Gaid
| Gaid | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian name : Gaid | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Trentino-South Tyrol | ||
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) | ||
| local community | Eppan | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 31 ' N , 11 ° 13' E | ||
| height | 904 m slm | ||
| surface | 4.55 km² | ||
| Telephone code | 0471 | CAP | 39057 |
The hamlet of Gaid is a mountain fraction of the South Tyrolean community Eppan in Überetsch and belongs to the parish of Perdonig .
history
Gaid is first mentioned in 1334 in records of the Heiliggeistspital Bozen as "Gaude" .
Attractions
The pilgrimage church to the fourteen helpers in need was built in 1638 by Eustach Franzin von Zinnenberg from Eppan. The church with a ridge has a baroque high altar with an altarpiece showing the 14 Holy Helpers and the donor . Also preserved are two masterful oil paintings of the scourged Christ and Mary with Child, as well as votive tablets , 14 stations, statues of saints and the artistically designed entrance door.
The square in front of the church is under ensemble protection together with the church and the Moarhof . Festenstein Castle was also under Gaid , of which only the keep remains.
Several hiking trails lead to the Gantkofel , Andrian and Nals .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 264, No. 497 .