Burgeis in the Vinschgau Valley

Town with history

Burgusio (in German: Burgeis, from the Retoroman/Roman “Burgus”) is Malles’ largest hamlet and can be found at 1,216m above sea level in Val Venosta, Alto Adige/South Tyrol. It lies at the foot of Mount Watles (2,557m) where the river Adige begins its course.

Its name comes from the Roman fort which served as a security check along the “Claudia Augusta” road which traverses the village. The Counts of Burgus-Wanga, whose coat of arms has been adopted by the village, probably also owe their name to this fort.

Burgusio has 830 inhabitants (March 2018), it lies 2.5km from Malles and is its largest hamlet. Burgusio is twinned with Lohr Am Main, Beilngries (Bavaria) and Weingarten (Wuerttemberg).

History of Burgusio

The name of the village name comes from the Roman fort which served as a security check along the “Claudia Augusta” road which traverses the village. The Counts of Burgus-Wanga, whose coat of arms has been adopted by the village, probably also owe their name to this fort.

The village’s oldest records date to those kept by the Benedictine monks between 1320 and 1395. In the twelfth century Burgusio consisted of a number of farms dotted around the region who had to pay taxes to both the Monte Maria Abbey in Mustair and the Bishop of Coira who was head of the diocese of Val Venosta. In those times it seems there was also a convent dedicated to Saint Zeno which probably stood where the chapel is now.

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