Virgental
| Virgental | ||
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 Virgen in the Virgen Valley |
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| location | East Tyrol , Austria | |
| Waters | Isel | |
| Mountains | Venediger group | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 0 ′ N , 12 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| length | approx. 15 km | |
The Virgental is a valley in East Tyrol , Austria . It lies within the Venediger group and is bordered in the south by the Lasörlingkamm .
The valley begins in the Matrei Basin (934 m) and ends at the Umbal Falls , where the Umbal Valley is the western continuation of the Virgen Valley . The Isel flows through the Virgental and has two tributaries on the left, the Maurerbach and the Dorferbach.
In the middle valley step, the valley narrows with the Isel Gorge , after which it rises over 1,300 meters. In the valley floor, arable farming and pastureland predominate in a traditional field, on the mountains there is alpine farming.
Side valleys are:
northern side valleys south of the main ridge of the Venediger group
- Large & Small Nill Valley , side valleys near Obermauern
- Timmeltal near Prägraten
- Hinterbichler Dorfertal near Hinterbichl
- Maurertal from Ströden
- Umbaltal from the Umbalfalls
southern side valleys of the Lasörling group
- Dabertal , to the Umbaltal
- Großbachtal
- Kleinbachtal , around Großbachtal
- Lasnitzental
- Zopatnitzental
- Mullitztal
- Steinkaastal
To the east there are further valley cuts to the Virgental with the Fratnikgraben, Mitteldorfergraben, Arnitzgraben and Zuniggraben.
Places in the Virgental are from west to east:
- Ströden
- Hinterbichl
- Bichl
- Prägraten am Großvenediger
- Wallhorn
- Bobojach
- Welzelach
- Upper walls
- Lower walls
- Virgen
- Mitteldorf
- Zedlach
- Guggenberg
- All
