Welsberg Taisten

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Welsberg Taisten
(Italian: Monguelfo-Tesido )
coat of arms
Coat of arms of Welsberg-Taisten
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Welsberg-Taisten in South Tyrol - Positionskarte.svg
State : Italy
Region : Trentino-South Tyrol
Province : Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community : Val Pusteria
Inhabitants :
(VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019)
2,766 / 2,919
Language groups :
(according to 2011 census )
95.08% German
4.57% Italian
0.35% Ladin
Coordinates 46 ° 45 ′  N , 12 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′  N , 12 ° 7 ′  E
Altitude : 1.042– 2687  m slm (center: 1087  m slm )
Surface: 46.56 km²
Permanent settlement area: 9.7 km²
Parliamentary groups : Ried, Taisten , Taistner Alm, Unterrain, Welsberg , meadows
Neighboring municipalities: Casies , Niederdorf , Olang , Braies , Rasen-Antholz
Postal code : 39035
Area code : 0474
ISTAT number: 021052
Tax number: 81004290219
Mayor  (2015): Albin Schwingshackl ( SVP )

Welsberg-Taisten ( Italian Monguelfo-Tesido ) is an Italian municipality in South Tyrol with 2919 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The municipality of Welsberg-Taisten is located in the east of South Tyrol. The municipal area with an area of ​​46.56 km² extends in the east-west direction running Pustertal , at the entrance of the Gsieser valley branching off here to the northeast , as well as in the surrounding heights.

Monguelfo , capital of the municipality, seen from the west, behind the Dolomites

The community center, Wels Berg (1070 1130  m slm ), is located in the valley of the Pustertal at the mouth of Gsieser Bach in the Rienz . The small section of the Pustertal valley belonging to Welsberg-Taisten reaches part of the Olang reservoir in the west towards Olang ; to the east it ends near the mouth of the Pragser Bach in the Rienz where the community of Prague and Lower Village in Hochpustertal borders.

North on Monguelfo lies on a sun-exposed terrace above the entrance of the Gsieser Valley, the second capital of the municipality, Taisten (1190- 1280  m ). Behind Taisten the terrain rises to the Rudlhorn ( 2448  m ), which, together with a few other peaks over 2000  m, forms the highest section of Welsberg-Taisten. This is where the ridge of the Villgraten Mountains finds its southern end, which separates the Gsieser Valley in the east and the parallel Antholz Valley in the west.

In addition to Welsberg and Taisten, three smaller fractions belong to the municipality. Southwest of Monguelfo, where the northern slopes of the Dolomites of Braies fall into Pustertal, is the small village of Ried (1140- 1150  m ). To the west of Taisten are the courtyards of the scattered settlement Unterrain as far as the municipal boundary with Rasen-Antholz . Near the border with Gsies contrast, just east of Tesido takes meadows (1200- 1260  m ), enter the beginning of the valley of the Gsieser valley.

history

The area was undoubtedly populated as early as Roman times. Taisten, Toblach and Innichen have direct parallels in their names to the Celto-Roman times (cf. K. Finsterwalder, E. Kühebacher ). In addition, was at the ruined castle Thurn once a prehistoric hill fort .

The name of the community goes back to Welfesperch, attested in 1169, and means something like Castle of the Welfs . The lords of the castle are descended from the Guelph line. This etymological provenance is better seen in the Italian name Monguelfo from Monte dei Guelfi (Welfen and Guelfen are synonyms ). Taisten comes from a Celtic personal name (roughly * Decetos).

In 1175 Welsperg is first mentioned as a castle ( "castrum Walsperg" ). Welsperg Castle was the seat of the family of counts of the same name. The main castle was built in the Romanesque period of the 12th century, and extensions were added in the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods of the 16th century. The oldest element of the castle is the unusually tall and slender-looking keep . Today the castle is looked after by the Welsperg Castle Board of Trustees.

The lords of Schloss Welsperg were able to achieve a certain reputation in the Middle Ages. Their rise began when they became subordinates of the Counts of Gorizia and Tyrol . In Bruneck they owned a chaplaincy and a residence where the Sternbach residence is today. As fiefdoms , they had jurisdiction to the extent of the Welsberg and Heinfels courts, bailiwick rights in Pustertal and Sterzing, and goods in Innichen. Welsperg Castle is now privately owned by the Counts of Thun-Hohenstein-Welsperg. It can be toured and is occasionally used for cultural activities.

education

Welsberg is the seat of a school district in German. This includes the two primary schools in Monguelfo and Taisten, as well as the middle school in Monguelfo in the municipality . The three primary schools in the neighboring community of Casies are also connected to the school district.

politics

Municipal Council (2015)
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13
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A total of 15 seats

Mayor since 1952:

  • Ernst Schweitzer: 1952–1956
  • Josef Hellweger: 1956–1960
  • Ernst Schweitzer: 1960–1964
  • Bernhard Kuenzer: 1964–1969
  • Eduard Toldt: 1969–1974
  • Eduard Toldt: 1975–1980
  • Arthur Feichter : 1980–1988
  • Josef Pahl: 1989–1993
  • Friedrich Mittermair: 1993–2010
  • Albin Schwingshackl: since 2010

Attractions

Paul Troger's birthplace in Monguelfo
Parish church of Taisten
  • Birthplace Paul Troger : the birthplace of the Baroque painter located in Monguelfo
  • Parish church of St. Margareth: in the beginning going back to 1342, rebuilt in 1736, with altar paintings by Welsberg resident Paul Troger
  • Bildstöckl: with frescoes by Michael Pacher
  • Welsperg Castle (also Welsberg): from the 12th / 13th centuries Century.
  • Thurn castle ruins : from the 13th century
  • Church of Our Lady on the Rain : built in 1337
  • Parish church of Taisten: with paintings by Anton Zeiller and a monstrance from the 12th century
  • Erasmus Chapel: from 1470, in Taisten
  • Jakobskapelle: with paintings by Simon von Taisten from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century, in Taisten
  • St. George: from the 12th century, with paintings by Simon von Taisten and frescoes
  • Tabernacle shrine : from the 15th century, on the church square

Personalities

Sons and daughters

  • Paul Troger (1698–1762), Austrian painter, is considered one of the greatest Austrian baroque painters
  • Franz Pahl (* 1949), former member of the South Tyrolean parliament and member of the South Tyrolean People's Party.
  • Simon von Taisten (* around 1450/1455 – around 1515), late Gothic Tyrolean painter

traffic

  • Welsberg-Taisten has a connection to the railway network of the Pustertalbahn with the Welsberg- Gsies station .

Web links

Commons : Welsberg-Taisten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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. 242-243, no. 706 .
  2. ↑ School district Monguelfo. South Tyrolean Citizens' Network , accessed on October 25, 2014 .
  3. 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 .