Sellraintal
| Sellraintal | ||
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 The Sellraintal near Sellrain (the Fotschertal branching off to the left) |
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| location | Tyrol | |
| Waters | Melach , Zirmbach | |
| Mountains | Stubai Alps | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 12 ' N , 11 ° 11' E | |
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| Type | Kerbtal | |
| height | 600 to 2000 m above sea level A. | |
| length | 23 km | |
The Sellraintal , commonly known as Sellrain , is a side valley of the Inn Valley in the Innsbruck-Land district in the state of Tyrol , Austria . It is traversed by the Melach and the Zirmbach flowing into it .
topography
The narrow Kerbtal extends in the Stubai Alps from the Kühtaisattel to 2017 m above sea level. A. to Kematen in Tyrol , where after the Melach Gorge opposite the Martinswand it flows into the Inn Valley. In the interior of the valley, it runs parallel to the Inn valley. To the west of Kühtai is the Nedertal , which flows into the Ötztal near Oetz .
The Sellraintal has some southern side valleys, the longest of which is the Lüsenstal south of Gries im Sellrain. It is traversed by the upper reaches of the Melach. In addition, the Fotschertal ( starting from Sellrain ), the Gleirschtal ( starting from St. Sigmund ), the Kraspestal ( starting from Haggen ), and the Finstertal with the Finstertal reservoir ( starting from Kühtai ) are side valleys of the Sellraintal.
In the valley are the communities Sellrain ( 908 m above sea level , 1324 inhabitants), Gries im Sellrain ( 1187 m above sea level , 616 inhabitants) and St. Sigmund im Sellrain ( 1513 m above sea level , 175 inhabitants).
history
The passages of the Sellraintal were already used as crossings in prehistoric times. Nearly 10,000 year old Stone Age devices were found at Riegelschrofen in Fotschertal . The valley was first mentioned in 1271 as " Selrain ". The monastery Frauenchiemsee , the Wilten and the Tyrolean sovereigns laid Schwaighöfe to operated the livestock and dairy farming. The first verifiable permanent settlement was Haggen (municipality of St. Sigmund), which was documented as " Gihage " in 1152/67 as the property of the Ottobeuren monastery . He was followed in 1254 by Marendebach (municipality of Gries) and Durregg (municipality of Sellrain). At the time of Emperor Maximilian , Sellrain was a popular hunting area where chamois and deer were hunted. The Lüsener Fernerkogel was climbed for the first time in 1836, tourism started in the second half of the 19th century and huts and paths were built.
Tourism / development
With the exception of Kühtai, the valley is only moderately developed for tourism. Therefore, in contrast to the neighboring valleys ( Ötztal , Pitztal , Stubaital ), it has preserved a natural and cultural landscape characterized by mountain farming culture. Agriculture is mainly done by hand on the steep slopes. The Sellraintal region has been part of the Bergsteigerdörfer -Initiative of the PES since 2013 .
traffic
The Sellraintalstraße (L 13) leads from the Tiroler Straße near Zirl through the Sellrain to Kühtai. There it turns into Kühtaistraße (L 237), which runs through the Nedertal to Oetz. The Sellraintalstraße is always endangered by avalanches, mudslides and rockfalls, which one tries to counter with elaborate protective structures. The valley is opened up in public transport by the post bus route 4166 from Innsbruck via Völs to St. Sigmund / Haggen.
At the beginning of the 20th century there was a project for the Stubaitalbahn for a branch into Sellrain, but it was never realized. The Sellraintalbahn was supposed to open up the outer Sellraintal at the level of the western low mountain range from Innsbruck. The route was planned based on the main route of the Stubaitalbahn via Götzens , Birgitz , Axams , Grinzens and Tanneben above Sellrain on the orographically right side of the valley to Gries im Sellrain. At the beginning of the century, the Sellraintal was an emerging tourist area. The route would have been laid out similarly to the Stubaitalbahn, i.e. H. As far as possible in the course of the terrain, saving mass transport and therefore very winding. At the ice bridge south of Tanneben in Fotschertal there would have been the most conspicuous engineering structure of the railway, a large turning viaduct.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch , II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 75-76 no. 469 .
- ↑ Sellraintal is the 20th mountaineering village. ORF , June 14, 2013, accessed November 8, 2018 .
literature
- Austrian Alpine Association (ed.): Sellraintal region: high alpine and close to town. Innsbruck 2013 ( digitized version ) ( online )
