Gschnitz ( German pronunciation: [kʃnɪts] ) is a municipality with 415 inhabitants (1 January 2011) in the south of North Tyrol .
8-584: Gschnitz is at the end of the valley of the same name that branches off from the Wipptal at Steinach am Brenner . The municipality borders are from the Talschluss (3,277 m, 10,751 ft) to the South Tyrol . The Gschnitz Brook provides the village with drinking water. Nearby municipalities are Brenner , Neustift im Stubaital , Obernberg am Brenner and Trins . The village is mentioned for
16-576: Is an Alpine valley in Tyrol , Austria and in South Tyrol , Italy, running between Innsbruck and Franzensfeste . The Brenner Pass (1,374 m) at the Austro-Italian border divides it into the northern, Austrian Lower Wipp Valley ( Unteres Wipptal ) and the southern, Italian Upper Wipp Valley ( Oberes Wipptal ). The Lower Wipp Valley extends along the Sill River southward from Innsbruck , where
24-549: Is located near the border, between Gschnitz and Trins, at an altitude of 1,661 m (5,449 ft) accessible only on foot, under the Schönberg. The church is the oldest in the valley as confirmed by the Romanesque frescoes dating back around 1200 and discovered in 1959. This Tyrol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wipptal The Wipp Valley ( German : Wipptal )
32-676: The Alps, forming part of the connection between Munich and Verona . The inhabitants of the Wipp Valley have been complaining for years about the volume of traffic. The Brenner railway also runs through the valley. The proposed Brenner Base Tunnel would remove all long-distance trains from the valley. Wipptal was politically and culturally united in the County of Tyrol and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen up to
40-907: The Sill meets the larger Inn River , up to the Brenner Pass. South of the border, the Upper Wipp Valley stretches along the Eisack River by way of Sterzing to Franzensfeste . It forms the Wipptal District of the province of South Tyrol. The Brenner Autobahn (motorway) (A13 in Austria, A22 in Italy) passes through the valley, beginning with the Europa Bridge near Innsbruck. It is an important road connection across
48-516: The first time in 1284 as "Gasnitz". In 1288 the valley had nine Schwaighöfe (alpine farms) seven of them in Gschnitz, which formed the centre of the village, and two at Laponesalm. The right of succession in Tirol originated from these nine Schwaighöfe and was adopted in all the other valleys in the region. In 1471 the rivalry between Gschnitz and Trins arose and reached a point that the inhabitants of
56-538: The roof of the nine mountain farms. The coat of arms was made official January 10, 1984 Gschnitz originally belonged, like most of the villages of Wipptal, to the parish of Matrei am Brenner . The church “Our Lady of the Snow" was built in 1730 and later, in 1755, restored in Baroque style with plans by Franz de Paula Penz. In 1775 Gschnitz was established as Vicariate and in 1891 as Parish. The Sanctuary of St. Magdalena
64-490: The two villages blocked the entrance to the valley; the Steinach am Brenner Court had to intervene to resolve the dispute. Gschnitz was awarded the status of a municipality in 1811. Major development occurred from the 18th century onwards. Gschnitz's coat of arms consists of a red background, crossed by three horizontal stripes, one of each, consisting of six lozenges, alternating white and black. This visualization looks like
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