Valbruna
Valbruna ( German : Wolfsbach , Slovenian : Ovčja vas , Friulian : Valbrune ) is a village in the Canal Valley west of Tarvisio at the entrance to the Seiseratal. The place is a fraction of the municipality Malborghetto Valbruna . Valbruna is located at 807 m above sea level about 2 km south of the main road Pontebbana, which runs through the Canal Valley. The ancient farming village was named after the animal that was native here.
The name comes from the Slovenian Vučja Vas, in dialect Volča Ves (Wolfsdorf). The Italian name Valbruna for the village and for the entire ditch Val Saisera (Seiseratal, from Slov. Za jezera - behind the lake) comes from the Friulian word Valbrùne, plum valley.
Historical development
Wolfsbach or Wolfbach was first recorded in writing in 1421 and 1460. The Wolfsbach settlement, which belonged to Malborgeth until 1740, owes its origins to iron processing. Valbruna (Wolfsbach) once had a silver mine.
Later, most of the residents were farmers and woodworkers. Her mother tongue was Slovenian and German.
Despite resettlement campaigns and Italian immigration, the German and Slovene languages have remained with a large part of the population. The once picturesque place was destroyed in the First World War by the Italian artillery at the beginning of the war and was largely rebuilt
In 1939 there were 250 permanent residents. 154 locals emigrated to Carinthia and Styria due to the Mussolini-Hitler treaties of 1939 . The family names were: Anzil, Bartaloth, Ehrlich, Errath, Frühstück, Guldenbrein, Iank, Kanduth, Kandutsch, Martinz, Meschnig, Mikosch, Moschitz, Keil, Oitzinger, Oman, Pechar, Rosenwirth, Schuri, Stank, Wedam and Werginz.
In 1995 Valbruna (Wolfsbach) had 150 residents. Today tourism is the predominant livelihood of the residents. Many people from Trieste, especially mountaineers and skiers, come to Valbruna who have built chalets and holiday homes.
There is a new cable car on the Luschariberg (Monte Santo del Lussari), smaller lifts on the Nebria (Monte Nebria) and one of the most beautiful cross-country ski trails right into the Spranje, between Wischberg (Cima Vischberg) and Montasch.
Valbruna (Wolfsbach) in mountain literature
Valbruna (Wolfsbach) was the vacation home of Julius Kugy , the developer and poet of the Julian Alps .
He made the Julian Alps known all over the world through his first ascents and his books. He spent many summers in Valbruna (Wolfsbach), where he also wrote his autobiography "Work-Music-Mountains. One Life". Julius Kugy also erected a literary monument to his friend and mountain guide from Valbruna, Anton Oitzinger, with whom he managed the first ascent of the northeast face of the Wischberg (2669 m) in 1901.
In Valbruna, an alley commemorates Dr. Kugy's friend Anton Oitzinger and a bronze bust for the explorer of the Julian Alps.
Historical personalities
- Anton Oitzinger , mountain guide and farmer (1860 to 1928)
- Julius Kugy , alpinist and writer (1858 to 1944)
literature
- The Canal Valley and its history, Karl Migglautsch u. Ingomar Pust (publisher: Kanaltaler Kulturverein), edition k3, Annenheim, 1995
- Le opzioni per il 3 ° Reich, Mario Gariup, Val Canale 1939
- Anton Oitzinger: A mountain guide life, Julius Kugy, Verlag Leykam, Graz 1935
- Son of the Mountains - Life of an Alpine Guide. (Life of Anton Oitzinger in the Julian alps), Dr Julius Kugy, Perret 2457. Nelson, 1938 (First Eng.edn.)
Web links
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ' N , 13 ° 29' E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Primus Lessiak : The kärntnischen station name. With a detailed introduction to the Carinthian place name formation. In: Messages from the history association for Carinthia , Klagenfurt. Carinthia I , 1922, pp. 1–124, here: 73 , accessed on October 28, 2019 .