St. Georgen (Bruneck)

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St. Georgen
Italian name : San Giorgio
Walsermair-StGeorgen.jpg
Center of St. Georgen
Country Italy
region Trentino-South Tyrol
province South Tyrol  (BZ)
local community Brunico
Coordinates 46 ° 49 '  N , 11 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '56 "  N , 11 ° 55' 56"  E
height 832  m slm
surface 7.39 km²
Residents 2,272 (December 31, 2015)
Population density 3 inhabitants / km²
Demonym Jörginer
patron George
Church day April 23
Faction leader Klaus Graber
Telephone code 0474 CAP 39031

St. Georgen ( Italian : San Giorgio ) is a fraction of the city of Bruneck in South Tyrol ( Italy ) with a little over 2275 inhabitants and is located at 832 m above sea level.

The formerly independent municipality of St. Georgen an der Ahr , also called St. Georgen near Bruneck, was incorporated into Bruneck in 1928 against the will of the residents. The village is located around one kilometer north of Bruneck at the transition from the Tauferer Tal to the Pustertal and is surrounded by the Ahrauen. St. Georgen is one of the oldest settlements in the Puster Valley. Above the village are two sand hills, the large and the small pipe, on which traces of prehistoric ramparts can be seen. St. Georgen was a long-standing original parish, which was moved to Gais in 1014 at the request of Emperor Heinrich II and his wife Kunigunde , from which it then became a subsidiary church. Only in 1932 was it raised again to a parish church.

Worth seeing

  • Parish church of St. Georg , a late Gothic building from 1472 with a neo-Gothic high altar.
  • Gißbach residence, a well-formed baroque-looking Renaissance building from the beginning of the 17th century.
  • Gremsen residence, a slightly castle-like Renaissance building with strong corner towers and protruding external loggias.
  • Species Conservation Center SOS Parrots e. V. (behind company building Steiner Steigtechnik & fall protection)
  • Trinity Church
  • The small pipe and the big pipe
  • River park on the Ahr
  • Maria Hilf chapel
  • Ahr adventure trail

literature

  • South Tyrolean area guide Bruneck and surroundings (Athesia 1987)
  • The art monuments of South Tyrol's Eisacktal, Pustertal, Ladinien (Athesia / Tyrolia 1991)
  • Bruneck - A South Tyrolean city in pictures (Athesia 1994)

Web links

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