Vomper hole

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View from the Ganalm into the Vomper Loch, on the right the Huderbankspitze
View from the Ganalm through the Vomper Loch towards the Inn valley

The Vomper Loch , also called Vomperloch , is a 15 kilometer long side valley of the Inn Valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It is located in the Karwendel between the Gleirsch-Halltal chain and the Hinterautal-Vomper chain .

The valley in which the Stierschlagwald is located is traversed by the Vomper Bach , which is 1912  m above sea level. A. rises high in the supersonic yoke and flows into the Inn near the village of Vomperbach ( 564  m above sea level ) . The brook has cut into the valley floor like a gorge and transports a lot of gravel that is extracted at the valley exit. The valley is framed by some more frequently climbed peaks such as Hundskopf , Großer Bettelwurf , which drops into the Vomper Loch with a 1200 meter high north face, as well as Lamsenspitze and Hochnissl .

Tourist use

The valley is little developed and has retained a lonely and rugged character. There are only roads in the front part, such as the forest road, popular with mountain bikers, from the Terfen district of Umlberg via the Ganalm ( 1190  m above sea level ) to the Walder Alm ( 1511  m above sea level ). The climbs in the valley such as the Knappensteig between the Walder Alm and the Supersonic Pass and the path through the Zwerchloch to the Lamsenjochhütte are relatively seldom used.

Economic use

The Vomper Bach carries a lot of gravel, so there are large gravel quarries at the valley exit. The state of Tyrol says that the alluvial cone area of ​​the Vomper Bach is probably the largest and highest quality loose rock deposit in Tyrol.

The water from the Vomper Bach and the Bollenbachquelle is used by Stadtwerke Schwaz in two power plants to generate electricity. The power plants provide a total of about 9  MW power .

Since the Vomper Loch is a V-shaped valley with very steep and often rocky flanks, there is little space for alpine farming. On the left side of the valley is the small Melansalm ( 1019  m above sea level ), on the right side of the valley, on steep meadow slopes, is the Ganalm, which is cultivated in the summer months. The Walder Alm lies on the ridge between the Vomper Loch and the Inn Valley. The areas that can be used for forestry are also limited to a few zones in the front valley area.

Mining

In the Middle Ages from 1276 to 1490 there was a small amount of mining in the Vomper Loch, which is still indicated by names such as Knappenweg , Knappenhüttl or Knappenwald . In the rear valley area, in the eastern extension of the Lafatsch mining area in the Wetterstein limestone, silver-bearing lead galena was extracted, including in the area of ​​the Brantlrinne on the south side of the Rosslochkamm.

Deserters

At the end of the Second World War, up to 30 people in and around the Vomper Loch hid from access by the Nazi authorities. A deserter camp with up to 20 people was located in an inaccessible place on the steep northern flank. The deserters received food from the local population. Despite an intensive search by the Nazi authorities, the men remained undiscovered.

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  1. ↑ Extraction of raw materials at the Vomperbach alluvial fan (PDF; 456 kB)
  2. Stadtwerke Schwaz ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 267 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtwerkeschwaz.at
  3. Reinhard Exel: The minerals of Tyrol . Volume 2. Nordtirol, Vorarlberg and Osttirol, Verlag Athesia, Bozen / Vienna 1982, ISBN 88-7014-261-2 , p. 134.
  4. http://www.erinnern.at/bundeslaender/tirol/termine/verfemt-die-deserteure-vom-vomper-loch

Web links

Commons : Vomper Loch  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′ 2.5 ″  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 38.3 ″  E