Ultental
| Ultental | ||
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 Ultental near St. Gertraud |
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| location | South Tyrol , Italy | |
| Waters | Wrong | |
| Mountains | Ortler Alps , Nonsberg Group | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 33 ' N , 11 ° 0' E | |
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| length | 40 km | |
The Ultental , also simply called Ulten ( Italian Val d'Ultimo ), is the 40 km long valley of the Falschauer in the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol . It runs parallel to the Vinschgau in the north and flows into the Adige Valley near Lana in the area of the Merano valley basin . The largest part of the Ultental belongs to the communities Ulten and St. Pankraz , the valley entrance area to the community Lana. The uppermost valley sections are in the Stilfserjoch National Park .
The localities in Ultental, in the order outward of the valley, are
- St. Gertraud ( 1501 m , approx. 300 inhabitants)
- St. Nikolaus ( 1256 m , approx. 300 inhabitants)
- Kuppelwies ( 1153 m , approx. 150 inhabitants)
- St. Walburg ( 1190 m , approx. 2200 inhabitants)
- St. Pankraz ( 735 m , approx. 1568 inhabitants)
Between St. Walburg and St. Pankraz, the road branches off to the south over the Hofmahdjoch into the Non Valley .
In the vicinity of St. Gertraud are the three Ulten ancient larches , which are estimated to be 850 years old.
The village of St. Walburg has an archaeological site that is outstanding in the Alpine region: the fire sacrifice site from the Latène period on the church hill.
The Schwemmalm ski area is located in the middle of the Ulten Valley . There is also a cross-country ski run from St. Nikolaus to St. Gertraud.
The Ultental also offers many tour options for mountain hikers. Starting with marked hiking trails up to high alpine tour routes. The highest of the Ulten mountains is the Hintere Eggenspitze with 3443 m .
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many famous personalities stayed, especially in the seaside resort of Mitterbad near St. Pankraz, such as Empress Elisabeth v. Austria , Bismarck , Franz Defregger , Hermann Sudermann , Franz Kafka , Hermione v. Prussia , Canon Graf zur Lippe , Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann . Many came because of the famous doctor and philosopher Dr. Christoph Hartung of Hartungen , in Riva del Garda , the Sanatorium of Hartungen operational and rear Ultental in St. Nicholas, his summer villa Hartung Hausen had.
The hydropower plants in Ultental are a series of storage power plants that use the hydropower of the Falschauer and its tributaries and streams with the help of six reservoirs to generate energy.
literature
- Norbert Nail: On the interpretation of the valley name Ulten - Ultental / Val d'Ultimo near Meran. In: Contributions to name research. New episode. Volume 17 (1982), Issue 1, pp. 36-39.
- Brunhild Schwienbacher: About the Ulten dialect. Structure and structure of a Tyrolean dialect. Ulten: Museum Association 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hubert Steiner: Alpine burnt offering places. Archaeological and scientific research / Roghi votivi alpini. Archeologia e scienze naturali. Research on the preservation of monuments in South Tyrol 5 / Beni culturali in Alto Adige: studi e ricerche 5. Editrice Temi, Trento 2010, ISBN 978-88-89706-76-3