Weißenbach (Ahrntal)

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Weißenbach from the northeast
St. Jacob's Church from the southwest

Weißenbach ( called Weißnbåch in dialect , Italian Rio Bianco ) is a fraction of the municipality of Ahrntal in South Tyrol ( Italy ). The village has about 580 inhabitants (as of 2016) and is located at 1350  m above sea level in the Weißenbachtal , a side valley of the Ahrntal . Weißenbach is close to the Speikboden ski area .

Stone Age bog finds of the Schöllberg-Göge, a Talschluss Alm , indicate an early use of the area by humans.

The Weißenbacher parish church, consecrated to St. Jacob , was first mentioned in 1434 and rebuilt in late Gothic style in 1479/80 . The head of St. James on the round keystone of the choir vault is attributed to Friedrich Pacher , the exterior fresco of St. Christoforus from the late 15th century is a work of the Pacherschule. In 1957/59 the church was expanded to include a western extension based on a design by Erich Pattis , who also planned the new cemetery.

Tobogganing and ski tours are ideal in Weißenbach in winter . A few meters from the village is the Weißenbach sports field. A toboggan run also starts there: it leads to the so-called Wurmtaler Almen (Marxegger-, Innerhofer- and Pircheralm), which are located at the foot of the Zillertal Alps . The Wurmtaler Almen can only be reached by hiking.

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  1. ↑ Holidays in the South Tyrolean mountains - Alpinwellt Weissenbach - Ahrntal - Valle Aurina. In: www.alpinwellt.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  2. ^ Find report in the Archäolog. Korrespondenzblatt 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / web.rgzm.de  
  3. ^ Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol. Volume 1: Eisacktal, Pustertal, Ladinien. 8th edition, edit. by Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner. Bozen-Innsbruck-Vienna: Athesia-Tyrolia 1998. ISBN 88-7014-360-0 , p. 581.
  4. ↑ Tobogganing in Weißenbach
  5. ↑ By someone who did not move out , in: FAZ of December 24, 2015, page R4

Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '  N , 11 ° 52'  E