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Meran is located in South Tyrol and, after Bolzano, with 39,000 inhabitants, is the second largest city in South Tyrol.. <9> The city is located in a basin surrounded by mighty mountains, including the 3335m high Texelgruppe, but opens to the south.. <9> <9> <994/1197435> <994/1304563> <994/1295049> <994/1295047> <994/1295046> <994/1295048> <9> <9> History <9> <9> * first settlement in late antiquity under the name Castrum Maiense (present district of corn) <9> * first mention of the actual Meran 857 under the name Mairania <9> * until 1420 capital of the county of Tyrol (formally until 1848) <9> * 1440 of the Landlord moves to Innsbruck, thereby Meran loses its supremacy as an economic center <9> * 1809 Tyrolean freedom-fighting victory of the Tyroleans in the fight on the Küchelberg over the French and Bavarians <9> * after 1918 Meran and South Tyrol come to Italy, but defends itself in contrast to Bolzano against the assimilation attempts of the fascist Italian regime.. This is among other things the mayor Dr.. Max Markart (term 1922-1935).. <9> * World War II Meran is a military hospital, in the years 1945-47 there are 15,000 Holocaust survivors in the city <9> * Already under the Habsburgs Merano was a spa and tourist town.. This could be expanded again after the Second World War.. <9> * 1981 World Chess Championship between Karpov and Kortschnoi <9> <9> General information <9> <9> Merano has a Mediterranean climate with around 300 days of sunshine a year.. The northern Texel group protects the valley with over 3300 m altitude from too much rainfall and cold winds, but allows the plain in the south to penetrate the warm Mediterranean winds.. <9> This allows the growth of Mediterranean plants such.. As palm trees, cypresses, laurels, myrtles, holm oaks and Lebanon cedars.. <9> <9> <994/1332404> <994/1332410> <994/1332411> <994/1332412> <994/1332414> <994/1332415> <9> <9> Attractions <9> <9> * Parish Church of St. Nicholas with the Barbara Chapel at the end of the Upper Lauben <9> * parish church of St. Vigil in Untermais <9> * Spitalkirche - Holy Spirit Church on the left bank of the Passer and outside the old town <9> * Synagogue, Schillerstraße 14, Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 15: 00-18: 00 <9> Thursdays and Fridays: 09: 00-12: 00 <9> Open all year round, except on Jewish holidays <9> * Provincial Castle, in the center of Merano.. Access from Galileo street or the arbours, on the back of the town hall.. <9> * Zenoburg on Zenoberg, Via Monte S. Zeno 75 <9> * Ottoburg (temporary residence of Franz Kafka), Maiastrasse 12 <9> * Theater bridge on the Passer <9> * Post bridge <9> * Gilf with Steinernem footbridge <9> * Terrace at the Tappeinerweg (Remains of an explosives storage hall) <9> * Pulverturm (Ortenstein) <9> * Botanical Gardens, Via S. Valentino 51 or the Gardens of <9> * Trauttmansdorff Castle <9> * City gate Passeirer Tor , Bozner Tor, Vinschger Tor, Ultner Tor (demolished) <9> * Old Town with Laubengasse <9> * Municipal Theater, built in Art Nouveau style by Martin Dülfer in 1899, Corso della Libertà 27 <9> * Spa House, Corso della Libertà 33 <9> * Meraner Kurthermen, Thermenplatz 9 <9> * Promenade (winter and summer promenade) <9> <9> Museums <9> <9> * Tourismusmuseum Touriseum, in Trauttmannsdorff Castle <9> * Women´s Museum Evelyn Ortner in Laubengasse offers an insight in different periods of the history of the woman and is privately run <9> Art Meran / Merano arte in the house of the savings bank for contemporary. fine art in the Meraner Lauben.. <9> * Stadtmuseum, Passeirergasse 7, oldest museum in South Tyrol.. It shows exhibits from prehistory to today.. <9> <9> in the surroundings of Meran <9> <9> * Tyrol Castle, ancestral seat of the Counts of Tyrol with the South Tyrol Museum <9> * Site of Ötzi, the 5000 year old man from the ice in the Schnalstal valley <9 > <9> Leisure activities <9> <9> Ski areas <9> <9> * Meran 2000 in Hafling <9> * Ski resort Pfelders in Passeier <9> * Ortler Skiarena Ski areas around Merano <9> * Ski area Schnalstaler Gletscher in the Schnalstal <9> * Ski area Schwemmalm in the Ultental valley <9> <9> <9> * Thermal baths and hotel <9> <9> End of 2005 Opening of a 50,000 m² park in the middle of Merano, with new thermal baths, the interior was designed by Matteo Thun <9> The Hotel Therme Meran, which opened in 2006, belonged to the Steigenberger Group, but since 2009 has been run by the Therme Meran AG.. <9> <9> * Racecourse <9> <9> In Untermais near Meran you will find Europe´s biggest racecourse.. It is a 5km race track on which races have been held since 1935.. <9> A visit is especially recommended on Easter Monday, when the Haflinger Galopprennen takes place and the great price of Merano, an obstacle race on the last Sunday in September.. <9> <9> Events <9> <9> * Easter Monday, Haflinger Galopprennen <9> * last Sunday in September, highly endowed horse obstacle race <9> * Meraner Advent with Christkindlsmarkt Krampusumzug and Benefizkonzerten.. <9> <9> <994/1382927> <994/1382930> <994/998290> <994/998291> <994/998289> <994/1295040> <994/1262828> <994/1332404> <994/1332410 > <994/1332411> <994/1332412>