Schnals

Schnals
(Italian: Senales )
coat of arms	map
State :	Italy
Region :	Trentino-South Tyrol
Province :	Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community :	Vinschgau
Inhabitants : (VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019)	1.314 / 1.245
Language groups : (according to 2011 census )	98.24% German 1.76% Italian 0.00% Ladin
Coordinates	46 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 42 '  N , 10 ° 55'  E
Altitude :	546– 3624  m slm (center: 1290  m slm )
Surface:	210.35 km²
Permanent settlement area:	5.3 km²
Parliamentary groups :	Karthaus , Katharinaberg , Our Lady
Neighboring municipalities:	Kastelbell-Tschars , Latsch , Mals , Moos in Passeier , Naturns , Partschins , Schlanders , Sölden ( A )
Postal code :	39020
Area code :	0473
ISTAT number:	021091
Tax number:	82008110213
Mayor  (2015):	Karl Josef Rainer ( SVP )

Schnals ([ ʃnals ]; Italian Senales ) is an Italian municipality with 1245 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in South Tyrol . The community extends over a large part of the Schnalstal and the surrounding mountain areas.

geography

The municipality of Schnals, with 210.35 km² the third largest municipality in South Tyrol in terms of area, is located in the Schnalstal , a side valley of the Vinschgau , which is drained by the Schnalser Bach . It encompasses almost the entire valley (with the exception of the valley entrance area), several side valleys such as the Pfossental and the surrounding mountain areas. There are three villages in Schnals: Karthaus ( 1323  m ), Katharinaberg ( 1245  m ) and Unser Frau ( 1500  m ). The Vernagt reservoir ( 1689  m ) extends above Unser Frau next to the small settlement Vernagt , the highest village is Kurzras ( 2011  m ) in the valley head.

The valley is surrounded by numerous three-thousand-meter peaks of the Ötztal Alps , which are assigned to various subgroups. On the west side is the Saldurkamm , in which, for example, the Schwemserspitze ( 3459  m ), the Lagaunspitze ( 3438  m ) and the Mastaunspitze ( 3200  m ) rise. On the north side, Schnals is bordered by the heavily glaciated Schnalskamm , which is part of the main Alpine ridge and the Italian-Austrian border with the state of Tyrol . The most important peaks here include the Hintere Schwärze ( 3624  m ), the Similaun ( 3599  m ), the Fineilspitze ( 3514  m ) and the Hochwilde ( 3480  m ). The Texel group rises to the east with peaks such as the Roteck ( 3337  m ), the Texelspitze ( 3318  m ) and the Hochweiß ( 3281  m ).

The Texel Group and large parts of the Schnalskamm are protected in the Texel Group Nature Park .

politics

Mayor since 1945:

• Sebastian Grüner: 1945–1960
• Johann Rainer: 1960–1976
• Richard Grüner: 1976–1985
• Hubert Variola: 1985-2010
• Karl Josef Rainer: since 2010

Worth seeing

See also : List of architectural monuments in Schnals  and List of natural monuments in Schnals

• ArcheoParc Schnals in Our Lady ( Ötzi documentation)
• Carthusian monastery "Allerengelberg" in Karthaus : The monastery was founded in 1326 and closed in 1782. The present day village of Karthaus emerged within the walls of the monastery. Prior house, cloister (exhibitions by local artists), the ring wall of the monastery and the former monastery church of St. Anna are still preserved.
• Baroque pilgrimage church of Our Lady with cemetery (grave crosses made of copper and bronze by Friedrich Gurschler and Martin Rainer )
• part of the municipality belongs to the Texel Group Nature Park
• Schnalstaler Gletscherbahn near Kurzras , South Tyrol's highest cable car (2,011–3,211 m), at the mountain station there is a large panoramic terrace with a view of the Hochjochferner , the Ortler Alps and the Ötztal Alps , there is also an exhibition on glacier worlds, an Ötzi Show -Gallery, which documents the find of the ice mummy.
• Vernagt reservoir near Vernagt
• the shaft drive in the Ötztal Alps , an intangible cultural heritage of the Austrian UNESCO Commission
• Katharinaberg fraction with several architectural monuments
• Tisenhof , mountain farm mentioned in a document in 1306 in the Our Lady fraction above the Vernagt reservoir
• Finailhof , formerly the highest grain farm in Europe in the Our Lady fraction
• Marchegghof with post store from the late 16th century in the fraction of Our Lady

and display information about the image

Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady

Infrastructure

German-speaking primary schools exist in Karthaus, Katharinaberg and Unser Frau, and kindergartens in Karthaus and Unser Frau. The public library is located on the ground floor of the Primary School Unser Frau. The seat of the municipal administration is in Karthaus. There are also two Raiffeisen checkouts in the towns of Unser Frau and Karthaus.

Sons and daughters

• Anton Santner (1789–1877), Austrian freedom fighter and Catholic clergyman
• Friedrich Gurschler (1923–2020), freelance artist

Web links

Commons : Schnals  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local authority Schnals
• Landscape plan of the municipality of Schnals . Office for Landscape Ecology, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol (PDF file)
• Entry in the Tirol Atlas of the Institute for Geography at the University of Innsbruck

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 .