St. Valentin auf der Haide

San Valentino alla Muta (Italian San Valentino alla Muta ) is a fraction and cadastral district of the municipality of Graun in South Tyrol (Italy).

The village in the Reschenpass is 1472 m slm, directly between Haider and Reschensee the debris cone of Mals Heath. San Valentino alla Muta has about 800 inhabitants who live mainly in the summer and winter tourism or agriculture.

St. Valentine also has a ski area. The Haideralm resort is a member of the composite ski paradise Reschenpass. The volunteer fire department of St. Valentine has since 1965 partnered with the volunteer fire department of the municipality of Überlingen (Baden- Württemberg).

  • 6.1 Spiritual
  • 6.2 musicians
  • 6.3 Visual Arts
  • 6.4 authors

Geography

At St. Valentine belonging hamlets and farms

  • Dörfl ( Monteplair )
  • Kaschon
  • Padöll, Plagött
  • Fischer homes
  • Stocker yards
  • Greinhof
  • Thönihof

Adjacent fractions / locations

  • Graun im Vinschgau
  • Langtaufers
  • Reschen
  • Burgeis
  • Plawenn

Peaks

  • Elferspitze 2926 m
  • Seebodenspitze 2857 m
  • Great Horn 2630 m
  • Pleisköpfl
  • Habicherkopf 2901 m

History

The latest findings are evidence of a first settlement in St. Valentin from the Roman period. At that time, to relying Dörfl ( Monteplair ) have found a horse-drawn carriage station of the Romans.

The first settlement in what is now the village goes back to the foundation of the hospice. The wealthy and pious Burgeiser Ulrich Primele founded in 1140, a hospice for the rescue and reception of travelers. A hospice or Xenodochium ( hospitale pietatis, refrigerium pauperum xenodochium ) referred to in the Middle Ages a hospital for strangers, pilgrims, travelers, the sick, the poor and the needy. In addition to the Hospice of St. Bernard Hospice in Switzerland, one of the first facilities of its kind was in St. Valentin This incident underscores the long tradition of hospitality of St. Valentine. In addition to the southernmost lake of the then three lakes created in 1140 in the vicinity of the hospice, the first chapel to Saint Valentine. From St. Valentin yard and from the St. Valentine's Chapel, the present name of the village derives from its origin. Since 1314, the village appears as a church and since 1408, with the epithet ON THE HAID.

The Saint Valentine to be from now the Netherlands. As an Apostle of Raetia he proselytized to 435 in the Vinschgau Valley and the nearby Engadine. As a bishop, died Saint Valentine 470 near Merano and was buried at the Zenoburg. The itinerant bishop of Raetia St. Valentin owes its name on the heath.

The various locality names in the course of time:

A tradition of St. Valentine is still written on the heath with "ai " instead of " ei".

The residents of St. Valentine ( popularly called " Hoader " ) lived for centuries of agriculture. In times of need the meager income of the sun-scorched pastures and fields were bolstered with the smuggling in the near Switzerland and Austria. Numerous legends, myths but also true traditions bear witness to the times in poverty, as poaching and smuggling was an important aspect of life at Reschenpass.

The Hoader regarded as quite sociable people, therefore the Voluntary Sector has developed flourishing. 1888, the Volunteer Fire Department was founded in St. Valentin on the heath. The first Tourist Association St. Valentine was founded in 1904 under the name " pro loco " on the establishment of the first ski club in South Tyrol, the Ski Club Haid followed in 1905. Late 19th century and early 20th century, tourism has in Obervinschgau established. A tourist boom, there was also the construction of the Vinschgau Railway in 1905, then St. Valentine was touted as a winter of Chur local Merano. Steady won the tourism on weight, be it as a winter or a climatic spa and summer resort. In 1957 the first ski lift was built in St. Valentin, it was followed in 1962, the expansion of the ski area Haideralm, which until today has an important place rank in St. Valentin. The latest efforts go towards a concentration of ski resorts Belpiano and Haideralm.

Attractions

  • Hospice in St. Valentin, now a retirement home
  • Parish Church of St. Valentine
  • Lourdes Chapel, Oberndorf
  • Chapel in fishermen's houses
  • Chapel to the post office
  • Schlossberg, inner Talai
  • High cross on the Mals Heath
  • St. Florian 's Chapel in Dörfl

On the castle hill are the remains of the castle 's highest point in the Alps. The on 1830 ü.d.M. situated ruin, there are only foundations was probably a guard tower. Certainly led past him the famous via Claudia Augusta.

The High Cross is located on the upper Mals Heath. The high wooden cross is today still the border between the municipalities of times and grays dar. The origin of the cross is attributed to the Hospital of St. Valentine. The operator of the hospice was committed at any weather conditions glean up to this point the Mals Heath with horse cart carriage in Not Advised and maintain. Long considered the cross as a boundary point between the High Court Nauders ( Naudersberg ) and the Court Glurns.

Say

Legend of the Zerzertal, The farmer's wife from Zerzerhof, Gasthof zur Trout, The Witch of the Simeta yard, The shepherd from the Schlossberg

Economy

St. Valentine has a thriving tourism with numerous guest host plants. In the industrial area of St. Valentine are some wood-processing companies, as well as contractors and mechanical engineering activities.

Famous people

  • Joseph Johann of Peer, * 1754 in St. Valentin, † 1825 in Innsbruck, lawyer, in 1792 Professor of Roman Law, 1799 Rector of the University of Innsbruck

Clergyman

  • Kassian Waldner, Padre Cassiano Waldner, * 30 August 1941 in Dörfl, † November 24, 1998 in Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil, missionary

Musician

  • Franz Friedrich carbon scientist, historian, author, singer ( born January 13, 1851 † December 25, 1924 )
  • Marian Stecher musicians, Director of Music (* 1754, † 1832)

Fine Arts

  • Eduard Habicher * 1956, residing in Merano
  • Ulrich Egger * 1956, residing in Merano
  • Christian Stecher * 1958 in Malles, living in San Valentino alla Muta / Mexico City
  • Christian Lutz * 1962 in Malles, 1977-81 carpenter in St. Valentin, 1984 master's certificate in cabinet making, 1996-2003 studied painting and graphic arts with Prof. Eric van Ess and Prof. Ursula Hübner at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz He lives and works as a freelance artist in Austria and Switzerland, and now lives in Linz

Authors

  • Elizabeth Kraushaar- Baldauf physician and author ( born 1915, † 2002 in Basel / Riehen )
  • Hans Jörg Waldner German scholar and author; (* 1954, lives in Meran ) Publications: " Germany can look back on us Tyrolean ". South Tyrol novels 1918-1945, Vienna 1990; "Why now " poetry and texts, Innsbruck 2001
  • Irma Waldner ( * 1960, lives in Berlin), poet
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