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Gressoney-La-Trinité (; Gressoney or ''Greschòney Oberteil''; ) is a
Gressoney-La-Trinité is located at 1,627 metres (5,338 ft)
Walser people settled in the upper Lys Valley from the 12th century onwards. Historically, Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité have been two separate '' communes''.
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.
Flurnamen Fein Weisser Fleck.
Letter by Rolf Marti, Gstaad, in: Die Alpen, June 2011, p.29 An example of ''Greschòneytitsch'':
Official tourist information for the Aosta Valley
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town
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or '' commune'' and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa
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in the Lys Valley, which is part of the Aosta Valley
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region of Northwest Italy
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.
Geography
Gressoney-La-Trinité is located at 1,627 metres (5,338 ft) above sea level
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, it has the highest elevation of any inhabited place in the Lys Valley.
History
left, Inscription in Walser German dedicated to Henrich Welf, a native of Gressoney-La-Trinité, president of the ''Walser Kulturzentrum''.
Walser people settled in the upper Lys Valley from the 12th century onwards. Historically, Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité have been two separate '' communes''.
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.
Walser culture and language
Gressoney-La-Trinité and Gressoney-Saint-Jean form a Walser German linguistic and cultural entity known as ''Kressenau'' or ''Kreschnau'' inGerman
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, or ''Greschòney'' in the local Walser dialect known as ''Greschoneytitsch'' (or simply ''Titsch'').Letter by Rolf Marti, Gstaad, in: Die Alpen, June 2011, p.29 An example of ''Greschòneytitsch'':
References
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