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Gressoney-La-Trinité

Greschòney Oberteil (Walser)

Comune di Gressoney-La-Trinité
Commune de Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gemeinde Gressoney-La-Trinité
View of Tache

View of Tache

Coat of arms of Gressoney-La-Trinité

Coat of arms

Location of Gressoney-La-Trinité

Map

Gressoney-La-Trinité is located in Italy

Gressoney-La-Trinité

Gressoney-La-Trinité

Location of Gressoney-La-Trinité in Italy

Gressoney-La-Trinité is located in Aosta Valley

Gressoney-La-Trinité

Gressoney-La-Trinité

Gressoney-La-Trinité (Aosta Valley)

Coordinates: 45°50′N 07°50′E / 45.833°N 7.833°E
CountryItaly
RegionAosta Valley
FrazioniAnderbät, Bédémie, Biel, Collete Sann, Ejò, Engé, Fòhré, Gabiet, Gòver, Héché, Montery, Nétschò, Òber Bät, Òbre Eselbode, Òbrò Dejelò, Ònder Bät, Ònderemwoald, Òndre Eselbode, Òndro Dejolò, Òrsio, Rèfetsch, Sannmatto, Selbsteg, Stafal, Stéde, Stòtz, Tache, Tòlo, Tschaval, Tschòbésch-hus, Tschòcke, Wòaldielé
Area

• Total

65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation1,635 m (5,364 ft)
Population

 (31 December 2022)[2]

• Total

322
 • Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
DemonymGressonards
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code

11020

Dialing code0125
WebsiteOfficial website

Gressoney-La-Trinité (French: [ɡʁɛsɔnɛ la tʁinite] ⓘ; Gressoney Walser: Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or Greschòney Oberteil; Arpitan: Gressonèy-La-Trinità) is a town or commune and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa in the Lys Valley, which is part of the Aosta Valley region of Northwest Italy.

The upper Lys Valley.

Gressoney-La-Trinité is located at 1,627 metres (5,338 ft) above sea level, it has the highest elevation of any inhabited place in the Lys Valley.

Inscription in Walser German dedicated to Henrich Welf, a native of Gressoney-La-Trinité, president of the Walser Kulturzentrum.
Garage door of the local fire service in La-Trinité. The door is specified in the three official languages: German, Italian and French.

Walser people settled in the upper Lys Valley from the 12th century onwards.[3] Historically, Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité have been two separate communes.[4]

From 1928 until 1946, the two communes were unified and officially named Gressoney. From 1939 to 1946, the name was Italianized into Gressonei. After WWII the two former communes were again reconstituted separately.[5]

Walser culture and language

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Gressoney-La-Trinité and Gressoney-Saint-Jean form a Walser German linguistic and cultural entity known as Kressenau or Kreschnau in German, or Greschòney in the local Walser dialect known as Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch).[6]

An example of Greschòneytitsch:

Walser German (Greschoneytitsch) German English

Endsche Attò
das béscht em Hémmel,
dass héilege sígge Dín Noame.
Chéeme Dín Herrschaft.[7]

Vater unser
der Du bist im Himmel,
geheiligt werde Dein Name.
Dein Reich komme.

Our Father
in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ www.visitmonterosa.com/en/news-en/historical-and-cultural-identities-in-gressoney/
  4. ^ "History - Municipality of Gressoney-La-Trinité". www.comune.gressoneylatrinite.ao.it. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  5. ^ "History - Municipality of Gressoney-La-Trinité". www.comune.gressoneylatrinite.ao.it. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  6. ^ Flurnamen Fein Weisser Fleck. Letter by Rolf Marti, Gstaad, in: Die Alpen, June 2011, p.29
  7. ^ "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungs. 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-13.