Gröden (South Tyrol)
Gröden (ladinisch: Gherdëina, Italian: Val Gardena) is a dolomite valley in South Tyrol. Together with the Gader - and the Fassatal, as well as beech stone (Fodom) and Cortina d'Ampezzo (Anpezo)belongs it to the retreat area of the ladinischen language.
The side valley of the Eisacktals begins with Waidbruck and leads eastward up up to the Sellastock and/or. to the passports Sella - and Grödnerjoch, which at the Sellastock at the southern and/or. eastern side attach. That is flowed throughGrödnertal of the Grödnerbach (or Derjon and/or. Dirschingbach), which forms the most important supply of the Eisacks with a length of approximately 26 km and a catchment area of 199 km ² after the Rienz.
Gröden has approx. 10,000 inhabitants, divided on the three municipalities pc. Ulrich (Urtijëi/Ortisei) with 5635, pc. Christina with 1805 and cloud stone (Sëlva/Selva) with 2570 inhabitants, who belong to the district community salt Schlern. The most important industry is the tourism (particularly winter sports). In addition, admits is the world-wide famous Grödner Holzschnitzereien.
In the outside (“lower”) Grödnertal ofOne speaks Waidbruck in the Eisacktal up to the soil of Pontives on a height of 1200 meters excluding German, behind the valley tightness of the Porta Ladina dominated in the main municipalities St.Ulrich, pc. Christina and cloud stone to beyond the Grödnerjoch Ladini. The Ladiner speaks howeverapart from their native language also flowing German.
See also: South animal oiler legends.
sport
the Skisport is far common in the Grödnertal. Thus finds to a ski runway from the Ciampinoi beside the spreading haven enterprise in Gröden on the Saslong , to pc. Christina , gentlemen departure - and Super g - Run. Also in Gröden the alpine ski world championship was delivered 1970. Gröden is also because of the Sella Ronda, to a ski route approximately around the Sella massif.
In addition, the ice hockey belongs in Gröden to one of the most important kinds of sport. In the course of the years developedthis kind of sport to the people sport absolutely. The Grödner crew (manufacturing costs. Gherdëina), those in the ice-skating stadium of pc. Ulrich their Heimspiele delivered, ranked for many years among the best crews of Italy. The manufacturing costs. Gardena became four times Italian ice hockey master. After the collapse caused by a Steinlawinethe stadium in the year 1998 the crew was not shifted after cloud stone, where it still plays today, probably however no more on the same level of old times.
In the summer in Gröden moving and Mountainbiking are operated.
famous personalities of the Grödnertals
- Luis Trenker (Film)
- Giorgio Moroder (composer and OSCAR - winner)
- Oswald of cloud stone (latemedieval poet and composer)
- Isolde Kostner (Skifahrerin)
- Peter Runggaldier (ski driver)
- Carolina Kostner (Eiskunstläuferin)
- Johann Dominik meal farmhand (sculptor)
- the Ladiner (Joakin Stuffer, people music duo)
- Belsy (people music singer)
- Coro Sasslong (price-crowned man choir)
- Michela Ponza (Biathletin)
Web on the left of
- tourism federation Gröden
- UNIKA (federation Grödner sculptor)
- Holzschnitzereien.net (Grödner would wood-carve-rub-rub)
- Noeles.net (message in ladinischer language)
- union di Ladins de Gherdëina (combination for the protection of the ladinischen culture)
- Saslong Classic (FIS SKI Worldcup)
- contactor companies Gröden (contactor companies in Gröden)
