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15-509: It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava River , on Italy's border with Austria . It hosts Italy’s International Snow Sculpture Festival each year. Innichen is renowned for its ski resorts, and it includes the natural park of Drei Zinnen–Tre Cime di Lavaredo . Innichen borders the municipalities of Toblach , Innervillgraten (Austria), Sexten , and Sillian (Austria). Innichen

30-733: Is a river in South Tyrol , Italy . Its source is located at 2,180 m of altitude, in the Dolomites mountains, south of Toblach : near Toblach it enters in the Puster Valley , and, after 90 km (56 mi), it meets the Eisack river in the city of Brixen , at 550 m of altitude. The Rienz flows through the following municipalities (source to mouth): Toblach, Niederdorf , Welsberg-Taisten , Olang , Rasen-Antholz , Bruneck , St. Lorenzen , Kiens , Vintl , Mühlbach , Rodeneck and Brixen. The most significant affluents are: The maximum discharge of

45-684: Is home to the Innichen Abbey , founded in the late 8th century (769) by duke Tassilo III of Bavaria , belonging to the Prince-Bishopric of Freising . The abbey itself was disestablished in 1785, while the surrounding estates were acquired by the County of Tyrol after the Mediatisation of 1803 ( Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ). According to the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain , Innichen became part of

60-614: Is one of the border stations between Italy and Austria. [REDACTED] Media related to Innichen at Wikimedia Commons Puster Valley The Puster Valley ( Italian : Val Pusteria [ˈval pusteˈriːa] ; German : Pustertal , Ladin : Val de Puster ) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol , Austria , and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol , Italy . The South Tyrolean municipalities of

75-660: The Empire . The Puster Valley belonged to the imperial province of Noricum , and the local populations, during the four centuries of the domination of Rome , began to assimilate the customs, the language and finally the Christian religion . In the 5th century the Goths , the Baiuvarii and the Slavs decided to descend in this area, with consequent conflicts between Baiuvarii and Slavs, which ended with

90-787: The Gail valley) and turns to the northeast towards Lienz. Half of the valley drains to the west to the Adriatic via the Adige river; the other half drains to the east to the Black Sea via the Danube . The watershed lies in the shallow valley floor called Toblacher Feld ( Conca di Dobbiaco ). The Rienz river flows westwards through the Puster Valley and the Drau river flows eastwards into East Tyrol . The eastern part of

105-785: The Baiuvarii victory. In the 10th century the Puster Valley started to belong to the Pustrissa countship, firstly mentioned in 974 as Pustrissa and Pustrussa ; in 1091 the countship was ceded by the Emperor Henry IV to the Bishop of Brixen and in the 16th century the Hapsburg took possession of it. During the Napoleonic era , following the Austrian defeat at Austerlitz and the treaty of Pressburg in 1805,

120-658: The Puster Valley constitute the Puster Valley district. The Puster Valley is located in the western part of the Periadriatic Seam , which separates the Southern Limestone Alps from the Central Eastern Alps , as well as most of the limestone Alps from the central gneiss and slate peaks of the range's central section. East of Sillian , the Puster Valley leaves the Peradriatic Line (which moves into

135-1099: The Rienz river form the Antholzer Bach , the Ahr , the Pragser Bach , the Gsieser Bach , the Gran Ega , the Pfunderer Bach , and the Lüsenbach . The Puster Valley's largest side valley is the Tauferer Ahrntal . The Drau's largest eastern tributaries are the Sextner Bach and the Villgraten-Bach . The Puster Valley was inhabited since prehistoric times as finds belonging to the Iron Age have been found in that area. In more recent times this zone

150-814: The entire region passed to the Bavaria : the Tyroleans, led by Andreas Hofer, repeatedly fought against the Bavarian domination. After Napoleon's fall, the Puster valley was reunited with Austria and, following the World War I , it was assigned to Italy . Opening in 1871 the Puster Valley Railway uses the relative simple landscape to avoid climbing steep slopes. The Puster Valley District ( Italian : Comprensorio della Val Pusteria ; German : Bezirksgemeinschaft Pustertal )

165-562: The site was once under the rule of the Bishops of Freising owners of a large area in the region from 769 to 1803. The coat of arms was granted by King Albert I of Germany in 1303. According to the 2011 census, 85.06% of the population spoke German , 14.64% Italian and 0.30% Ladin as their first language. Innichen is twinned with: The Italian television series Un passo dal cielo was partially set in Innichen. The Innichen railway station

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180-482: The then Kingdom of Italy in 1919. Innichen is still the site of a Franciscan monastery founded in 1691. The emblem shows an argent tower with the Ghibelline merlon on two levels, with the portal and the portcullis ; above the door a coat of arms showing the head of a Moor, crowned with an or diadem on azure . The tower has settled on vert countryside and gules . This kind of representation points out that

195-405: The valley on the upper Drava is called Upper Puster Valley . The towns in the Puster Valley are located between 750 and 1,180 meters (2,460 and 3,870 ft) above sea level. The most important of these towns in the western valley are Toblach , Welsberg-Taisten , Olang , and Bruneck ; the most important in the eastern valley are Innichen , Sexten , and Sillian . The largest tributaries of

210-669: Was founded in 1969 with the merger of 26 municipalities. Its combined area is 2,071 km² and its population is over 73,000. Its main town is Bruneck . According to the 2001 census, 80.96% of the population of the valley speak German, 13.40% Ladin , and 5.64% Italian as their native language. The following municipalities are part of the Puster Valley District: 46°44′N 12°13′E  /  46.733°N 12.217°E  / 46.733; 12.217 Rienz The Rienz ( German pronunciation: [ˈriːɛnts] ; Italian : Rienza [riˈɛntsa] )

225-700: Was inhabited by people belonging to the Illyrian stock : they were called "Saevates" by the Romans (hence the name "Sebatum" of the Roman station of today's Saint Lawrence .) In the 6th century, the Celtic invaders merged with the Illyrian population. Around the end of the I century B.C, the Rienz valley was mainly used by the Romans as an arterial road to connect the north-eastern regions of

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