Theth
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Theth Thethi |
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Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ' N , 19 ° 46' E |
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| Basic data | |||
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| Qark : | Shkodra | ||
| Municipality : | Shkodra | ||
| Height : | 850 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents : | 80 (2010) | ||
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| Structure : | 8 settlements | ||
Theth [ ˈθɛθ ] ( Albanian indefinite) or Thethi [ ˈθɛθi ] (Alb. Definite ) is a village in the Bashkia Shkodra in the Albanian Alps . It is located in the highest part of the trough valley of the Shala River , surrounded by several high two-thousand- meter peaks, including the Radohima ( 2568 m above sea level ) in the west, the Arapi ( 2217 m above sea level ) in the north and the Maja e Popllukës ( 2578 m above sea level ) and the Jezerca behind it ( 2694 m above sea level ) in the east.
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Theth is one at around 750 to 950 m above sea level. A. The scattered settlement that stretches for several kilometers along the valley. It consists of the settlements of Okol , Gjecaj , Nik Gjonaj , Gjelaj , Ndreaj , Kola , Unaj and Grunas , some of which are located on the steep slopes. In winter the place is often cut off from the environment for weeks or even months or can only be reached on foot in arduous hikes through the snow. The unpaved road over the 1630 m high Terthorja Pass is covered with snow until late spring. The road to the south into the Kir valley is even worse and hardly passable.
Because of the poor infrastructure and the lack of economic prospects, most of the residents have left the place. Today only very few houses are inhabited all year round. It is estimated that around 80 people live in the village all year round. Schools or medical facilities are closed.
With the help of GTZ , however, tourist accommodation was built in various private houses, hiking trails were expanded and marked, and signposts and orientation maps were set up, for example. B. for the long-distance hiking trail Peaks of the Balkans . In 2010, 130 beds were available in private accommodation - 100 more than in 2007. The small hotel has reopened and more and more cafes and accommodations have emerged. The journey is still difficult, but not as long as in previous years, so that more and more tourists come to Theth, at least in summer. In the period from 2006 to 2009, the number of tourists increased from around 300 to 7500 per year - in contrast to the rest of Albania, these are mainly foreign travelers. Tourism has generated an estimated income of € 150,000 for the residents of Theth.
2630 hectares around the village were declared Theth National Park in 1966 . In addition to the mountain peaks, the natural beauties of the region include the Grunas Gorge and the Grunas and Gjeçaj waterfalls .
The oldest traces of human settlement in the upper Shala Valley date from the Paleolithic . The valley was inhabited by Illyrians . A first written mention comes from the year 1688. A first church was built in 1892. In 1936 a road to Theth and a hotel in town were opened. During the communist era, a workers' holiday home followed. In the late 1980s, around 7,000 people lived in Theth.
literature
- Christian Zindel, Barbara Hausammann: Hiking guide Northern Albania - Thethi and Kelmend . Huber Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-940686-19-0 .
- Leander Steinkopf: The shrill sound after the shot - popping Kalashnikovs, cursed mountains: if you are looking for adventure, the Albanian Alps are the right place for you. On top of that, you are welcomed in a friendly manner, because the guest is sacred here . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . June 16, 2013, p. V4-V5 .
- Robert Elsie , Gerda Mulder, Herman Zonderland: A Passion for Theth . Skanderbeg Books, Utrecht 2014, ISBN 978-90-76905-35-8 .
- Eltjana Shkreli: Trashëgimia ndërtimore në Theth . Ed .: German Society for International Cooperation. Tirana in October 2018 (Albanian, albanian-alps.al [PDF; Retrieved on January 2, 2019]).
Web links
- GTZ brochure on Theth (English; PDF file; 2.05 MB)
- Thethi-guide.com (Albanian and English)
- Arte report "At table in ... Albania" on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Galaty: Dr. Michael Galaty in Northern Albania. (No longer available online.) In: Millsaps College - News & Events. January 1, 2008, archived from the original on November 21, 2015 ; accessed on December 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Christian Schubert: Blood feuds also need fixed rules . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . 23 September 2010, p. R 3 .
- ↑ a b c Ismail Beka: Cross-border destination development for mountain tourism (Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo). (PDF) April 24, 2010, accessed December 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Thomas Junker: Thomas Junker on the move - from the West to Down Under (1/5). (No longer available online.) In: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. November 18, 2013, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on December 1, 2013 (broadcast at 7:50 p.m. (from 5:30 a.m.)). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Parku Kombëtar. (No longer available online.) In: Thethi-Guide. Archived from the original on November 26, 2013 ; Retrieved January 8, 2014 (Albanian, Council of Ministers Decision No. 96 of November 21, 1966). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Shala Valley Project - Final Report of the 2006 Field Season ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 15.0 MB)
- ↑ a b James Pettifer: Albania & Kosovo - Blue Guide , A & C Black, London 2001, ISBN 0-7136-5016-8
- ↑ Florian Baba (ed.): Linja e Gjelbër Shqiptare , Tirana 2008
