Defereggen Valley
![View from the Wetterkreuz in St. Jakob over the Defereggental looking towards Austria’s highest mountain, Großglockner](/Images/godic/202501/08/Defereggental3615.jpg")
![near St. Veit](/Images/godic/202501/08/Defereggental_St._Veit3615.JPG")
![The Defereggental with a view of the Villgraten Mountains and, right, St. Jakob in Defereggen](/Images/godic/202501/08/Villgratner_Berge3615.jpg")
The Defereggen Valley (German:Defereggental), or simply Defereggen, is the middle of the three East Tyrolean high mountain valleys running from east to west. Its parallel-running neighbours are the Puster Valley and the Virgen Valley. The Defereggental is linked by a road called the Defereggentalstraße. Its name is derived from the Celtic word dubar (black, dark) or from the Slavic dober (good).