Gröden - explained in PalmerProject-Ski- and Snowboard-Lexicon

"Gröden is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Val Gardena (German: Gröden; Ladin: Gherdëina) is a valley in the Dolomites of northern Italy. It is best known as a skiing area. Val Gardena is one of five valleys with a majority of Ladin speakers (two of these valleys are in the province of Bolzano-Bozen). The form of the Ladin language spoken in this valley is called Gardenese in Italian, Grödnerisch in German and Gherdëina in Ladin.


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