Region Vinschgau

The GEOS fruit cooperative is located in Silandro/Schlanders, the main town of Venosta Valley.

From July to October there is on the biggest lake in South Tyrol, the lago Resia, "Ship Ahoy" with the "MS Hubertus"
While the ship that passeth away, idyllically situated on the turquoise blue lago Resia, passengers have views of the impressive mountain panorama.
Captain Winkler informed about the natural beauty around the 6 km long reservoir and are legends and stories about the sunken villages for the best.

Products: fresh eggs, milk, jams (apricots, strawberries, cranberries, cherries), apple juice, syrups (elderberry, apricot, currant), beetroot, vegetable antipasto, tomato sugo.

VI.P has the duty to represent and favor the interests of its member cooperatives and their members.

The defense Plamort (plan mort = dead ground) covers an area of ​​about 1 square kilometer at an altitude of about 2050 m. A special feature is the tank barrier with a length of about 250 m and their so-called dragon teeth. Categories: culture,

The first chapel of St. Valentin - a predecessor of today's church - was consecrated on 16 October 1140 and was the chapel belonging to St. Valentin's hospice, founded by Ulrich Primele from Burgeis.
The present church was consecrated on 4 October 1832. The old bell tower was left out of money - except for a small increase.

Wine shop, spirits especially edel distillates, fresh delicacies.

The cooperative Marmorplus offers guided tours and hikes around the Lasa marble and the Covelano marble.

Gelateria Ortler in Silandro is the first ice cream parlour in the Vinschgau Valley - the Arnoldo family produced their ice cream in Silandro as early as 1938. Rosmarie Ferlito has been carrying on the tradition since 2020.

We use all the wonderful fruit from Val Venosta! Our traditional local varieties of apricots, apples, pears, grapes, all the berries of our mountains, and of course the Vinschgau chestnut!

Directly from the best producers in Italy we source citrus fruits, nuts and pistachios but also novelties like mango, avocado, ginger and turmeric.

Our traditional company in the centre of Laces exists since 40 years. In times of high mobility, where online shopping and fashion centres shape consumer behaviour at every turn, it is a challenge to survive. But we remain true to ourselves, in our high quality standards in the range of goods, but above all in the expert advice, in the sense of "style with feeling", because our constantly growing number of customers from near and far are mainly people who prefer individuality to uniformity. People who prefer "class instead of mass".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The Fort Nauders was built as a roadblock to protect the lnntal from troop invasions from Lombardy and the Engadin. The five-storey fortress was built from 1834 to 1840. The wedge-shaped porch was equipped with cannons. The crew casemate reaches 20 meters deep into the rocks. The fortress was never attacked and has remained unchanged. Currently the fortress is being restored.

"Hans der Sager" is probably the only documented minnesinger or troubador of the Venosta Valley, who thought up the words and also the tunes for most of the songs he performed himself (sagen=to say, singen=to sing, Sänger=Singer). He resided many times at the court of the counts of Annenberg, who appear to have been his promoters and patrons. Hans der Sager was mentioned in documents six times between 1326 and 1338. In the castle of Laces (Laetsch) he once acted as witness to a purchase of a "farmstead with garden". On this occasion Hans der Sager expressly described himself as a resident of Laces. Hans der Sager also had a son known by the name of Ulrich von Hagenach.

Prad am Stilfserjoch (915m)

Prad, mit dem Ortsteil Schmelz, den Prader und Agumser Berghöfen, dem Weiler Gargitz, der Ortschaft Agums und der Fraktion Lichtenberg liegt im oberen Vinschgau, dem Westen Südtirols. Mit königl. ital. Dekret vom 14.3.1929 verlor die Gemeinde Prad ihre Eigenständigkeit, ihr wurden die Gemeinden Stilfs und Lichtenberg inkorporiert. Die ursprüngliche Bezeichnung der Gemeinde Prad im Vintschgau wurde per Gemeinderatsbeschluss vom 26.3.1951 und Reg. Ges. Nr.5 vom 27.4.1953 außer Kraft gesetzt und jene aus der faschistischen Ära Prato allo Stelvio, zu Deutsch Prad am Stilfserjoch, übernommen. Während Lichtenberg als integrierte Fraktion bei der Gemeinde Prad verblieb, erhielt Stilfs laut obigem Regional Gesetz seine Eigenständigkeit zurück. Im Jahre 1984 wurde Prad mit Regional-Dekret Nr.367/A vom 10. Mai 1984 dann zur Marktgemeinde Prad am Stilfserjoch erhoben.

