IM), Tyrol
Judicial district Silz
Pole. local community Soelden
Locality Vent
Coordinates 46 ° 51 '20 "  N , 10 ° 53' 31"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '20 "  N , 10 ° 53' 31"  Ef1
height 2011  m above sea level A.
Post Code 6458f1
Statistical identification
Counting district / district Gurgl-Vent-Zwieselstein (70220 001)
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The Rofenhöfe with the Ramolkogel in the background
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS
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The mountain farms of the Rotte Rofen , often also called Rofenhöfe , are located at an altitude of 2011  m above sea level. A. and about one kilometer west of and 114 meters higher than Vent in the Ötztal Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol . Like Vent itself, the farms form part of the municipality of Sölden in the Ötztal . They are the highest permanently populated mountain farms in Austria .

history

The area was settled in the 13th century via the Niederjoch from Schnalstal . According to tradition, shepherds were surprised by heavy snow in early autumn, so that a return over the yoke at 3010 meters was no longer possible. So the first settlement at the place of the Rofenhöfe was established by shepherds who had to build simple huts for wintering. The Rofenhof was first documented in 1280. The property boundaries were set by the Counts of Tyrol with residence in Merano . From 1348 to 1803 the Rofenhöfe had their own rights through a letter of protection from Ludwig the Brandenburger , an opponent of Ulrich von Lenzburg , at that time Bishop of Chur. In addition to tax exemption, these rights also included a separate jurisdiction that belonged to Bolzano .

The legend that in the first half of the 15th century the Rofenhöfe briefly became an important setting in the history of Tyrol because the Tyrolean Duke Friedrich IV found one of his places of refuge here, in which he had to hide after he had been on the At the Council of Constance was ostracized by King Sigismund , is still told. It is historically correct that Friedl fled with empty pockets over the Reschenpass to Merano , as he himself reported in a letter to Pastor Johann auf Tirol .

In 1940 the courtyards were one of the filming locations of a film adaptation of the novel Die Geier-Wally by Wilhelmine von Hillern , in which Heidemarie Hatheyer played a leading role.

Today the farms are primarily used by mountaineers as accommodation in summer. From there the material ropeway leads to the Breslauer Hütte . The breeding of Haflinger horses carried out there is of international importance . The farms are owned by the Klotz family. One of her ancestors, Leander Klotz , first managed to climb the Wildspitze (highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps) in 1848 .

Picture gallery: Rofen and the lower Rofental

  • View of the Rofenhöfe (left) and Vent

  • View of the Rofenhöfe

  • Chapel of St. Theresia

  • Interior of the chapel

  • Rofen from the suspension bridge over the Rofenache

The Rofental

The Rofental with the Rofenhöfen

The Rofental , the valley of the Rofenache , has a length of approx. 10 km and is a side valley of the Venter valley (itself a side valley of the Ötztal ) near the village of Vent. The Rofenache rises on the Hintereisferner below the Weißkugel ( 3739  m above sea level , on the state border with Italy).

In past centuries, the Vernagtferner pushed forward in the Rofental and there was hardly any damming that resulted in the Rofener Eissee .

In the rear of the Rofental is the Hochjochhospiz , which can be reached in 2 hours via the mountain path from Rofen, named after the Venter mountain guide Cyprian Granbichler . From there it is possible to cross over the Hochjoch to Kurzras in the rear Schnalstal . Other paths lead to the Brandenburger Haus and the Vernagthütte .

In summer, parts of the Rofental are grazed by sheep from South Tyrol, which are driven across the Hochjoch for this purpose.

panorama

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Panorama over the rear Rofental (annotated)

Web links

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

literature

  • Eduard Denzel: Great Alpine Road Guide. 18th edition. Denzel-Verlag, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 3-85047-748-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Dillmaier: On the history of the Rofenhöfe. In: Alpine Club Yearbook 1962 , Munich 1962, pp. 130 ff.
  2. ^ German Alpine Association, Berlin section: The mountain messenger. Year 1991, No. 6, p. 8
  3. ^ W. Baum: Friedrich IV of Austria and the Swiss Confederates. A contribution to the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation. In: Der Schlern 65/1991, pp. 251–267 (here 265, facsimile of the letter)
  4. ↑ Rofenhöfe in Vent website of Ötztal Tourism, accessed on January 3, 2015