Val Mora
| Val Mora | ||
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 Val Mora seen from the north |
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| location | Graubünden , Switzerland | |
| Waters | Aua da Val Mora | |
| Geographical location | 818 023 / 164 777 | |
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The Val Mora (formerly Val da Fraele and Val dellas Alps) is a hanging valley that belongs to the Val Müstair and thus to Graubünden . The valley is L-shaped, around ten kilometers long and extends from the Döss Radond area on Alp Clastra (2234 m) to the Italian border near the Livigno reservoir (1890 m). It has belonged to the municipality of Müstair since 1970 and was merged into the new municipality of Val Müstair on January 1st, 2009.
location
The valley is framed by Piz Murtaröl (3180 m), Piz Tea Fondada (3144 m), Piz Schumbraida (3125 m) in the south, Piz Turettas (2963 m) and Piz Daint (2968 m) in the north and the Cima del Serraglio (2685 m) in the west. On the transition Jufplaun or Buffalora the valley is the Ofenpass connected, while the connection via the Alp Clostra ( Klosteralp ) to Val Vee and thus to Santa Maria leads.
The valley is traversed by the Aua da Val Mora . The water level fluctuates strongly, the brook partly meanders .
The Val Mora is only accessible from Italy on foot and by mountain bike. The Alps are served from Santa Maria via Alp Clastra, apart from milk transports, the road is banned from motor vehicles. Politically, the Val Mora belonged to the municipality of Müstair until the municipal merger of Val Müstair on January 1, 2009 and formed an exclave . However, this exclave also included parts of the Val Vau, which is separated from the Val Mora by the watershed at Döss Radond.
Watershed
Döss Radond (Rhaeto-Romanic) means rounded humps and was created by glacier grinding during the Würme Ice Age . The area forms a continental divide . The water of the Aua da Val Mora flows from there via Ova dal Gall , Lago di Livigno and Spöl into the Inn , over this into the Danube and thus into the Black Sea . The fact that Italy also drains into the Black Sea along with the Livigno Valley - geographically speaking - is a specialty; All the more so since this is also partly fed by Swiss territory.
nature
The valley is characterized by park-like mountain pine and Swiss stone pine landscapes with a tree line at around 2300 meters. Today the forest is practically no longer used for forestry purposes. There is a high moor at La Stretta.
Chamois and red deer can be found in the valley, and sometimes roe deer . In addition, ptarmigan , black grouse and mountain hares are important for fauna . The Val Mora is a hunting area.
The Val Mora was placed under protection in 1979 (landscape protection zone).
use
colonization
There are no year-round settlements in the valley. The two Alps, Alp Mora and Alp Sprella (literally Schachtelhalmalp ) are used in summer . The Alps belong to the municipality of Müstair and are grazed by around 130 cows and 200 sheep. The ascent to the Alps takes place in the second half of June.
The fertile area of the valley used to be irrigated with canals. Most of the canals no longer carry water, but the hiking trails often follow these canals.
traffic
The access to the valley via the Passo Cruschetta seems to have been used as early as the Bronze Age , as finds from the valley show.
In 1795, the construction of an inn in the Plazetta area (roughly in the middle of the valley) was the subject of an agreement, and this was apparently even accessible in winter. Up until the expansion of the pass road over the Umbrail in 1901, the much deeper passage at Döss Radond was used as a mule link between Val Müstair and the Valtellina . The most important transport goods were wood, salt and wine. The historical traffic-related importance was completely lost.
military
The area on the left slope below Piz Schumbraida was used by the Swiss military as a firing range from World War II until 2005.
tourism
Due to its remoteness, the valley is primarily used for hiking and ski touring tourism as well as horse trekking, mostly starting from the Ofen Pass. The valley borders on the Swiss National Park , but is not one of them.
More recently, the valley has been discovered by bikers. Since 2003, the traditional Top of Graubünden route has been running through Val Mora. Furthermore, the Val Mora is used by many mountain bikers on their alpine cross tours .
Due to the designation of the valley as a landscape conservation area, tourist buildings are not permitted. However, the stable and alpine hut of La Sprella have been used as overnight accommodation since 1980. There is a project for these buildings originally planned for 2011 by the SAC Engiadina Bassa section: the two buildings of the former alp are to be converted into an SAC hut. The municipality of Val Müstair supports the project. The facility was originally supposed to offer all year round, but according to later plans only in summer between 60 and 70 beds for hikers, families and ski tourers. The cost of the renovation was estimated at around 1.8 million francs. Since the announcement in 2009 there has been resistance from environmental circles, namely from Pro Natura , WWF Graubünden and the Foundation for Landscape Protection Switzerland . The caveats are that the valley is an important refuge for wild animals in winter.
Surname
Occasionally the name of the valley is traced back to the moor near La Stretta in folk etymology , but also in Italian mora or Rhaeto-Romanic mura (German blackberry ). In fact, the Alp Mora was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century as Alpe Maior (German: larger Alp , also Alpe Major and Alpe Mayor ).
Saga world
One of the stories told is the legend of an allegedly beautiful alp that was located at the exit of the Tea Fondada side valley (literally "sunken alpine hut" ). An old male asked the herdsman there for a piece of bread, but was chased to hell by him. Then a curse made the alpine hut tremble and it sank into a deep gullet along with the herdsman. According to legend, a visible remnant of the catastrophe is a small pond in a crater-shaped hollow.
Web links
- Raimund Rodewald: Changing the institutional resource regime of the landscape: The Val Mora / Müstair case (GR) (PDF; 1.0 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.suedostschweiz.ch/vermischtes/alp-sprella-projekt-des-sac-ist-umstritten , edition of April 10, 2011
- ↑ Hans-Peter Schreich-Stuppan. The sunken alpine hut in: Mysterious Münstertal in sagas and legends . Biblioteca Jaura, Valchava , 2004.
- ↑ 46 ° 34 ′ 33.9 ″ N , 10 ° 19 ′ 7.5 ″ E
- ↑ Picture of the pond which, according to the legend, emerged from Teja fondada. Accessed April 6, 2015.