Nauders Things to Do

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Last season (2003/04) we had tons of snow in Nauders and my colleagues ,the children ski instructors have built an igloo in the valley of the Goldseen for the kids.
Actuallly they were building another one but he roof was not finished.
Heli - the curly guy , will be your paraglide coach if you decide to fly up the sky. He is also a ski teacher and a snowboard teacher. Multi talented :)))

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Castle Naudersberg has been the seat of a district court since 1330 and is a typical example of late castle architecture. On the ground floor are the detention cells and prison kitchen, the first floor has been used for exhibitions and a siege of as a local ski museum,and on the second floor are the picture galleries, judge's chambers, judicial offices and the castle chapel. The marvellous castle restaurant is housed in the former stables ,where you can eat "knight's fondue - ritter fondue" or other gourmet meals sitting in a wine cellar atmosphere lit by candles and chandeliers ,which lights are reflected on the armored knights guarding you.

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Take the gondola to the mountain ,even if you don't ski or snowboard. Of course, if you can do any of those you will have the advantage of exploring the area much more and see all the beautiful angles of the panorama. But even if you are not into winter sports - the view from Bergkastel is breathtaking. Here you can see in the background the Tcheieck slopes - an unlimited fun for freeriding!!!

Chilling by Larchenalm
It's a great place to sit and engoy the sun rays if you feel like you're getting tired of skiing / or you don't ski at all ( you need to take the two man chairlift bearing the same name, and there you go. Pick a hut end enjoy the sun and the view.
You might walk back on the toboggan run if you need some movement.

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I would like to have my grave in that kind of place when I die.To take my final rest with the snow covered mountain peaks keeping me company from all sides.
The graveyard of Nauders is located around the church of St.Valentin and I loved to take a walk as it was always well maintained and full with flowers - this applies to all the graveyards I've seen in Tirol and Sudtirol / Italy. They are real gardens ,and it's how you know about the nation's culture . By looking at the way they honor their dead.

Parish Church St.Valentin
First church in Nauders, probably goes back to St.Valentin, the apostle of Rhaetia. In the 11th century the building was enlarged, consecrated in 1093. Consecration of the new building in 1512,baroquized in the 18th century,construction of 2 new side aisles. Last renovations in the side aisles, side altars of the late Baroque, 16th century. The wings of the old gothic side altars can be seen in the diocesan museum of Brixen.
Info from Nauders tourismusverband ( Thanxx Charlie )

Some unknown talented sculptor has made this snow enchanteress in front of the hotel Erica this winter. It's amazing to think that his art will melt soon . It makes me appreciate even more .
in Ischgl,that is situated just a ridge away,there is a snow figures competition every january and I always wanted to see it, but never had the time to go.

Nauders was repeatedly victim of epidemics , natural disaters ,avalanches , mudflows and conflagrations.
During the reign of Margarethe Maultasch in 1348,the plague raged Nauders. It is said that only 9 families survived the epidemic. During the construction of the shooting range in Gurdanatsch in 1847 a great number of human bones were found. These are probably the relicts of a mass grave of the period of the plague.
On the 21 March 1609 a massive avalanche slid down the mountain and burried the village. 22 houses were completely destroyed.On the 4 march 1871 , a period of thaw caused the sliding of an avalanche that hit the village border
On the 17 june 1871 there was a massive mudflow.
A terrible disaster occured in Nauders on the 3 march 1880 : It was nearly midnight when a barn of the "Mondscheinwirt" caught fire. A wind as strong as a hurricane caused an enormous blaze which destroyed 83 houses and 72 working quarters through the whole village.
Authentic documents proving these events were found during repair works on the church tower in 1901.
Special Thanx to the tourist information bureau of Nauders for this information.