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    August 3, 2024

    Hay huts, Heuberge, Philosophenweg
    Hay hills are lean hay meadows in high, steep mountain areas; in Liechtenstein they are usually between 1000 and 2000 m above sea level. The wild hay collected in the hay hills in July and August was an important addition to winter fodder.
    The municipalities of Triesen and Triesenberg had hay hills in particular. The Triesen "Heuberg", mentioned in 1619 and recorded in the Heber map (1721) along with the huts, included Tuas and Platta. It was owned by the municipality, but was divided into plots and issued to individual citizens' households as a so-called community division with the right of use; only Magrüel became private property when it was cleared in 1672. In 1804, the remaining Triesen hay hills were made private property in return for the assumption of community debts and in 1809 were assigned to the houses in the land register. The Walser Heubärg was sold by the municipality of Triesen to some Triesenbergers in 1672. The hay mountains were subject to the right to feed goats.
    Ownership of a parcel of hay mountains was linked to the right to a hay hut (hut site right). These huts, mentioned in Maschera (Triesen municipality) as early as 1689, were used for cooking, eating and sleeping during the hay harvest, which lasted several weeks, and then as hay storage until winter. Where there was no hut, the hay was stored in Schochen. Most of the hay mountains were only mown every other year. The estimated annual yield of the Triesen hay mountains was around 75 tons of hay. In winter, the hay was transported to the village in hay trains by so-called hay giants and then on horn sledges. From areas that were inaccessible in winter, it had to be carried and pulled to the nearest road before the onset of winter. Working in the hay mountains was dangerous in both summer and winter; fatal accidents have been recorded since the 17th century.
    Even more remote wild haymaking areas were grazed annually, e.g. in Balzers the meadows at Mittagspitz, Wörznerhorn and below Guscha. Evidence of wild haymaking can also be found on the Nendler Berg (1568 Heuries), in the area of the Plankner Alp Gafadura (1607 Heuberg), in Vaduz (1729 Heuries) and in various Alps.
    At the end of the 1940s, haymaking in the Heubergs almost died out, which led partly to erosion and partly to reforestation. Since 1875 the municipality of Triesen has been buying back Heubergs. In Triesenberg, the municipality bought it in 1957. In 2003, five "Heuberge hut zones" were created in Triesen for the weekend cottages that had been built from hay huts since the 1960s (Magrüel, Maschera, Münz, Platta, Tuas). Thanks to state and municipal support, various areas have been regularly hayed again since the 1990s, which helps to preserve the cultural landscape and biodiversity.
    Text / Source: historischens-lexikon.li / Author: Fabian Frommelt | Status: 12/31/2011
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