Tappeinerweg
The Tappeinerweg is an approx. 6 km long promenade in the South Tyrolean city of Merano and the municipality of Tyrol above it . The path runs on the slope of the Küchelberg ( 380 m slm ) from Gratsch in the west eastwards to the Zenoberg , where it ends at the Powder Tower . It lies a good 100 m above the valley basin and has only a few inclines. Long stretches of the path offer a view of the Burggrafenamt . The Tappeinerweg offers a species-rich planting with trees and bushes, which mainly consists of Mediterranean vegetation.
From Merano there are several accesses to this walking path , but all of them go up the mountain.
planting
The Tappeinerweg is known above all for its lush planting with predominantly Mediterranean vegetation . Pine and Himalayan cedar are particularly common on conifers ; Among the deciduous trees and shrubs, the cork oak , olive tree , European hackberry , western strawberry tree , eucalyptus , bamboo species and magnolias should be mentioned. The flowers of the sweet scented flower ( Osmanthus fragrans ) give off a sweet scent - as the name suggests . Even Chinese hemp palms , agaves , aloes and cacti are planted, along with many smaller flowering plants and ground cover.
The municipality of Merano maintains a tree register in which a large number of the larger trees and bushes that can be found along the Tappeinerweg are listed. This tree register is available on the Internet. A statistic in this cadastre lists over 400 tree and shrub specimens. These are labeled with a numbered sign along the Tappeinerweg so that the Tappeinerweg can also be used as a botanical educational trail.
history
The Tappeinerweg was financed by the doctor , botanist and anthropologist Franz Tappeiner (1816–1902). Tappeiner came from Laas in Vinschgau and settled down as a doctor in Merano in 1846 after studying medicine. The first section of the Tappeinerweg, which stretches two kilometers from Zenoberg to Galileistraße, was opened in 1893, the second part in 1911; the third part leading to Gratsch could not be completed until 1928 due to the First World War .
literature
- Franz Hieronymus Riedl : The Tappeinerweg in Meran and its creator . In: Der Schlern 40, 1966, pp. 59–66.
- Kerstin Hensel : The Tappeinerweg. Novella. Die Scheune, Dresden 1999. ISBN 3-931684-24-5
