Congratulations to the Hotel Oberwirt in Vöran

Four men for any eventuality: the maintainance crew

Today’s life in Vöran cannot possibily imagined without the ropeway Vöran-Burgstall. What seems quite normal today, was pure utopia about 150 years ago. Today, the panoramic cable car that connects the low mountain village of Vöran with Burgstall in the Etsch Valley every 20 minutes is a lifeline and sustainable means of transport for commuters, students, sports enthusiasts and hikers.

Between the peaks of Ifinger and Plattinger, at the foot of the Oswaldscharte (gap of S. Oswald), an inconspicuous church with a small tower stands at 1,185 m above sea level on a small flat alpine pasture. The building, which interestingly does not have any hiking trail leading directly past or to it, nevertheless experiences great crowds once a year. Every year on 5 August, the inhabitants of the communities of Hafling and Schenna make a pilgrimage to that small church Meran 2000 to ask Saint Oswald (in Hafling "Oaswold") for protection from storms.