Name origin

The name of Val Gardena originates from the Latin “forestum ad Gredine” meaning “woodland in Val Gardena”. This designation is to be found in a document of 999 AD, which certifies the handing over of this area by Count Otto von Andechs to Bishop Gottschalk of Freising. The reason of this donation is very interesting: as in those days it was believed that in 1000 AD the world would end, those who disposed over possessions donated a part of them to the Church in the hope of being rewarded in the afterlife.

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