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16 unusual facts about Tarvisio


Adam Bajalics von Bajahaza

In a confused series of actions from 21 to 23 March, the French succeeded in closing off the Austrian escape route at Tarvisio.

Austrian Southern Railway

Today the term "Austrian Southern Railway" is sometimes also applied today to the railway line from Bruck an der Mur via Klagenfurt and Villach to Italy (Tarvisio), but that is historically incorrect.

Bad Bleiberg

King Henry II of Germany granted the area around Villach to the newly created Diocese of Bamberg at the Frankfurt synod of 1 November 1007, together with other Carinthian estates like Griffen or the Canal Valley around Tarvisio.

Carnic and Gailtal Alps

The main ridge of the Carnic Alps forms the Austrian-Italian border and stretches from prominent Mt. Helm near Sexten at the tripoint of East Tyrol, South Tyrol and Veneto to the Canal Valley at Tarvisio in the east.

Curling at the Winter Universiade

Curling has been a part of the Winter Universiade since it was featured was optional sport in the 2003 Winter Universiade in Tarvisio.

Hubert Klausner

Hubert Klausner (1 November 1892 in Raibl (today: Cave del Predil), Tarvisio in the Val Canale - 12 February 1939 in Vienna) was an NSDAP Gauleiter and a Landeshauptmann (premier) of Carinthia.

Lovro Toman

In 1867, he was involved in a scandal around the construction of the railway line between Ljubljana and Tarvisio.

Maja Vtič

In 2007, she won bronze at the Junior World Ski Championship in Tarvisio, Italy.

Marijo Baković

His personal best jump was 7.99 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Tarvisio.

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

The prince-bishopric also ruled over large possessions within the Duchy of Carinthia, including the strategically important towns of Villach, Feldkirchen, Wolfsberg and Tarvisio at the transalpine road to Venice, as well as Kirchdorf an der Krems in the Archduchy of Austria.

Rateče

Below the village and beside the main road from Jesenice to Tarvisio is the gravelly Ledine Basin, where Nadiža Creek disappears underground.

Republic of German-Austria

This included nearly all the territory of present-day Austria, plus South Tyrol and the town of Tarvisio, both now in Italy; southern Carinthia and southern Styria, now in Slovenia; and Sudetenland and German Bohemia (which later became part of Sudetenland), now in the Czech Republic.

Slizza

Its valley leads to the north-west towards the town of Tarvisio, where it enters the Val Canale and its waters are swelled by a number of tributaries.

Steven Nyman

He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, where he won the slalom and finished second in the combined.

Ulrich V, Count of Pfannberg

From 1315 to 1323, Ulrich served as governor of the Carinthian possessions of the Bishopric of Bamberg, including Reichenfels, St. Leonhard, Wolfsberg, Wernberg, Villach, Federaun, Arnoldstein, Tarvisio and Pontafel.

Wurzen Pass

The Wurzenpass has been a historic crossing of the Karawanken, though the main trade route from the Duchy of Carinthia to Trieste, the Austrian Littoral and Carniola ran from Tarvisio along the Predil Pass and the high valley of Rateče that was much easier to traverse.


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2003 Winter Universiade

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