After rockfall

Guntschach once again cut off from the outside world

The rocks fell onto Guntschacher Straße in the area of the Tumpelgraben.(Bild: zVg)

It was only last May that the Guntschach road was reopened to traffic after 519 days following a heavy rockfall in the Hemmafelsen area. On Tuesday evening, rocks once again thundered onto the only connecting road.

What haven't the people of Guntschach had to put up with over the past months and years? First their road was destroyed, they had to rely on a ferry, were resettled and were then finally able to return home(we reported). And on Tuesday evening, the next bad news.

Rock material thundered onto the road
Shortly before 7.30 p.m., another mass of rock thundered onto the Guntschacher Straße. "In the area of the Tumpelgraben, starting from the climbing rock in Göltschach, the rocks came loose," explained Mayor Franz Ragger in an interview with the "Krone" newspaper. The municipality immediately called in the regional geologist. "After the regional geologist inspected the area, further boulders, some of them very large, were found above the road, which is why another rockfall cannot be ruled out," the police announced. And once again, the connecting road to the small village on the Drau had to be closed.

More loose rock material is suspected above the road.(Bild: zVg)

On Wednesday, the state geologist inspected the damaged area again. The all-clear was given. As there is no further danger, the Guntschacher Straße has been reopened to traffic.