A road is being laid down at Lake Reschen in South Tyrol because it is threatened by rock falls. To do this, the lake must largely be drained.
As a result, the ruins of the abandoned villages that were blown up in the post-war period reappear. The Tyrolean photographer Max Scherer recently visited the ruins and was deeply impressed. He writes of the'sensational insights and artifacts' that are now available. Walls and remains of a church can also be seen in Graun im Vinschgau, near Landeck in Tyrol. The tower of the parish church of St. Katharina from the 14th century sank with the village of Graun in the floods of Lake Reschen in the 1950s. The lake is a popular alternative route for the often congested Brenner, especially for German tourists who then come from the Fern Pass.