Nice and innovative playgroundsnear the old town of Brixen Bressanone. No smoking area. No dogs allowed!
Adlerbrückengasse alley in Brixen was redesigned in 2001. In the process, the project engineer, the architect Stanislao Fierro, also designed a modern fountain located in the corner between the ramp leading up to the bridge and the stairs under the Nepomukbogen archway, reminding people of the times when the laundresses would pass underneath the archway to descend the stairs to the Eisack river.
The Roman Catholic Church of the Congregatio Jesu in Brixen is consecrated to St. Joseph. The classicist building was owned by the Order of the English Misses until it was taken over by the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol in 2011.
The classicist façade is simple and is divided by four pilasters. These are crowned by a triangular gable. Above the rectangular portal there is a round-arched window.
In addition to stucco work by Franz Singer, there is a high altarpiece inside the church depicting the death of St. Joseph. It was probably painted around 1770 by Josef Anton Zoller for the parish church in Schmirn. To the left and right of it are the figures of St. Joachim and St. Anna. On the left side altar is the painting of St. Philomena by Gebhard Flatz (1870), on the right side altar the communion of St. Antonius by Jakob Fink (1846) is shown. In the choir there is a ceiling painting with the representation of Jesus in the temple by Josef Mühlmann (1854). The other paintings and the neo-baroque decorative painting are by Johann Matthias Peskoller (1904).
Tils with a late gothic church has been recently elevated to a parish. It is consecrated to St. Vitus, the old saint of the farmers, whose painful martyrdom is represented in the nave.
A sports ground with an outdoor and indoor pool, the Aquarena, was built north of the Bressanone Old Town. It is the result of a competition provided for the extension, which was to include a music school, underground parking and an indoor climbing gym; the latter has now been built. The climbing gym had to be of a certain height: a cube that is highly visible amongst the surrounding buildings thus emerged, which can also be viewed as a landmark. It not only affords good views of the city, but also allows one to see into the hall, and meets ecological considerations. The reinforced concrete structure, which has a steel-and-glass façade, also has a second façade level of corrugated gold-colored perforated plate elements that give the interior soft light without harsh shadows. The hall is accessed along a monumental staircase, which is also planned to serve as the entrance to the music school that will be built next door.
The University of Bolzano’s Faculty of Education was built in Bressanone/Brixen. At first glance, the rigid modern architecture may be jarring opposite the Bishop's Palace, but its urban development and architectural qualities evolve upon closer examination. The square building corresponds approximately to the dimensions of the Bishop's Palace, and Bressanone’s Lauben arcade motif recurs on the ground floor, underneath the three glazed upper floors of offices. For its structure, the inner courtyard takes up the alleyways and atriums of the Bressanone Old Town. The materials used for the exterior and interior are consistently reduced to glass and concrete. The cool impression of the interior spaces fits in with the intentionally quiet, almost monastic educational system.
Romanesque St. Michael’s church of the 11th century, Gothic choir loft and the „Weißer Turm“ (White Tower, 72 m) dating from the 15th century, hall church of the late Gothic around 1500, after 1750 redesigned in a baroque manner with frescoes by Josef Hautzinger, Troger’s apprentice from Vienna, altars of the Baroque, Classicism and Romanticism. Famous sculpture of Simon, the „Kreuzträger“.
Nice and innovative playgroundsnear the old town of Brixen Bressanone. No smoking area. No dogs allowed!
Even the city law book of 1604 referred to a public fountain “by the mill stream in Stufels”. It was relocated several times due to the flood of 1882, the construction of the new bank reinforcements, and the construction of a new road, Elvaser Straße. It has, however, always remained in the same general area.
Beneath St. Andrä, in a charming position on a hill, the small church of St. John the Baptist is situated in Karnol. Mentioned already in 1133, the renovation and the decor of the 15th century characterize the little house of God.A tender net- vault covers the inside, that impressions with cycles of frescoes of different periods. Beside the life and the death of the church patron John, the works of mercy and some saints, the martyrdom of the saint Ursula is of extraordinary quality.The representation in the apsis dates back to the Renaissance (around 1520), it shows the return of the saint Ursula with 11,000 virgins from Rome to Köln, where arrow riflemen of the Huns’ king Guam kill her. The wide scenery of the frescoes is flanked by John the Baptist and John the Evangelist.
