Spinga is situated on a
sunny terrace at an altitude of
1,100 metres above sea level. Only 7 kms from Bressanone/Brixen, where the Wipp Valley meets the Eisack and Puster Valleys, you can find this idyllic unspoilt place, giving you magnificent views towards the Bresanone/Brixen valley basin and its surrounding villages, as well as the Puster Valley and the South Tyrolean mountain world.
Spinga is a quiet village with an exciting past. Katharina Lanz, the heroine of the Tyrolean fight for freedom, is also called the heroic ‘maid of Spinges’ and is mentioned in history, particularly with regard to the Napoleonic Wars.
Spinga was first mentioned in 1174, when the Brixen bishop Heinrich died and as a result the cathedral inherited the tenth due from the village of Spinga.
Places worth seeing in Spinga/Spinges:
- Late-Gothic parish church of Saint Rupert: The church windows reflect the heroic deed of Katharina Lanz, who confronted the arriving French soldier with a hay fork on 2nd April 1797 near the walls of this church.
- Holy-Grave-Chapel: one of the few in Europe. It is an imitation of the Holy Grave in Jerusalem. The inner chapel with a hollow grave is surrounded by a second one. On the roof, there are 10 angels made of marble.
- The Stoanamandl: There is a mountain mass which is celebrated each year in August.
- Kaiserstein dated 1832, in the honour of the visit of Kayser Franz Josef.
- War memorial dating back to 1882.
- Seven (7) bunkers from World War I and II.
- The ancient magic of the Spinga/Spinges Alm, the beauty of the larch meadows and the forest, full of history.