Schenna

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Schenna
(Italian: Scena )
coat of arms
Schenna coat of arms
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Schenna in South Tyrol - Positionskarte.svg
State : Italy
Region : Trentino-South Tyrol
Province : Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community : Burgrave Office
Inhabitants :
(VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019) 		2,843 / 2,916
Language groups :
(according to 2011 census ) 		98.18% German
1.67% Italian
0.15% Ladin
Coordinates 46 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 11 ′  E
Altitude : 570  m slm
Surface: 48.3 km²
Permanent settlement area: 8.6 km²
Parliamentary groups : Schennaberg, Tall , Verdins
Neighboring municipalities: Hafling , Merano , Riffian , Partschins , St. Leonhard in Passeier , Tyrol
Partnership with : Stainz ( A )
Postal code : 39017
Area code : 0473
ISTAT number: 021087
Tax number: 82003290218
Mayor  (2015): Alois Kröll ( SVP )

Schenna (formerly also Schönna , in the South Tyrolean dialect Schennen or Schönnen , Italian Scena ) is an Italian municipality with 2916 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in South Tyrol . It is located about three kilometers northeast of Merano and about 25 kilometers northwest of Bolzano .

geography

Schenna

The municipality of Schenna extends over an area of ​​over 48 km² northeast of the city of Merano in the Burggrafenamt . The settlement areas occupy the middle-mountainous slopes that accompany the lower Passeier Valley to the point where it rises in the Etschtal valley in the Merano valley basin on the east side or on the orographic left side of the Passer . The main town of Schenna is located at an altitude of 570  m in the southwest of the municipality, directly above the Merano district of Obermais and across from Dorf Tirol . A little further into the valley is the village of Verdins ( 840  m ); in the far north, the scattered settlement Tall is distributed at altitudes of 850 to almost 1600  m . The area in the east is dominated by peaks of the Sarntal Alps , among which the Hirzer ( 2781  m ), the Verdinser Plattenspitze ( 2680  m ) and the Ifinger ( 2581  m ) are the most famous.

history

The name Schenna appeared for the first time in a document as early as the 12th century, it probably comes from the Latin word scaene (stage-like structure). Coin finds suggest that the area around Schenna was already settled in Roman times. In the 14th century, Prince Ludwig von Brandenburg gave the noble Petermann von Schenna permission to build a castle on the hill of Schenna. Today Schenna Castle is one of the most famous and popular sights of Schenna.

The village belonged to the end of the First World War for the judicial district of Merano and was part of the district of Merano .

politics

mayor

Mayor since 1949:

  • 1949–1956 Johann Pircher
  • 1956–1964 Josef Innerhofer
  • 1964–1969 Josef Kaufmann
  • 1969–1980 Johann Daprà
  • 1980–1990 Josef Unterthurner
  • 1990-2005 Albert Pircher
  • 2005– 0000Alois Kröll

coat of arms

The heraldic shield is divided into an upper silver and lower black half and has a red growing lion on top .

Culture and sights

Buildings

see also the list of architectural monuments in Schenna

Schenna Castle

Schenna Castle was built by Petermann von Schenna around 1350. Acquired by Archduke Johann of Austria in 1845 , it is still owned by his descendants, the Counts of Meran , who also live in and manage it. The art, culture and history of Tyrol can be seen in collections of weapons and furniture from eight centuries, in paintings by great artists and in portraits of important Habsburgs . Remarkable are memorabilia from Archduke Johann, the Andreas Hofer collection from him and a faience oven in the Renaissance knight's hall.

mausoleum

mausoleum

Neo-Gothic building made of red sandstone and granite. Built from 1860 to 1869 as a burial place for Archduke Johann and his family. Underground crypt with heavy ribbed vaults; artistic design by Innsbrucker a. Veronese artist, altar from a Viennese workshop.

Old parish church of the Assumption of Mary

Single-aisle church, originally Romanesque built around 1200. The first alterations were made between 1370 and 1402; an extensive renovation took place at the beginning of the 16th century. In doing so, u. a. valuable frescoes from around 1400 uncovered.

St. George

St. Georg (Schenna)

St. George is a round church from the Romanesque style epoch (12th century) with Romanesque and Gothic frescoes, including on the life and martyrdom of St. George. The winged altar is attributed to the workshop of Hans Schnatterpeck .

New parish church

Construction according to plans by Eduard Hütter began in 1914 and, due to the interruption during the war, it could not be finished until 1931. The sanctuary is decorated with the statues of the 12 apostles; The 14 Stations of the Cross by Johann Mury are impressive. The glass windows come from the Tyrolean glass painting company Innsbruck. The new organ was built in 1993 by Franz Zanin from Udine and artistically designed by Herbert Schönweger. It consists of 39 registers, Hauptwerk, Rückpositiv, Brustwerk and Pedal and has 2744 pipes.

St. Martin's Church

This small Romanesque church from the 12th century is the oldest monument in Schenna and is now used as a chapel for the dead. The building has two naves, each with a round apse and two central pillars.

tourism

The former rural rural community has developed into one of the most important tourist destinations in South Tyrol over the past 40 years . The number of annual overnight stays has now exceeded the million mark. Schenna is characterized in particular by a large number of hotels in the 3 and 4 star categories.

Schenna offers hikers a variety of marked and well signposted hiking trails at all altitudes - from the Maiser Waalweg to the mountain regions of the Ifinger and Hirzer areas. Numerous cable cars and lifts facilitate the ascent to high-altitude trails and alpine hikes; Well-kept mountain inns, alpine pastures and mountain huts provide for your physical well-being.

One of the tourist destinations is the Tall-Hirzer hiking area. It is accessible by the Hirzerseilbahn and the Grube chairlift and includes the hamlets of Prenn, Oberkirn and Videgg. It extends over a large number of managed alpine pastures. The Tall-Hirzer hiking area can be reached from Verdins by taking the Verdins-Tall cable car.

The Taser aerial tramway runs in Schenna, replacing the old Troyer aerial tramway.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

  • Walter Innerhofer (Red.): Schenna: Dorfbuch 2002 . Schenna 2002 ( online )

Web links

Commons : Schenna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ haben.at
  2. ↑ Schenner place and field names , p. 31
  3. ↑ Schenna village book , p. 73
  4. ↑ The mayors of the South Tyrolean municipalities since 1952. (PDF; 15 MB) In: Festschrift 50 Years of the South Tyrolean Association of Municipalities 1954–2004. Association of South Tyrolean municipalities, pp. 139–159 , accessed on November 16, 2015 .
  5. ^ Association for Culture and Home Care Schenna: The sacred buildings on the church hill of Schenna , Medus Verlag, Meran 1991. (p. 10ff)
  6. ↑ Scena tourist office. Accessed October 4, 2018 (German).