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| Sexten | ||
| Autonomous Province | Bolzano (South Tyrol) | |
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| Residents | 1.906 (2018) | |
| height | 1,310 m | |
| Tourist info web | www.hochpustertal.info/sexten | |
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Sexten is a place in Sex Valley, a side valley of the Val Pusteria in South-Tirol.
background
Sexten (Italian Sesto) is a municipality with 1941 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011) in the easternmost part of South Tyrol. It consists of the main town of Sexten, also called St. Vitus after the church patron, and the Moos district, about two kilometers away, at the entrance to the picturesque Fischlein Valley (Val Fiscalina in Italian).
The village is located at around 1,300 meters above sea level in the Sextental, the side valley of the Puster Valley leading to the Kreuzbergpass, near San Candido and the Toblacher Feld, where the Drau rises. The hamlet of Waldheim has been built between Sexten and Moos since the 1950s. Due to the high location (highest point in town 3145 m above sea level) there is a very fresh climate in Sesto.
in the First World War Sexten was a scene of fighting. For two and a half years the war raged between Italian and Austrian troops. Holes, bunkers, trenches and positions in the rocks still bear witness to the war today. The place was right on the front line and experienced a forced evacuation in 1915. On August 12, 1915, St. Veit (parish church and 23 buildings) was destroyed by incendiary grenades. In June 1917 the citizens were allowed to return. The parish church was badly damaged and unusable, so two emergency churches were built, the forest chapel and the syringe hut. On Saturday afternoon, the Sesto pastor taught the few students at Honsa Lois in the living room, on Sunday morning a solemn service was held in the forest chapel and a devotion in the afternoon.
Sesto is known as a summer and winter sports location. Furthermore through the "Sextener Sonnenuhr", formed from five Dolomite peaks: Neuner, Zehner (Sextener Rotwand), Elfer, Zwölfer and Einser. The Zwölfer (3094 m) is close to the climbing paradise of the Three Peaks. The place is also known for the Tyrolean cribs, hiking trails, mountains, rock formations and the flora and fauna.
Language: Most of Sesto (approx. 95%) speaks German, the rest of them speak Italian with a very small percentage of Ladin.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is that Bolzano:
Scheduled flights Bolzano - Rome Fiumicino - Bolzano, regularly organized by Air Alps. Tickets can be reserved at the ticket counter, in travel agencies or online at www.airalps.at (winter flight schedule 2012/2013: 4x a day during the week, 2x a day on the weekend)
Other accessible airports are the Innsbruck Airport (a good hour's drive), which is in Verona and the Munich Airport (approx. 3 - 3½ hours by car);
By train
You can reach it by international train connections Franzensfeste (Brenner railway line). There you change to the local railway line in the direction of San Candido. Stops are Niederdorf, Dobbiaco and San Candido.
Sesto and the Pragsertal can be reached by local bus connections from Innichen and Niederdorf.
By bus
In the street
Approach via the Brenner motorway A22 (vignette and Brenner toll) to the exit Brixen/ Vahrn (Pustertal), then on the state road (SS49-E66) into Hochpustertal (Distance from the Brixen / Pustertal motorway exit approx. 60 km), turn into the Sextental at San Candido.
You can also get to Sesto via the Felbertauern route above Lienz in East Tyrol (A) into the East Tyrolean Hochpustertal and across the Austrian-Italian border on the state road (B100-E66) into the South Tyrolean Hochpustertal (no vignette, but fees for the Tauern tunnel) and on to Sexten as before.
mobility
In winter the Nightliner operates as a local connection between Sesto and Moos with mountain restaurants, ski bars and huts from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., in summer from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The normal fare per trip is € 2.00 and a maximum of € 8.00 per taxi.
Tourist Attractions
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, in St. Veit.
- Historic fortress Mitterberg. From before the First World War.
- Rudolf Stolz Museum
activities
In Sesto there is the (unofficially) highest indoor climbing hall in Italy at 16.5 m, known as the Dolomitarena.
Summer sports
Mountain bike
Winter sports
The two ski areas "Rotwand" and "Helm" are connected by ski bus. Furthermore, the Sextnertal offers a large network of cross-country trails and some toboggan slopes.
Sports equipment rental
- Bike rental & service, Dolomitenstrasse 45. Tel.: 39 0474 710757, Fax: 39 0474 712484, Email: [email protected].
shop
kitchen
- Bad Moos Sport & Spa Hotel (Bar and wine bar). Tel.: 0474-713100.
- Eric (Bar and pizzeria). Tel.: 0474-710048.
- Hotel moonlight (Bar and pizzeria). Tel.: 0474-710322.
- Caravanpark Sexten restaurants (Patzenfeld, tavern Sesto Almhütte), St. Joseph Strasse, 54, 39030 Moso, Sesto Bozen, Italy (From Moos towards Kreuzbergpass on the left). Tel.: 39 0474 710444. Open: all year round.Types of payment accepted: all.
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
medium
Upscale
- 1 Caravan Park Sexten, St. Josefstrasse 54, I-39030 Sexten / Moos (Hochpustertal). Tel.: 39 0474 710444, Email: [email protected]. Luxurious campsite for a corresponding fee at an altitude of 1530 meters.
- Hotel St.Veit * * * *, Europaweg 16, I-39030 Sexten / Moos (Hochpustertal). Tel.: 39 0474 710390, Email: [email protected].
security
health
| Brief information | |
| Phone code | 39 0474 |
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| Post Code | 39030 |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency calls | |
| Generally | 118 |
| police | 113 |
| Carabinieri | 112 |
| fire Department | 115 |
| ambulance | 39 0474 917140 |
- Sexten pharmacy (Farmacia Sesto), Via Dolomiti, 23. Tel.: 39 0474 710460.
The closest hospital is the in San Candido.
Practical advice
trips
literature
Rudolf Holzer: Sexten. From a mountain farming village to a tourist community. Tappeiner Verlag. 2000
Web links
- http://www.gemeinde.sexten.bz.it - Official website of Sesto
- Sesto Tourist Office (Hochpustertal)