Dorfzahlen: Im gesamten Gemeindegebiet, einer Fläche von 51,36 km², leben laut Stand vom 31.12.2013: 3.365 Einwohner, davon 391 in Lichtenberg und 2.974 in Prad/Agums samt Weilern und Berghöfen. Damit hat die Gemeinde Prad, mit letzthin steigender Tendenz, ihre bisher höchste Einwohnerzahl erreicht. Auch die Baueinheiten sind in den letzten 50 Jahren stetig angestiegen. So sind dies laut Katasteramt: 1.186 bürgerliche, 430 wirtschaftliche, 100 Volks-, 6 bäuerliche und 19 Villenwohnungen. 46 Büros, 1 Pfarrsaal, 2 Seniorenwohnheime, 1 Sprengelstützpunkt, 2 öffentl. Ämter, 9 Schulen, 2 Bibliotheken, 98 Geschäfte, 4 Sportanlagen, 3 Kreditinstitute, 28 Produktionsstätten, 65 Handwerksbetriebe, 169 Gebäude für landwirtschaftliche Produktion usw.

Products: seasonal fruits and vegetables (apricots, pears, cherries, cauliflower), jams, juices, apricot and pear distillates.

Die „Sågmühl“

Dieser ehemalige Mühle- Sägebetrieb mit dazugehörigem Grundbesitz von ca. 1,5 ha begegnet uns urkundlich am 11. Juli 1421. Unter den Lehengütern des Bertold von Tschengls die Herzog Friedrich IV dem Wilhelm und den Gebrüdern Heinrich und Wilhelm von Lichtenstain verleiht, wird neben der halben Feste zu Tschengls, der Turm zu Tschars, drei Äcker bei der Feste, die Bergmähder der Höfe Vorburg und Hinterburg, die Frischach zu Prad, das Tal Sulden mit genannten Rechten, auch die Säge zu Prad genannt. In der Folge wird das feudale Lehen des Sägebetriebes von Prad bei der Belehnung durch Erzherzog Sigmund von Österreich-Tirol an Heinrich von Liechtenstein und seinen Vettern Georg, Bartholomeus und Balthasar von Liechtenstein am 1. März 1450 als Erbe des Sigmund des Tschengelser, erneut erwähnt. Die wohl Prads älteste Säge, sicherlich aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, war stets damit beschäftigt das Triftholz aus den grundherrschaftlichen Wäldern jener von Tschengls bzw. Lichtenstainer aus dem Suldental, zweckbedingt zu verarbeiten. Um 1694, als außer dem Säge- auch von einem Mühlenbetrieb die Rede ist, besitzt laut Steuerkataster Thomas Stieger dieses mit einem Haus, Sag, Mill, Stampf und Wasserfuer ausgestattete Anwesen. Am 16. Februar 1724 erwirbt Peter Veith – Müllermeister die Mühle von Luzia Stieger und wird damit Leheninhaber des grundherrschaftlichen Besitzes von Franz Carl von Lichtenstain Freiherr zu Castlkorn und Khrumpach, Herrns zu Schenna Karnneidt und Tschenglsburg. Zurzeit S.M. Kaiserin Maria Theresia hat Anton Theiner die „Muesmihl mit ein gang, Stampf und sag am Lavadbach“ als hochgräflich Fuxisches Grundgut in Lehen. Damals bestand dieses Anwesen aus : ain Behausung, Stadl, Stallung, ain Stuben, ain Khuchl, zwo Khämmer, an dieser Behausung ist ain mueßmihl gerechtikheit, mit ainen Gang, auch ain stampf und ain sag, zu unterist des Dorfs Prad gelegen, die sagmihl genanth.

