Neustift (Vahrn)
| Neustift | |||
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| Italian name : Novacella | |||
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| Monastery and landscape near Neustift | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Trentino-South Tyrol | ||
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) | ||
| local community | Vahrn | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 44 ' N , 11 ° 39' E | ||
| Residents | 826 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 0472 | CAP | 39040 |
Neustift ( Italian Novacella ) is a village in South Tyrol ( Italy ), north of Brixen . The village is a fraction of the municipality of Vahrn and has 826 inhabitants (status: 2011).
location
Neustift is located in the Eisack valley in the north-west of the Brixen valley basin. The place is on the orographic left , eastern side of the Eisack at around 600 m altitude, opposite the main town Vahrn on the other side of the river. Behind Neustift the slopes rise to the Natz-Schabs plateau .
Worth seeing
Neustift is best known for the Neustift monastery built by Augustinian canons in the mid-12th century . You can see a monastery library, the Gothic cloister , the miracle fountain and the basilica. In front of the actual monastery is the St. Michaels Chapel, also called Castel Sant'Angelo because of its shape . Today there is a private school, an educational center and a cellar in the monastery.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Population by parliamentary group 2011. Retrieved on July 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Neustift Abbey near Brixen. South Tyrol compact, accessed on July 25, 2016 .
