Sulden

Infobox ski area
name= Sulden-Solda

picture= Sulden 01.jpg
caption= Sulden in Summer 2005.
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lat_minutes= 31
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long_degrees= 10
long_minutes= 36
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Sulden (Italian: "Solda") is a mountain village in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of northern Italy. It is a "frazione" of the "comune" of Stilfs (Stelvio), in the province of Bolzano-Bozen.

Geography

Sulden lies at the foot of the Ortler, in the Vinschgau valley east of the Stelvio Pass. It is 1900 m above sea level, with a population of 400.

History

Due to its remote location, in AD 1802, the Austrian newspaper "Innsbrucker Wochenblatt" compared it to "Siberia of Tyrol", "where farmers dine with bears and kids ride on wolves".

Tourism changed this, as Sulden now has 2000 beds and eleven skilifts, part of Ortler Skiarena.

Famous residents

Reinhold Messner owns a herd of Yaks there, and also the "Messner Mountain Museum Ortles".

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.sulden-info.com/sulden.jpgLive Webcam ]
* [http://www.comune.stelvio.bz.it/default_it.htm Comune di Stelvio]
* [http://www.gemeinde.stilfs.bz.it/default_de.htm Gemeinde Stilfs]
* [http://www.sulden.com/it/solda/inverno/varie/ortles-valvenosta-altoadige.asp Solda nella Regione Vacanze Ortles]
* [http://www.sulden.vinschgau.com Sulden in der Ferienregion Ortler]
* [http://www.sulden-info.com Sulden InFo - Il Portale Web di Solda/Das Webportal zu Sulden]
* [http://www.ortlerskiarena.com Ortler SKIARENA]