The Valleys of Tirol: Their traditions and customs and how to visit them

CHAPTER III.

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NORTH TIROL--UNTERINNTHAL--(RIGHT INN-BANK).

THE ZILLERTHAL.

The Zillerthal--Conveyances--Etruscan remnant--Thurnegg and Tratzberg across the river--Strass--Corn or coin?--The two churches of Schlitters--Castles of the Zillerthal--The peace of Kropfsberg--'The only Fügen'--The patriot Riedl--Zell--Expulsion of Lutherans--Hippach--Hainzenberg; ultra co-operative gold mines--Mayrhof--Garnet mills--Mariä-Rastkapelle--Hulda--Tributary valleys--Duxerthal--Hinter-Dux--Hardiness of the people--Legends of the frozen wall--Dog's-throat valley--The Devil's path--The Zemmer glacier--Schwarzensteingrund 79