Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Walserbesiedlung
English translation:
Walser mountain farming communities/colonies
Added to glossary by
Klaus Petzel
Dec 15, 2004 09:27
19 yrs ago
German term
Walserbesiedlung
German to English
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Architecture
In a text about building styles in western Austria. The sentence reads: "Eine Sonderstellung im politisch abgegrenzten Bregenzerwald nehmen die Kontaktzonen zu höher
gelegenen Regionen bis über 1500 Meter Seehöhe mit
Walserbesiedlung in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 14.
Jahrhunderts im Raum Damüls und ab dem frühen 15. Jahrhundert im Tannberggebiet um Schröcken."
gelegenen Regionen bis über 1500 Meter Seehöhe mit
Walserbesiedlung in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 14.
Jahrhunderts im Raum Damüls und ab dem frühen 15. Jahrhundert im Tannberggebiet um Schröcken."
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | Walser mountain farming communities/colonies |
Francis Lee (X)
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| 4 +3 | Valais migrant settlement |
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Norbert Hermann
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Sep 27, 2007 11:43: Klaus Petzel Created KOG entry
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Walser mountain farming communities/colonies
here's a piece about them in English for reference
http://www.alagna.it/museoing_frame.htm
http://www.alagna.it/museoing_frame.htm
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maybe it refers to contacts with the population in the Walsertal (großes and kleines Walsertal/great/small Walser valley) or to the ethnic group itself the "Walser" (roughly welsh/celtic????).
contacts to Walser settlements
contacts to Walser settlements
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Textklick
: Surely you mean "Welsch" which is another word for Walliser. Celtic? No way!
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right - thanks, Chris, not Celtic. Thought there was a link. Welsch would be another name for this "tribe"
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Valais migrant settlement
There was a lot of migration over the hills from the Valais region of Switzerland to places as far apart as the Allgaeu in Germany and Piedmont in Italy (as well as Austria, of course). Wallis = Valais
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lindaellen (X)
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Cheers Linda. I'd say that as a Swiss librarian your opinion carries weight
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Norbert Hermann
: you got the history right - they originate from the Valais - think the opera Geierwally (La Wally) is set there.
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Didn't know it was an opera, Norbert. Sound on and go to: http://www.philhist.uni-augsburg.de/lehrstuehle/volkskunde/p... Gell s'ist scheeeen!
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Gareth McMillan
: The hills are alive- with immigrants?// Big strong girl, Mme Andrews, sure she coped with the mountain men just fine.
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Maybe they left Switzerland to dodge the draft and join Julie Andrews in song ;-)
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