According to the city law book of 1604, one of the two fountains in Brixen with running water back then was located “by the Erhardskirche church”. In all likelihood, that fountain was located in the same spot where today there is still an old fountain with a beautiful basin carved from a single piece of stone and sculpted in the typical polygonal shape.
Nice and innovative playgroundsnear the old town of Brixen Bressanone. No smoking area. No dogs allowed!
Nice and innovative playgroundsnear the old town of Brixen Bressanone. No smoking area. No dogs allowed!
The parish church of the same name, which was first mentioned in 1177, is located in the rapidly growing capital St. Andrä. Its late gothic reconstruction in the period around 1485 with a presbytery and tower which is still characteristic today. In the 18th century a striking baroque style was introduced. Georg Tangl, director of the Brixen seminary and priest of St. Andrä, provided for a rich decoration with stucco (Franz Singer) around 1770. Around 1736 the ceiling frescoes by Jakob Jennewein depicting the martyrdom of St. Andrew were painted. In 1930 the altarpiece was painted by Johann Baptist Oberkofler.
The Maria Hilf Chapel in the cemetery is a compact octagonal building dating from 1696, and the octagon, a work by the Bolzano master builder Delai, is considered an important model of Baroque central building. The altars of Mary, Anthony and Notburga are also works of art from the late 17th century.
The church in St. Jakob in der Mahr was consecrated in 1428 to the patron of the pilgrims. On the inside, the artistic decor is remarkable: in the vault the lamb God, surrounded by 16 arms, such as Brixen, Kärnten, Austria and many local aristocratic families. The representation of the legend of Jakob in the choir is from the painter- school of Master Leonhard von Brixen.
The building is situated in a key position on the edge of town. It forms a gateway between the historical series of façades and the newer neighboring buildings. It is a clear and contemporary structure that asserts itself within its environment, plays with the proportions of the surrounding buildings, and generates excitement through its cubic nesting. The reinforced concrete construction, coated with special weather-resistant plaster, allows for large projections and recesses in the three-story building structure. As a result, open spaces are created in front of the hotel rooms, some of which are illuminated above like little yards, and thus feel very protected and intimate. Another roof opening also allows daylight into the interior of the building. The planted roof terrace offers a beautiful view over the rooftops of the city and onto the mountains around Bressanone's valley basin.
The Brixen Poor Clares Monastery was already founded during the lifetime of St. Clare.
There is no documents about the foundation itself and where the first sisters came from. The oldest written document is a letter of liberty from the Prince-Bishop of Bressanone, Henry IV, dated May 10, 1235, in which the monastery and the newly built church in honour of the Virgin Mary and St. Francis were freed from all secular and spiritual judicial constraints.
The church of St. Elisabeth was originally a romanesque church, which was rebuilt in the 15th century into a gothic church and then in the 17th century into a baroque church. At the entrance portal there is a crucifixion scene and the coronation scene of Mary with the Franciscan saints (St. John of Capristan, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. James of the Mark, St. Elizabeth, St. Clare and St. Agnes). The interior is indented with a groined vault above which the Sisters' Choir is located. The choir of nuns, which is located above the vault, is under strict enclosure. Behind the choir stalls there is a small "chair" for each sister, which is individually decorated with devotional objects and pictures.
The walls of the presbytery show scenes from the life and work of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia (left: Rose miracle and the banishment from the Wartburg; right: death and burial of the saint). The high altar is a niche construction with four columns and a volute gable (by Peter Passler from Neustift). The picture shows the alms donation of St. Elisabeth. It is flanked by St. Francis and St. Clare. While the left side altar shows a scene of shepherd adoration, the right side altar picture shows Joachim, Anna and little Mary.
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The church of St. John in Tschötsch (mentioned in 1406) was built from granite blocks of Brixen.On the façade St. Christophan reminds old transitions in the low mountain range. Slight stucco on the inside of the church reveals renovations in the Baroque period, from that time dates also the fresco of the baptism of Christ in the vault (Joseph Anton Zoller, 1763).During the World War, the church withstands some bombs, which were thought for the near bridge of the village of Albeins.
