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Aldein is one of the very old settlements which are situated deep in the mountain range of the so-called "Reggleberg". The undulating landscape of this particularly attractive high plateau was settled early on and first mentioned in documents dating from 1175. Mountain meadows, arable land, larch woods and Alpine pastures alternate here.
Special tip: The restored "Mühlen im Thal" (mills in the valley) and the Aldein Village Museum. In the Mill Museum the visitor can see the use made of water power in the days of our ancestors. The museum in the Aldein village hall is not a village museum in the usual sense. No farm worker’s or craftsman’s tools are exhibited here, but religious items from the Baroque and Rococo periods, in such numbers and artistic quality that all the experts are amazed.
Category: easy
Starting point: the car park by the fire brigade hall below the village centre of Aldein
Walking time: ca. 3 hours
Difference in altitude: 110 m
Possibilities for refreshments: Inn Schlögler, Inn Larcher, Pizzeria Waldrast
Route: From Aldein follow the signs for route Nr. 10 in the direction Weissenstein, as far as the Bachnerhof, then take route L as far as the farm Leitner and continue to the Inn Schlögler. From there descend to Aldein. First take the round past the farms Stürz, Schor, Unich, Pichl, and Bauer am Lehen. Return on the main road and continue past the farms Häusler, Moser, Flascher and Larcher. Here take the steep former cart route of the Lercher farmers to the Lehner or Förster farms. Then follow footpath Nr. 9 as far as the Wieser farm. Now go through the Aldein housing estate back to the starting point.
Special tip: From the farm Leitner or the Inn Schlögler there are splendid views of the Etsch Valley, the Ötztaler Alps, the Ortler, the Fleimstaler mountains, the Brenta range, Paganella, Weisshorn, Schwarzhorn, Lagorai, Cislon, Trudner Horn Nature Park, the Salurn Gap etc.
Some of the farmhouses in Aldein have their own bread baking ovens. These are still used once or twice a year, even nowadays, to bake the well-known local breads, the Aldein "Breatlen" and "Pitschen".
| Holein - Kaltenbrunn - Fölserbrücke |
Category: medium to difficult
Starting point: the car park by the fire brigade hall below the village centre of Aldein
Walking time: ca. 4.5 hours
Difference in altitude: 630 m
Possibilities for refreshments: Restaurant Ploner, Inn Koflhof, Inn Bernard, Inn Schwarzenbach
Route: From Aldein follow the signs for route Nr. 1 in the direction of the sports facilities, past the housing estate, the football pitch and the farms Webergall and Blindschlein, as far as the Kofl farm. After the Kofl fram take footpath Nr. 10A and then 10, partly steeply downhill, past the Gsalb as far as Holen. Still following footpath 10, continue to Kaltenbrunn, a village along the road that is divided between the parishes Aldein, Truden and Montan. From Kaltenbrunn continue as far as Neuradein on the European long distance hiking path E5, and footpaths 7, 8 and 9 as far as Unterradein. From Unterradein, following footpath Nr. 8, go past the Maria Lourdes chapel, and from Fölser take the footpath K down as far as the Holenbach, and cross the Fölser bridge. Then climb steeply up through the Königsberg, past the farms König, Rautner and Wieser, and from the sports facilities walk back to the starting point.
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