Verbella valley
The Verbellatal (formerly also Gaschurner Val (l) bell or Vallabella ) is a valley in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and is located at the end of the Montafon valley towards the state border to Tyrol , which runs over the Verbellener Winterjöchle.
The Versalspitze is a massive mountain range at the entrance to the Verbella valley. The Verbella valley begins southeast of the Versalspitze. The Verbellabach drains the Verbellatal into the Ganifer .
Word meaning
The name Verbellatal should go back to “Val bella” (beautiful valley) and indicate that the municipality of Gaschurn- Partenen was developed by the Rhaeto-Romans . Val bella is one of the approximately 415 Rhaeto-Romanic field names in Gaschurn-Partenen. A linguistic shift took place because “Val” already means “valley” and Verbellatal literally means “beautiful valley”.
history
The economic development and temporary settlement of the valley probably took place via Galtür or, starting from Kleinvermunttal , via the Zeinisjoch . From around the 14th century, the Rhaeto-Romans were displaced. From the 16th century, the previous Alpe Tafamunt developed into the Maiensäss and the alpine economic importance of the Alpe Val bella increased. The owners of the Maisäss Tafamunt were also partly owners of the Alpe Val bella. About the ways in which today are committed even by hikers and mountain bikers ride the, probably even then already the Alpe Val bella was with cattle corners .
The Graubünden document book documents the Alps on Zeinis, in the Verbellatal, on Vallüla and in Vermunt as early as 1089. Like Tafamunt, the Verbella valley was used intensively for agriculture in the Middle Ages and agricultural use was only reduced from the middle of the last century. There are numerous remains of dilapidated hay barns , drainage and irrigation ditches, stone walls and heaps of stone , especially at the entrance to the Verbella Valley .
Alpe Verbella is cultivated by the Alpe Verbella agricultural community (seat: Partenen ) on an area of 964.23 hectares .
Mining
In the Verbella Valley, metal was dug in earlier times . This should be indicated by field names such as Außengani fer and Innergani fer (Greco-Latin suffix fer indicates iron , Latin ferrum ). It is believed that copper was also mined.
Hiking, mountain biking
From the intermediate station of the Tafamuntbahn ( 1530 m above sea level ) to the Wiegensee ( 1940 m above sea level , high moors ), through the Verbella valley to the Verbellaalpe ( 1938 m above sea level ) and at the Kops reservoir ( 1809 m above sea level). ) over in approx. 4 ½ hours to the Zeinisjoch ( 1842 m above sea level ). The return journey is possible by bus.
Through the Verbellatal you can also get to the Heilbronner Hütte along the Wormser Höhenweg .
The route through the Verbella valley is a well-frequented mountain bike route.
Web links
Remarks
- ^ Verbella valley. In: galileo.telesis.at. Montafon Tourismus, March 20, 2016, accessed June 26, 2019 .
- ^ Maria-Anna Moosbrugger: Alpine culture between Tafamunt and Zeinis. (pdf, 6.2 MB) In: Alpstrategy Vorarlberg : Summer dawn and habitat diversity, study commissioned by the Vorarlberg Nature Conservation Council. October 2013, p. 45 , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 26, 2019 .
- ^ Maria-Anna Moosbrugger: Alpine culture between Tafamunt and Zeinis. (pdf, 6.2 MB) In: Alpstrategy Vorarlberg : Summer dawn and habitat diversity, study commissioned by the Vorarlberg Nature Conservation Council. October 2013, pp. 45-48 , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 26, 2019 .
- ^ Walter Weinzierl: On the former mining in the Montafon. In: haben.at. From: About the old mining in Vorarlberg. Dornbirn, 1972, pp. 10–33 , accessed on June 26, 2019 .
- ↑ The Kops reservoir is filled by several streams transferred from Tyrol and by the Verbella, Zeinis and Kopsbach.
Coordinates: 46 ° 58 ′ 54.9 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 28.8 ″ E