Situated in the park of the Baroque seminary, Cusanus Academy emerged as a widely acclaimed South Tyrolean pioneer project in postwar architecture. The three-story building closes the courtyard, urbanistically speaking, behind the historical seminary building with the church. It interpreted a theme of Bressanone’s Old Town in a contemporary way: arcades and bays run down the whole length of the eastern facade. The materials, exposed concrete and hard-burnt brick, consistently shape both the outer shell and the interiors with a quality that, even half a century later, shows no structural damage. In the center of the building is a large hall from which all the spaces on the upper floors are accessed via galleries. Because it has good acoustics the hall is often used as a large lecture room. It is vaulted and has a structurally interesting exposed concrete ceiling, the arches of which give the space good illumination.
There can be no art without a frame, says the art historian Louis Marin. There can be no art without a boundary that isolates it and distinguishes it as something different from the world of our everyday life. Whether it encloses a painting or a photograph, it makes no difference – it’s owing to frames that these objects become special.
In order to give prominence to your objects of art, we’ve been creating handcrafted frames in South Tyrol for many years now. But they are not just photographs, watercolor and oil paintings that are embraced by our frames. Also degrees, diplomas and certificates need a frame that would point out their importance and recall to their meaning.
For years, we’ve been conducting the ancient tradition of the South Tyrolean manufacturers of frames. We choose the finest wood and valuable materials for realization of our frames. Unique pieces conceived to give your objects of art or diplomas a custom-made suit, capable of appraising them and of giving them importance over time.
Those, who choose our handcrafted frames – choose products of highest quality, manufactured with much care and devotion. Frames that conciliate the bound of tradition and the freedom of modern artisan techniques.
Every winter our team with more than 35 qualified ski instructors is at Your service helping to make Your holiday a unique experience. Winter sports not only represent a healthy leisure activity but help to remain young throughout all ages and offer fun for the whole family. Let us share our passion for ski with You and soon You will long for winter every year!
In our wide range of courses you will certainly find the right one for your needs. Our group ski courses offer the chance to improve Your child's technical skills along with games and will turn Your holiday into an extraordinary experience. Especially children can benefit from the presence of other course participants as orientation and to interact with them as a group. It's beneficial to let them ski together - not least to implement children specific teaching methods - as they can learn while playing. Not only children can benefit from learning how to ski in a group! Common goals and success motivates all participants - young and old. For all our young and "young oldschoolers" we offer snowboarding courses. No matter if you want to improve your technique, try something completely new or just want to have fun in the snow - snowboarding offers all of it! Coordination as well as balances is especially trained in this discipline and who is extremely motivated can try his/her first slopestyle tricks just after a few hours.
In addition to group courses, we also offer private lessons for our guests. Private lessons mean a maximum of success in Your learning process as well as a lot of fun for riders of all levels. Direct 1-to-1 schooling provides full attention to Your needs and demands. This offer is suitable for all those who want to improve as fast as possible or who prefer to get full attention form their instructor.
Fishing without licence at Vahrn, the fishing pond Untersee. Open from 1st March to 30th November, open hours: from 8.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m., charge for the fishing card: available at the club house
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When Postpark was redesigned, a fountain was erected some decades ago which resembled the classic polygonal Brixen city fountains in shape and material but was much larger and marked a central spot in the park.
The pharmacy museum housed in the Apotheke Peer is housed in one of the oldest private residences in Bressanone/Brixen. The display windows and the entrances with their dark metal outlines and steel plates were very carefully inserted into the plastered front of the ground floor. A passageway leads to the museum, where elegant display cabinets with dark metal frames are to be found under the gothic arches. The historical structure with its staircases leading to the upper floors was worked upon, and simple modern details were added, which are instantly recognizable. This has also occurred in the partly historically paneled exhibition rooms, in which 400 years of pharmaceutical history is presented in modern, carefully detailed glass display cases.
150 years ago, in the summer of 1867, the new Brennerbahn train line from Innsbruck to Bolzano was opened. Of course, a fountain was set up in front of the new Brixen train station – designed by the famous architect Wilhelm von Flattich – to provide refreshment to the travellers.
In our basement floor you will find a fantastic bowling alley with six lanes and game monitors.
With its variety of games, light effects and DJ the bowling alley attracts guests of every age
Get on the bike and ride the looping of your life. Plose Looping is most probably the highest looping in the world: on a height of 2000m. Right next to the top station of the cable car Plose it also offers spectacular views on the majestic Dolomites.
The mobile structure has been installed at the end of July 2016 and has a diameter of 7m. Usually it takes some time until you get the right speed, then you can do as many loopings as you wish. The use is free for all holders of a valid lift ticket. Registration in the Infoshop is required
