Karerpass

The Karerpass towards Val di Fassa

The Carezza (Italian Passo di Costalunga; fassanisch - Ladin Jouf de Ciareja ) is the pass between the Rosengarten group and Latemarmassiv in Italy. It connects the Eggental with the Fassa Valley (Italian Val di Fassa ) and thus with the Trentino Alto Adige. It lies at an altitude of 1745 m. Just below the pass in the Val d'Ega is the Carezza (Italian Lago di Carezza ).

2.1 Giant Hotels in the mountains
2.2 The Grand Hotel Carezza

History

Prehistory

The Carezza is one of the ancient transitions, however, he never had a paramount importance and was committed only by shepherds and muleteers. The Stone Age findings hold in a relatively small frame, so there are sites south of the junction near a hut. Smaller findings are also known from the opposite side of the pass slope. At the fairly low amount Stone Age sites shows that the Karerpass the Stone Age man was known, was probably committed regularly, but had no more significance on local interests,.

About the importance of Carezza with the Romans virtually nothing is known, he probably was, like most of the other mountain passes used at least locally during this time. This did not change probably nothing in the early Middle Ages. Only to have the high Middle Ages, he appears to be a significance for regional trade obsessed, but the mule track over the Carezza, in a document from 1387 has been referred to as Strass.

Name

The Carezza is also called Caressa or Careccia, incidentally also other names are known, so today the Italians Passo di Costalunga after one to the south east of the pass springing Rio de Costalonga. And in the Ladin of Karerpass is da la Fratta also known as Col, what to German as much as Bruchjoch ' means, and is reminiscent of a former forest on the summit, which was destroyed several centuries ago by multiple wind break. The name Caressa could come from a misreading of vial as carezar what means a navigable under circumstances mule track '. The Italians thought that carezar of kareca (Eng. " sedge " ) descended, and turned it into a Caressa. This could end up in German then Carians have been derived with which some lakes were designated in pass nearby, probably from these lakes the name Carians carried over then on the pass.

Other historians believe that the Karerseen were decisive for the naming of the pass. A Kar, also Kahr, Kaar ( from Old High char " trough, pitcher ") is a cauldron-shaped, amphitheater, depression on a mountain slope with a flat bottom and steep back walls. Downhill it is often a Karriegel ( Karschwelle ) completed, in which a Karsee forms.

The road

In 1861 began with the construction of the Karerpassstraße, kept thereby but the construction work for a long time in the valley. Went to 1861 the road as far Birchabruck, so she reached until 1884 Nova Levante. Another decade later and the Karerpass 1895 was exceeded, but until 1896 was the Karerpassstraße of Birchabruck to Vigo di Fassa also be consistently used by traffic. In a major expansion under Mussolini in the 1930s not only the former road width of 3 meters was doubled to six, but the road was total also extensively improved. But in recent times, extensive upgrades were necessary, it was due to the construction of some new engineering structures sometimes even Neutrassierungen. In the late fall of 1986 after 16 years of construction, only a few kilometers long section between Prösels and animal was opened to traffic.

A few kilometers northeast of the Carezza is the 1688 m high pass Niger, from where you can reach the Karerpass coming from Bolzano and through the valley of Tiers. The winding road but there is rather a detour and is in any case difficult to navigate than the direct road. Do not exceed the actual Nigerpass, it only affected him, the actual pass and highest point of this road is in the Tscheiner hut, where the road reaches a summit altitude of 1774 m.

Tourist infrastructure

Giant Hotels in the mountains

The driving force in the development of tourism in Karerpassgebietes was Theodor Christomannos. From Switzerland, then came the trend to put huge hotels in the mountains, the luxurious all-round supply, coupled with the benefits of mountain climate and the scenic beauty for well-heeled guests formed a huge attraction. Christomannos it made it his goal to take this development into account Tyrol and realize attractive in areas where the alpine tourism had already taken root, similar buildings. In Ortlergebiet he had already shown us with the construction of the driveway after Solda and with the establishment of Solda Hotels 1891-1892 according to the plans of architect Otto Schmid. The Karerpassstraße under construction led him to stretch out its tentacles in this area at the foot of the Rosengarten and Latemar.

The Grand Hotel Carezza

Otto Schmid had there in 1887 tried in vain ärarischen a reason to buy directly at Lake Carezza to build a hotel. Christomannos acquired later by private Almwiesenbesitzern 100 yoke base below the Carezza and began their preparations for the planned by local architect Charles Lun hotel construction in 1894. The building had to be drained. A small power plant for the generation, own sawmill, a brickyard, lime kilns and accommodation for the workers were constructed. A porphyry quarry was uncovered near the Planggenschwaige. The scoring at peak times to the 560 people workforce put the entire property, including the farm buildings completed in only 14 months of construction. On 5 July 1896, the hotel was inaugurated in the presence of 300 permanent guests and a myriad of spectators from the surrounding villages and pastures. It had 170 rooms and 280 beds and was a meeting place for celebrities: in August / September 1897 Empress Sissi stayed in the hotel; you did it many representatives of the European aristocracy alike. Agatha Christie, Karl May, Sigmund Freud are just some catchy names of famous people of that time. The hotel includes a chapel and a 9 -hole golf course, which was created in 1904 at the instigation of the English guests and thus was one of the oldest in South Tyrol.

In the middle of the high season, on the morning of August 15, 1910 a major fire destroyed the hotel. He broke out in the attic, the cause could not be determined. The reconstruction has been started in the same year. In June 1912, the reconstructed hotel, which now had 350 rooms with 500 beds, was inaugurated. The damage of 1,300,000 crowns took over the insurance. During the First World War it served as a base for the Austrian generals. Only in 1925 could the hotel operations are resumed. 1943 was seized by the German Wehrmacht. In 1947 took his function as a hotel again. Sure that the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with his wife and his entourage at the Grand Hotel Carezza spent their holidays, still retains the "Suite Churchill " out. Winston Churchill was able to pursue undisturbed his favorite pastime, painting, here. The Grand Hotel is now converted into a holiday apartment complex. The historic dining room and the indoor pool are obtained.

In the second half of the 20th century, tourism came in the Dolomites again. The area around the Carezza Carezza and is expanded in the winter at a ski area of approximately 30 km of pistes. In summer it is frequented by hikers, climbers and mountain bikers.

Since 1990, a 9-hole golf course is also reopened.

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