Im Jahre 1857 ist die Untermihl, wie sie auch genannte wurde, dann Eigentum des Brugger Joseph, ihm folgte Ludwig Platzer. Wunderer Alois Jg.1873, Vater des letzten Müllers, tauschte 1920 sein Heimatanwesen, die  Bauparzelle Nr. 29, gegen die „Sagmühle“ von Kaspar Wallnöfer (Ragitz-Kaspr). In den 1930-er Jahren werden beide Wasserräder durch einen Turbineneinsatz abgelöst. Während das Sägewerk 1938 seinen Betrieb einstellte, florierte das Mühlenhandwerk, sodass die alte Mühle nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, durch Hermann Wunderer (Jg.1911) einem vierstöckigen Kunstmühlenneubau weichen musste. Heute gehört der noch intakte, jedoch seit ein paar Jahren vor dem Tod des letzten Sagmüllers (+ 28.06.1993) stillstehende Betrieb, Dr. Georg Wunderer. An der Westfassade des von Alois Wunderer, bzw. dem Maurermeister Georg Stecher 1921 ausgebauten Wohnhauses befindet sich oberhalb der Haustüre noch ein original Gemälde aus dem Jahre 1657, es zeigt Sanct Senanus als Müller.

Schlandersburg Castle was built around 1600 as the residence of the Hendl aristocrats. The castle was later enlarged thus becoming one of the most important Renaissance edifices in the entire Venosta Valley. In 1988, the castle was placed under the administration of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and today it houses a public library in addition to the Employment offices and those of the Forestry Department - and the Menhir exhibition.

In 2013, two menhirs dating to the Copper Age were recovered from pieces of marble during the conversion work for a gardening shop in Vezzano/Vetzan, near Silandro/Schlanders. Since March 2017, the menhirs have been showcased at Schlandersburg Castle as part of a comprehensive thematic exhibition. In addition to these two original pieces, eighteen abstract pictorial figures made of metal are also displayed, which represent the eighteen menhirs found in South Tyrol and Trentino in recent decades.

The two unique sculptures, with male and female attributes respectively, give us an intriguing insight into the history of the area. The male sculpture is over 3 m in height, and wears a belt from which the handle of a dagger sticks out. The female menhir wears a robe and a necklace. The original set-up of these two sculptures can no longer be recovered; most likely they formed part of a larger group of figures.

The Solda Lake is situated in the homonymous valley, in the centre of the Stelvio National Park.

The Alluvial Terrain beneath the Stelvio

The Prader Sand biotope is a flooded area along the Solda river, with its unique vegetation and is one of the few remaining swamps in South Tyrol. The Solda river once flowed unchecked across the Valley causing flooding and following its containment, the wetlands became considerably reduced. What remains of the former great expanse, is known as the Prader Sand.

Three different walking and hiking trails lead through this protected natural area of sand and swamp all the way to the fishermen’s lake and are also suitable for prams.

In the Pfiff Toys at the Herilu shopping center in Laces, children's hearts beat faster. In the large toy shop you will find a wide range of toys and gift articles.

Located at the foot of King Ortles, the church of the three Holy Wells in Trafoi tells a special story: In the 13th century, the shepherd Moritz saw three little streams break from the rocks in the spot where the chapel now stands. Each of the streams carried a cross. The shepherd was able to grab two of them, but the third was washed away. When the little church was erected in the 15th century, the site became a place of pilgrimage and the healing powers of the holy wells are still spoken of today.

The wind on Lake Reschen is aided by thermals due to the altitude and pass location. As a rule, when the sun is shining and the weather is high pressure, a steadily increasing breeze from the south builds up from late morning. In low-pressure weather conditions, the wind turns to the north and blows southwards across the lake, which the sailors have to share with some windsurfers and kitesurfers.
The Sailing Association Reschensee has its headquarters at the lakeside. The main event of the year is the race of the bell tower of Resia Lake. There are also sailing lessons for beginners.

Drinks, market, delivery service.
Wide assortment, friendly service, good price-performance.

At 28 stations, beginners and advanced participants find three-dimensional animal dummies in different sizes – foxes and marmots, bears, deer and ibex. With a steady hand and a good eye, the challenge can be mastered by the whole family.

The equipment rental can be found in the S. Valentino information office.

the hermitage in a forest clearing was originally built by a farmer out of gratitude for the help that he was in 1775 by the mother of God bestowed. In 1886, the new chapel was built under Curate Joseph Stecher and equipped end of the 19th century, the interior with frescoes. The altar dates from the 18th century Categories: culture, Sacred art

Despar Plangger offers a full range of food products for everyday use.

Whether fresh bread, milk, sausage, fruit, vegetables, etc. The offers and the choices are considerable.

Regional products are particularly important. 

Here you will find a splendid panorama and a calm environment. Around the lake is also a small path. The path is very easy to walk and mostly flat. To arrive at this idyllic place you have to follow the path no.9. Only members of the local fishermen's association can also fish there.