Timau
| Timau / table bong | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Friuli Venezia Giulia | ||
| local community | Paluzza | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ' N , 13 ° 0' E | ||
| height | 830 m slm | ||
| Residents | 521 (2002) | ||
| Demonym | timavesi, Tischlwanger (Tischlbongar) | ||
| patron | Saint Gertrud von Helfta | ||
| Telephone code | 0433 | CAP | 33020 |
| Website | Official website | ||
Timau (Friulian: Tamau, German: Tischelwang, in the southern Bavarian local dialect Tischlbong ) is a fraction of the Italian municipality of Paluzza in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region . The fraction, which is 830 meters above sea level, has 521 inhabitants (as of 2002).
geography
Timau is located in the Carnic Alps in a karstified high mountain landscape in the Val Bût valley and at the exit of the Plöckenpass . It is located in the Carnia mountain region and is part of the municipality of Paluzza (neighboring municipalities are: Arta Terme, Cercivento, Comeglians, Forni Avoltri, Kötschach-Mauthen , Lesachtal , Ligosullo, Paularo, Ravascletto, Rigolato, Sutrio, Treppo Carnico).
The village with 400 inhabitants developed along two parallel streets. Most of the houses are on the older inner road, and the new road (state road 52 bis) leads to the nearby Plöckenpass and thus to the border between Italy and Austria . High above Timau, the 2217 meter high rock band of the Creta di Timau (Table Bongar: Hoach Eika) rises into the sky with the side summit Gamsspitz.
history
The Romanesque name of the place is probably derived from a spring sanctuary built here in honor of the Carnic river god Timavus (which was later Christianized to “dar olta got va tischlbong” and a widely known pilgrimage site). The important Roman road Julia Augusta (Aquileia-Salzburg) led through the Timaves area over the Plöckenpass . So one can assume that there was a Roman road station with a settlement here.
According to local oral tradition, Timau was created in two waves (the first around the year 1000: this is suggested by the place name “-wang”, which was only used until the 11th century; and the second in the middle of the 13th century: studies of the local Dialect close) settled by immigrants from the Carinthian Gailtal and from the Carinthian Weißensee . It was probably miners who exploited the lead and copper deposits on the Little and Big Pal. The first settlement was about a kilometer further south. It was destroyed by a natural disaster in 1729. In the First World War the place was in the front area, so that the local residents were partly evacuated. The Tischlbongarin Maria Plozner-Mentil, who like many women from Carnia dragged food and ammunition to the front for the Italian troops, died as a heroine (the barracks in Paluzza is named after her).
language
The German everyday language of the elderly (the younger ones use the table-bongarisch less) is a dialect of the Carinthian . However, it differs from the former in that it has stronger Romance influences. Friulian is partly colloquial and Italian is the only written language due to the lack of German school lessons. Above all, the Tischlbong cultural association “Cirkul Kulturaal” tries to preserve the old language. Tableware is now being taught again in kindergarten and school. In 2003, 87% of the adults in Tischelwanger had a command of German and 70% had complete command of the language. Among children and adolescents under 20 years of age, 75% had a command of German and 49% had complete command of the language. 25% of the inhabitants of Tischelwang spoke no German at all.
Today there are some close contacts to the other German enclaves in Italy: Sappada (German: Bladen, dialect-Tyrolean Plodn, Province of Udine ), Sauris (German: Zahre, Province of Udine), Luserna (Cimbrian: Lusern , Province of Trentino ), Valle Fersina (German: Fersental, in the dialect: Bersntol, Province of Trentino), seven municipalities (Cimbrian: Sim Komäun) with the main town Asiago (Cimbrian: Sleghe, Province of Vicenza ) and to the thirteen municipalities (Province of Verona).
Place names
Tischelwang is a field name: Meadow slope on which the bagwort (Latin: Capsella bursa pastoris ) grows. The first written document in which the German version of the place name is mentioned as Teschelwanch goes back to the year 1342. The village consists of five hamlets: Pauarn, Braida, Scholeit, Par Soga and Rana. There are numerous German field names. For example, the district of Pauarn is divided into Oubarlont and Untarlont.
Many families have German names: Anater, Ebner, Laikauf, Matiz, Muser, Plozner, Unfer. On the other hand, other typical table-cheeky names sound Italian or Friulian, e.g. Duzzi, Mentil, Primus, Silverio.
Attractions
- Ossuary / Ossario (built in 1936/37), houses the remains of around 1700 Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who perished here in the mountains during the First World War . The ossuary is located where the first village church of Timau used to stand. It was destroyed in the First World War.
- Church of Sankt Gertrude (built in 1732 when the “new” village was built) and consecrated to the village saint.
- Cristo Re Church (1946–1964). Inside it is a six-meter-high Christ made by the Val Gardena sculptor Peppi Senoner, standing on a 3-ton, 12-meter-high wooden cross that has been visited by more and more pilgrims in recent years.
- Historical museum about the First World War in Carnia. It contains an extensive collection of war memorabilia from Italy and Austria, almost all of which were found on the Italian front around Timau (Grüne Schneid, Frischenkofel, Kleiner Pal , Freikofel, Großer Pal, Pramosio). Also about a thousand documents and unpublished photos.
- Fontanone (Table Bongaran: Pruna): Strong spring that pours out of the rock face at the foot of the Gamsspitz and forms the main inflow of the Bût.
Culture
The townscape is Italian, the spiritual culture with song, dance and folk drama is a mixture of old Carinthian traditions and Friulian influences.
- Cultural Association "G.Unfer"
- Choir "Teresina Unfer"
- Traditional group "Da Jùtalan"
- Children's costume and children's dance group "Is guldana Pearl" (the golden bear)
- Newspaper: “asou geats” (this is how it works) in local dialect as well as Friulian and Italian; Table bongara Piachlan - quaderni di cultura timavese
In July, the village and culture festival "Sumarnocht" is celebrated.
kitchen
As the local specialty "Schultar" are (smoked and cooked pork shoulder), "Varhackara" ( bacon jam ) and the "Chropfn" (other filled pastries, see FIG. Carinthian noodle ) to known beyond the municipality boundaries.
literature
- Aristide Baragiola : La casa villereccia delle colonie tedesche del gruppo carnico. Sappada, Sauris e Timau con raffronti delle zone contermini italiana et austriaca: Carnia, Cadore, Zoldano, Agordino, Carintia e Tirolo. Peregrinazione folcloriche. Tipografia Tettamanti, Chiasso 1915.
- Karin Heller, Luis Thomas Prader and Christian Prezzi (eds.): Lebendige Sprachinseln. 2nd edition, Bozen 2006. Online: Chapter on Tischlwang.
- Table bongara piachlan.
- Bartarpuach va table bong.
