Fiemme Valley

The Val di Fiemme (formerly sometimes called Flammtal, Italian: Val di Fiemme ) is a broad valley in the Dolomites in the north east of Trent and a valley community ( Italian: Comunità di valle ), formerly district community, Trentino, Italy. Only the lying in the western section of the valley community Altrei not part of the Trentino, but to South Tyrol.

The Fiemme Valley is the valley of the lower reaches of Castello di Fiemme Avisio up. The underflow to the mouth of the Adige is called Cembra. The valley at the headwaters of Avisio is the Fassa Valley. The various names have historical reasons: In the Middle Ages the Fassa Valley belonged to the diocese of Brixen, the Val di Fiemme was a fief of the Bishop of Trent.

The Avisio flows a few kilometers above Trento in the Adige. The road from the Fiemme Valley opens below Castelfeder at Auer in the Brenner road. In addition, there was until 1963 a narrow- gauge railway, which Fleimstalbahn.

The Val di Fiemme is one of the important winter sports regions of Italy. The most famous places of the valley are:

  • Predazzo ( Pardatsch, junction to Passo Rolle and San Martino di Castrozza ).
  • Cavalese ( Gablöss, known by the in 1998 triggered by a U.S. fighter jet cable car accident, see also List of cable car accidents ).
  • Castello -Molina di Fiemme ( Castello- Molina di Fiemme ).
  • Tesero ( Teser ), which in 1985 was affected by a momentous dam break with 268 deaths (see Tesero dam break).

In the years 1991, 2003 and 2013, the Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme took place.

From the high slopes of Val di Fiemme (especially at the foot of the Pala group in the former hospital Paneveggio ) won instrument makers since time immemorial the valuable spruce wood for stringed instruments and for the soundboards of pianos.

Related Pages

  • Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme
  • Cembra
  • Val di Fassa
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