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Untermais ( Italian Maia Bassa ) is a district of the city of Merano .

location

Untermais is located in the Merano valley basin on the orographic left , southern side of the Passer . The old town of Merano is on the opposite side of the river. In the northeast, the Winkelweg forms the border with Obermais , in the west Untermais borders on the Adige , in the south lies the Merano district of Sinich .

history

The name Mais comes from the Roman customs station Statio Maiensis , which existed in the 3rd century near the mouth of the Pass into the Adige .

Untermais is mentioned in a document as early as 1089/96 as "villa Mays" . It is also mentioned in 1166 as “ maize ” in the fiefdom and income register of the wealthy Bavarian Counts of Neuburg-Falkenstein , the so-called Codex Falkensteinensis . The equipment of the Stams Cistercian monastery , founded in 1273, included extensive possessions in Untermais, which were transferred to the convent by the Counts of Tyrol ; Stams has performed pastoral and pastoral functions here up to the present day.

With the rapid growth of Merano as a health resort after 1860, Untermais also grew, and numerous hotels and guesthouses were built here until the First World War . A new town hall was built in 1906.

By decree of September 24, 1923, Untermais (like Obermais and Gratsch ) was incorporated into Merano in 1924.

The poet, writer and translator Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914) lived in Untermais for several years and died here.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Heuberger : The Burgrave Office in Antiquity , Schlern-Schriften No. 28, Innsbruck 1935, p. 69.
  2. ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 1: By the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 234, No. 266 .
  3. ↑ Martin Bitschnau, Hannes Obermair: Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 186-189, no. 627 .
  4. ↑ Martin Laimer, Eugen Mattersberger, Pius Pircher: 500 years of Stamser in Mais - history, art, architecture and pastoral care . Lana: Tappeiner 1994. ISBN 88-7073-183-9

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′  N , 11 ° 10 ′  E