Gsies
Gsies (Italian: Valle di Casies ) is a municipality in Gsieser a side valley of the Val Pusteria in South Tyrol (Italy ), which is mainly known for its nature and landscape. In the village there are several small village settlements and scattered hamlets and farms with a total of 2268 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
Apart from agriculture, tourism is that many mountain farmers ensures the maintenance. Nevertheless go more than half of the professionals outside the community of employment after.
Geography
The community Gsies occupies the main part of the Gsieser Valley, (also called Pidigbach ) is drained by the Gsieser Bach and lies to the east of South Tyrol. The Casies branches off from running in the east-west direction Pusteria to the northeast. While his entrance to the valley still belongs to the municipality Wels -Tesido, covers the greater part, and in uninhabited side valleys and the surrounding mountains, the community Gsies a total area of 108.95 km ².
The population inhabits numerous smaller village settlements, hamlets and farmhouses, which are mostly on the valley floor to heights of 1200-1600 m asl. located Among the larger settlements in the lower part of the valley include Außerpichl, Inner Pichl and Unterplanken that belonged until 1929 to the independent community Pichl. In the central valley are the fractions Oberplanken, St. Martin- upper valley and the parish seat of St. Martin- Niedertal, once components of the independent parish of St. Martin. The highest populated areas eventually spread to St. Magdalena Sotto Sopra and St. Magdalene - along the old town of St. Magdalene.
Gsies is surrounded by ridges of mountains Villgratner. The Gsies to the west and northwest to the Antholz valley to the limiting ridge section found in the Red Wall ( 2818 m) at its highest point and is divided by the Karbachtal. This is the most important tributary of the Gsieser valley, its uppermost portion, however, already belongs to the neighboring community Anterselva. The comb portion lying to the north over the Gsieser valley forms the border with Austria. It is divided by the transition to East Tyrol Defereggental, the Gsieser Törl ( 2205 m). Also the Casies east framing comb - cut through the Pfoital and Verselltal - carries on a long stretch the State boundary. There he separates Gsies of Innervillgraten in the Austrian Villgratental. In the far southeast and south of the township of eastern ridge terminates in a wooded ridge that separates Gsies to Alta Pusteria out in the area of Toblach and Lower Village.
History
The documentary first citation of Gsies as Gesize is from 1178-1189; 1299 forms Gesiez and Gesiezze are attested. Etymologically, the name might be " sitting " on (in the sense of settlement ) or " gesiuse " result ( the hunting noise).
The church today Gsies was created in 1929 by forced amalgamation of the previously independent municipalities Pichl, St. Martin and St. Magdalena. Until 1985 was Pichl seat of the municipality. In 1953, the parish hall was built in Durnwald for municipal offices. In 1985, the headquarters were moved to St. Martin.
Attractions
Almen
There are many cultivated pastures at altitudes from 1700 to about 2000 m, most of which are accessible by forest roads with vehicles. Many are used for the production of green fodder for dairy cattle in the valley. The milking of cows on the pasture is complex, mainly young cows are driven up. The lift usually takes place in mid-June, the output mid-October. Many huts are open in summer and in winter. Some pastures:
- Kradorfer Alm (1704 m)
- Stumpfalm (1950 m)
- Houfahitte (1833 m)
- Uwaldalm ( 2042 m)
- Weissbachalm ( 2,112 m )
Geology
Rock type are old gneisses, partly retention of Antholz granite gneiss are found. The Gsieser valley is crossed by a line extending to the northeast radon vein. The odorless and highly radioactive gas exits at some places from the ground and often accumulates in basements of older buildings. In the Gsieser Elementary School was adjusted after children complained of headaches, a particularly high radon resistant.
Culture
Among the best known are the so-called Gsieser Almfesten Hifflafeste on the Galfallalm. The traditional celebrations about the successful Sauschba Harvest ( Sauschba = currant ) take place.
Similar to the Sarner are also the subject of many jokes Gsieser that are comparable to the East Frisian jokes (often simple adaptations thereof). The Gsieser even tell jokes about the likes Villgrater, the inhabitants of the neighboring valley Villgraten. The two valleys Gsies and Villgraten are now separated by the state border between Austria and Italy. However, the Gsieser and Villgrater still maintain regular contact with each other.
As in many regions of the Alps, who lived more or less isolated prior to the time of industrialization and mass tourism in itself, developed from the dialect own local terms. Some of these, which are used in Casies, Sauschba ( currant), Possl are ( play ) eare (earth), Nunzn ( ants).
A historic farm (the " olte Voadohuibn house" ) in St. Magdalena gives an insight into the past lives on a small mountain farm. There are old tools and equipment shown and offered guided tours.
The natural track luge World Cup was held here in 1990 and 1994, as well as the natural track luge Junior World Championship 2002.
Every year in February there is a big cross-country skiing competition, the Casies run instead.
Well-known personalities from Gsies and environment
- Father Joachim Haspinger (1776-1858), freedom fighter on the side of Andreas Hofer
- Luis Seiwald ( b. 1969 )
- Erich Schwingshackl, Koch ( b. 1970 )
- Magdalena Amhof, politician (SVP ) ( b. 1977 )