Gressoney-La-Trinité
Greschòney Drifaltigkeit (Walser)
Comune
Comune di Gressoney-La-Trinité
Commune de Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gemeinde Gressoney-La-Trinité
Centre of the town
Centre of the town
Coat of arms of Gressoney-La-Trinité
Coat of arms
Location of Gressoney-La-Trinité
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 / 45.833; 7.833
CountryItaly
RegionAosta Valley
Area
[1]
 • Total65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation
1,635 m (5,364 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[2]
 • Total322
 • 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 (Gressoney Walser: Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or Creschnau Drifaltigkeit; Arpitan: Gressonèy-La-Trinità) is a town or commune and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa in the Val de Gressoney, which is part of the Aosta Valley region of Northwest Italy. It features one of the most scenic alpine ski resorts in the Aosta Valley.

Geography

Gressoney-La-Trinité is located in a side valley of the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. At 1,627 metres (5,338 ft) above sea level, it has the highest elevation of any city in the Gressoney Valley.

History

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.

Germanic people, known as the Walser, 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

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

An example of Greschòneytitsch:

Walser German 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,

References

  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.


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