Magrè sulla Strada del Vino
Magrè sulla Strada del Vino (in tedesco Margreid an der Weinstraße) è un piccolo comune della Bassa Atesina, in provincia di Bolza...
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Historia e Magrè sulla Strada del Vino
Magrè sulla Strada del Vino, in the Bassa Atesina
Magrè sulla Strada del Vino lies in the Bassa Atesina, the southern part of the province of Bolzano within the Oltradige-Bassa Atesina district, just over twenty kilometres from Bolzano and a short distance from the border with Trentino. The village stands at about 240 metres above sea level on the alluvial fan of the Fennberg stream, on the western side of the Adige valley, while the municipal territory climbs up to the Fennberg plateau, above a thousand metres, the traditional southern edge of the German-speaking area. Crossed by the South Tyrolean Wine Road, established in 1964, Magrè only added this designation to its name in 1971, after an intricate administrative past: first recorded in 1181 as Margretum, the village long fell under Caldaro and later the Egna district, before being assigned to the province of Bolzano after the Second World War. Today the community, roughly 1,300 inhabitants, remains predominantly German-speaking while keeping close ties to Italy and neighbouring Trentino, a hinge position that has defined this corner of the Bassa Atesina for centuries.
Winemaking and the Wines of Magrè
Magrè's winemaking vocation has deep roots and today covers about 206 hectares of vineyards, two-thirds planted with white grapes and the rest with red, on gravelly, calcareous, humus-rich soils typical of the alluvial fan at the foot of the Fennberg. The village is home to the estate of Alois Lageder, an Italian pioneer of biodynamic viticulture, alongside family-run businesses such as the organic winery Sanin. On the slopes above the village, up to the Favogna-Fennberg plateau, growers also tend what is considered the highest Müller Thurgau vineyard in Europe, at around a thousand metres, an example of the altitude range found within the municipal territory. Confirming a centuries-old tradition, the village also preserves, at the Augustin house, one of the oldest still-producing domestic grapevines in South Tyrol, documented since 1601 and still yielding tens of kilograms of grapes every year. Between Schiava, Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and other varieties typical of the Bassa Atesina, wineries and vineyards open to visitors make Magrè an essential stop on the Wine Road.
The Historic Centre and Architecture
The old core of Magrè keeps the character of a typical wine village of the Bassa Atesina, with narrow, winding lanes opening onto inner courtyards and facades adorned with elements of an almost southern taste: stone portals, Gothic-style bay windows, round-arched windows framed in stone and closed with wrought-iron grilles. The village also boasts seven old stone fountains scattered through its streets, testimony to an urban fabric that has remained largely intact over the centuries. Among the finest buildings is Palazzo Salvadori, an eighteenth-century manor house now used as a school, alongside the Ansitz Löwengang and other burgher houses that speak to Magrè's role as a trading hub along the Adige. The religious heart of the village is the parish church of Santa Geltrude, rebuilt in larger form during the seventeenth century to replace the earlier Gothic building; the hamlet of Favogna di Sotto also has the church of San Leonardo. Walking through this architecture means retracing the identity of a border village long contested between Italian and German influences.
The Landscape, Biotopes and Nature
The territory of Magrè holds a sharp contrast in altitude: from the vine-covered valley floor, just above two hundred metres, it climbs to the Fennberg plateau, above a thousand metres, reachable via scenic roads and trails offering wide views over the Adige valley and the surrounding mountains. On this plateau lies the small Lago di Favogna, also known as the Fennsee, a natural body of water that has been protected as a biotope since 1977 over a total area of ten hectares. The shores and wet meadows around it host flora of great botanical interest, including buttercups, cotton grass, the rare violet-flowered butterwort and several species of wild orchid, among them the green-winged orchid and the marsh helleborine. The municipality's only hamlet, Unterfennberg, sits right on this plateau, amid woods and pastures that contrast with the terraced vineyard landscape of the valley floor. This variety of altitudes and landscapes makes the municipal territory a popular destination for both food-and-wine tourism and hiking or mountain-biking excursions.
History and Bilingualism, between Trentino and South Tyrol
The history of Magrè is marked by its position on a linguistic and political border. The village, first mentioned in 1181 as Margretum, saw its name evolve over the centuries through the forms Margrid and Margreit before settling as Margreid in the early fifteenth century; after the First World War it became part of Italy along with the rest of South Tyrol, and was eventually assigned to the province of Bolzano after the Second World War. Even today the population, just over 1,300, is largely German-speaking, with a historically rooted Italian minority and a small Ladin component, a balance that makes Magrè an emblematic example of border South Tyrol. The village was the birthplace of the impressionist painter Karl Anrather and of the poet Karl Felderer, author of the lyrics of the famous song of the Bolzano mountaineers. Today this history translates into a quiet, genuine hospitality made of family-run wineries, small farm stays and wine-related events, letting visitors discover Magrè away from the main tourist flows of the Wine Road.
Not to be missed
- The 1601 domestic grapevine at Casa Augustin, among the oldest in Europe
- The Alois Lageder biodynamic estate, a landmark winery of the Bassa Atesina
- The historic centre with burgher houses, stone portals and Gothic bay windows
- Lago di Favogna on the Fennberg plateau, a protected biotope since 1977
- The parish church of Santa Geltrude and Palazzo Salvadori
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