St. Kathrein's Church in Hafling
The legendary mountain church on the mountain plateau of Hafling, Vöran and Meran 2000
St. Kathrein's Church in Hafling
St. Kathrein's Church in Hafling
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St. Kathrein's Church in Hafling

The legendary mountain church on the mountain plateau of Hafling, Vöran and Meran 2000

Like many other mountain churches in South Tyrol, the St. Kathrein Kirche church in Hafling/Avelengo was originally a place of pagan worship. There is said to have been a prehistoric place of worship where the church now stands.

There was probably a small church on the site as early as the 12th century, which was reconsecrated in 1452. A valuable ornament of the St. Kathrein Kirche church in Hafling is the late Gothic winged altar.

The legend of the St. Kathrein CHurch
According to legend, two giants offered to local inhabitants that they would procure the stones for the church construction. However, at the same time, the giants built the church in nearby Langfenn. Since they had only one hammer, they had to share it at any given time. A dispute arose, and the building master in Lafenn angrily picked up a huge stone and threw it to the sire of St. Kathrein in Hafling. The boulder missed the target, but is still there, just below the church, in the meadow at Reithof Sulfner Riding Stables.
Digital church tour in St. Kathrein
Digital church tour in St. Kathrein
The little church high above Meran on the mountain plateau of Hafling, Vöran and Meran 2000
Alpine Rorad of Romanesque in South Tyrol

In romanesque buildings you can find mythical creatures and mythological figures. But what are these figures doing in churches? Walk into the footsteps of the "Alpine Road of Romanesque" in South Tyrol and learn more about this fabulous epoch.

The "Alpine Road of the Romanesque" is a transnational association, a cultural route that connects Romanesque art and cultural monuments in South Tyrol. This route leads from the Vinschgau Valley via the Etschtal Valley to Termeno in the South of South Tyrol.
The little church of St. Kathrein in Hafling is also part of the Alpine Road of the Romanesque and houses many a Romanesque treasure...
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