The dramatic events in the summer of 2023 have left deep marks on nature. The “Kärntner Krone” visited those affected in Globasnitz.
The gentle babbling of the stream in the Luschniggraben is deceptive: only a few months ago the forces of nature were raging here! Mountains of rubble and driftwood thundered from Simonberg into the valley. The traces that are still visible only give an idea of the forces that raged here.
We visit the young farmer Benedikt Lassnigg in the small town of Slovenjach. “Almost half of the mountain slid away due to the mud flow. There is virtually nothing left of the forest.” The landslide tore a two and a half kilometer long crater into the idyllic landscape. “My neighbors still don’t have a road,” said the ranger. There have always been storms, but never one like the one in 2023. “We can do nothing against the power of nature.”
Hundreds of truckloads still have to be removed from the ditch. “We hope nothing happens,” says Mayor Bernard Sadovnik. The Simonberg is still moving. “It will take decades before there are forests again.”
The damage to property owners is significant. Many of those affected feel abandoned. One of them is Wilhelm Tomaschej in Traundorf. To save houses, the farmer’s arable land was flooded by the Globasnitzbach: “We had no help, huge masses had to be removed.” Sadovnik: “The damage to the infrastructure in the community amounted to 660,000 euros.”
Source: Krone
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