Gressoney-La-Trinité

Gressoney-La-Trinité (Walser German: Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or Creschnau Drifaltigkeit) is a toun an comune in the Valle d'Aosta region o northwastren Italy.

Gressoney-La-Trinité
Comune di Gressoney-La-Trinité
Commune de Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gemeinde Gressoney-La-Trinité
Coat of airms o Gressoney-La-Trinité
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Gressoney-La-Trinité is located in Italy
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Location o Gressoney-La-Trinité in Italy
Coordinates: 45°50′N 7°50′E / 45.833°N 7.833°E / 45.833; 7.833Coordinates: 45°50′N 7°50′E / 45.833°N 7.833°E / 45.833; 7.833
KintraItaly
RegionValle d'Aosta
Provincenane
Area
 • Total65 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation
1635 m (5,364 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2006)
 • Total304
 • Density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Gressonards
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11020
Diallin code0125
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Geografie eedit

At a elevation o 1,635 metre (5,364 ft) abuin sea level, Gressoney-La-Trinité is the heichest veelage in the Lys Valley.

History eedit

The aurie wis settled bi the Walser fowk frae the Valais. They left ahint characteristic "Walser hooses", or Stadel, biggins made o firth an stane sittin on short mushroom-shapit pillars.

Walser cultur an leid eedit

Tho historically Gressoney-La-Trinité an Gressoney-Saint-Jean are twa separate comunes, they shape a Walser German cultural unity kent as Greschòney or Creschnau in Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch), the local Walser German dialect, or Kressenau in German. They wur unitit inta ane commune namit Gressoney frae 1928 till 1946, when the twa umwhile communes wur reconstitutit.

A example o Greschòneytitsch:

Walser German German Scots

Endsche Attò
das béscht em Hémmel,
dass héilege sígge Dín Noame.
Chéeme Dín Herrschaft.[1]

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

Oir Faither
in heiven,
hallaeed be your name.
Your kinrick come,

References eedit

  1. "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006. Retrieved 13 Mey 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

Freemit airtins eedit