Seis am Schlern (; ) is an Alpine village in
South Tyrol
South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...
, in the
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...
region of northern
Italy
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. It is a (borough) of the (municipality) of
Kastelruth.
Geography
The village lies in the Dolomites, in the shadow of the 2,563m high
Schlern. The summit can be reached by following trail number one from the village.
History
The peak at the north west end of the mountain was first climbed in 1888 by
Johann Santner. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour.
Economy
The village is dependent on tourism, in Summer and Winter.
Famous residents
The poet, composer and diplomat
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 or 1377 in Pfalzen – August 2, 1445, in Meran) was a poetry, poet, composer and diplomacy, diplomat. In his diplomatic capacity, he traveled through much of Europe to as far as Georgia (country), Georgia (as recoun ...
lived for a time in Seis. The German philosopher
Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey (; ; 19 November 1833 – 1 October 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. As a polymathi ...
died in the village on 1 October 1911.
The Russian scientist, historian and ethnologist Count
Aleksey Alekseyevich Bobrinsky
The Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (''Бобринские'') are a Russian nobility, Russian noble family descending from Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813), who was Catherine the Great's natural son by Count Grigory Orlov.
The ...
died in the Village on 4 December 1938.
References
* Oswald Redlich: ''Die Traditionsbücher des Hochstifts Brixen vom zehnten bis in das vierzehnte Jahrhundert'' (= ''Acta Tirolensia''. Vol. 1). Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 1886, pp. 3–4, No. 6.
Frazioni of South Tyrol
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