Gailtal
| Gailtal | ||
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 The Gailtal from the summit of the Gartnerkofel |
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| location | Carinthia | |
| Waters | Gail | |
| Mountains | Gailtal Alps / Carnic main ridge | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 38 '0 " N , 13 ° 11' 8" E | |
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The Gailtal ( Slovenian Ziljska dolina ) is a valley running from East Tyrol to Carinthia . It starts in Tilliach and ends at Villach , where the Gail flows into the Drau at Maria Gail .
geography
The Gailtal is particularly attractive due to the contrast between the flat, wide valley floor and the sometimes rugged mountain slopes. It is bordered in the north by the Lienz Dolomites and the Gailtal Alps , in the south by the Carnic Alps and Karawanken . In Carinthia it is divided between the districts of Hermagor ( Šmohor ) and Villach-Land , in East Tyrol it is in the district of Lienz .
The strikingly straight furrow of the Gail Valley is part of the periadriatic seam that separates the Southern Alps from the Central Alps .
In the lower reaches, the valley is shaped over a distance of about 10 km by the so-called Schütt , the deposit area of two mighty landslides that fell in prehistoric times and in 1348 from the Dobratsch (eastern foothills of the Gailtal Alps).
Schütt am Dobratsch in the Lower Gail Valley
Göriach with the parish church of Mariä Namen in the Lower Gailtal, on the right behind the triangle
View from Feistritz an der Gail to Nötsch and the Dobratsch
Parish church Heiliger Kanzian in the Nötscher district of Saak with a view of the Untere Gailtal and the Julian Alps in the background
Pressegger See near Hermagor
Classification
- Tyrolean Gailtal from the Kartitscher Sattel to the west to the confluence with the Pustertal
- Lesachtal from the source of the Gail on the Kartitscher Sattel to Kötschach-Mauthen
- Upper Gailtal from Kötschach-Mauthen to Hermagor
- Lower Gailtal from Hermagor to Fürnitz (Villach Basin)
The upper reaches of the Gail are divided into the Tyrolean Gailtal and the Carinthian Lesachtal. The Große Gail flows from the Kartitscher Sattel (1525 m) to the east, the Kleine Gail flows to the west.
From the north, 72 brooks (called "trenches") flow into the Gail, including the following: Klammbach, Gritschenbach, Rodarmbach, Gärberbach, Nieschenbach, Eggenbach, Trattenbach, Radegunder Bach, Tscheltscher Bach, Pallaser Bach, Stabentheiner Graben, Mattlinggraben, Podlaniger Graben, Stampfgraben and Strajacher Graben.
From the south 18 valleys flow into it, from west to east these are the following: Hollbrucker Tal, Schustertal, Winkler Tal anderschbaumer Tal flow into the Kleine Gail. Schöntal, Leitnertal, Tilliacher Tal, Rollertal, Winklertal, Raabtal, Ebnertal, Moosertal, Frohntal, Obergailer Tal, Niedergailer Tal, Wolayer Tal, Sittmooser Tal and Valentintal flow into the Große Gail.
population
While the upper Gailtal is German-speaking, east of Hermagor in the lower Gailtal there is still a Slovene population with its own dialect (see Slovene dialects ). The Gailtal was mainly Germanized from East Tyrol and the Drautal. Accordingly, the Tyrolean dialect extends to Carinthia through the entire Lesach Valley. The Gailtaleric spoken in the lower reaches of the Gail has a clear Upper Carinthian character.
The districts of Hermagor and Villach Land have particularly high proportions of Protestants (over 20 percent each). Worth mentioning in this context is the Watschiger tolerance prayer house .
Culture
A special cultural characteristic in the Gailtal has emerged with the “ skid sting ”, which is carried out in several communities in the valley. The best known among them is the runners in Feistritz an der Gail , which takes place on Whit Monday.
With the Gailtal costume , a unique, characteristic and rural costume has developed over the centuries.
economy
Traditionally, the Gail Valley was shaped by agriculture (horse breeding, carting). There were many alpine villages . With the decline in agriculture, it now lives mainly from tourism ( Naßfeld , Karnischer Höhenweg , Pressegger See ). The Lesach Valley in particular has dedicated itself to gentle tourism . With the Tyrolean Gailtal, the municipality of Lesachtal and the village of Mauthen, there are three mountaineering villages in the Gailtal. There is trade and light industry in Hermagor.
See also
- Breeding of the Noriker in Feistritz an der Gail
- Breeding the Haflinger
- Hadnmauer , an ancient dam near Rattendorf , which was supposed toprotect Gurina .
literature
- Reinhold Jannach: Gailtal / Ziljska dolina. In: Encyclopedia of Slovenian Cultural History in Carinthia / Koroška, from the beginnings to 1942. Vienna, Böhlau Verlag 2016, vol. 1, pp. 375–382.
- Karmen Kenda-Jež (transl. Bojan-Ilija Schnabl, Peter Weiss, Reinhold Jannach): Gailtaler dialect. In: Encyclopedia of Slovenian Cultural History in Carinthia / Koroška, from the beginnings to 1942. Vienna, Böhlau Verlag 2016, vol. 1, pp. 382–385.
- Bernhard Gitschtaler (Ed.): Erased names. The victims of National Socialism in and out of the Gailtal - A memory book . Otto-Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2015.
- Bernhard Gitschtaler, Daniel Jamritsch: The Gailtal under the swastika. About elements of National Socialist rule in the Gailtal . kitab-Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2013.
- Marija Makarovič, Jana Dolenc: The Slovenian folk costume in words and pictures. Fifth volume: The Gailtal . Ljubljana 1992.
Web links
- Article about soft tourism in the Gailtal , spiegel.de
- Gailtaler Zeitbilder , online picture archive on Gailtaler (time) history
- Association Erinnern Gailtal Contributions to coming to terms with National Socialism in the Gailtal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marienpilgerweg. In: marienpilgerweg.at. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Jenig. In: jenig.at. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .