Fassa Valley

The Val di Fassa (old German name: Eveistal, Italian: Val di Fassa, Ladin: Fascia [ faʃa ] ) is a ladinischsprachiges valley in the Dolomites at the headwaters of Avisio in Trentino in Italy. As a valley community (Italian: Comunità di valle ) is called the General comun de Fascia region. This is congruent with the 2006 resolution Bezirksgemeinschaft Ladino di Fassa.

Geography

The Lower Valley of the Avisio is called Val di Fiemme. The cause of these different naming of the valley lies in ownership in the Middle Ages, when the Val di Fassa in the possession of the diocese of Brixen was, while the Val di Fiemme belonged to the diocese of Trento.

In Val di Fassa includes the following municipalities:

  • Canazei ( Ladin Cianacèi )
  • Campitello ( Ladin Ciampedel )
  • Mazzin ( Ladin Mazin )
  • Moena
  • Pozza di Fassa ( Ladin Poza )
  • Soraga ( Ladin Sorega )
  • Vigo di Fassa ( Ladin: Vich )

The valley is part of the winter sports area Dolomiti Superski.

Ladin

The inhabitants of the Fassa Valley are about 66 percent of the Ladin speakers.

Sage and History

The history of Val di Fassa lies partly in fabulous dark. Before the first written documents, it is according to legend, seven churches that have given in Val di Fassa " Regoles " ( German "bar" ). The Val di Fassa was constantly predatory attacks from the east over the Fedaia from the " Marca Trevignana " ( capital Treviso) exposed. Therefore, many legends have grown around the Val di Fassa on continual fighting with the " Trevi Sanern " or mostly " Trusanern ".

The municipalities have entered into a covenant protection and hired a mercenary force, the so-called " Arimannen " ( army men) to " Sorastantes " (over uprights ) were conducted. The Germanic expression Arimanne points to Lombard influence. The Trusaner were decisively defeated by the Arimannen by one of their own to the Trusanern as leaders offered, but in reality they lured into an ambush and this paid with his life. This battle space is on your right when you drive from Canazei Penia past Fedaia direction. He is still called " Pian Trevisan " or " Cian Trujan ".

The Arimannen guarded in wooden towers ( ciasteles, see fort ) the boundaries of the valley and reported where appropriate, beacons from one to three different alarm levels in the valley. Since the Arimannen but also predatory behaved even at longer times of peace, they were also called latrones (predator ), which they then used as an honorary title.

With the early medieval port of the valley to the Bishopric of Brixen setting up the Arimannen had become superfluous. According to legend, were then again, " the last of the latrones " attacked and destroyed by the Trusanern below the Fedaia Pass. Although the Arimannen could still light a beacon, but was not seen in the valley. Since then, you can see up in the mountains today sometimes the " lum de MORC ", the death of light.

The Karl Felix Wolff say researchers from South Tyrol testified to have seen an early medieval document that refers to a previous existence of Arimannen. However, since this document is lost, there are no written documents.

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