Seis am Schlern is an Alpine village in South Tyrol

South Tyrol

South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of northern Italy

Italy

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. It is a frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

of the comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

of Kastelruth

Kastelruth

Kastelruth is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 20 km northeast of the city of Bolzano ....

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Geography

The village lies in the Dolomites, in the shadow of the 2,563 m Schlern

Schlern

The Schlern is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.The peak at the north west end of the mountain was first ascended in 1888 by Johann Santner...

. The summit can be reached by following trail #1 from the village.

History

The peak at the north west end of the mountain was first climbed in 1888 by Johann Santner. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour.

Famous residents

The poet Oswald von Wolkenstein

Oswald von Wolkenstein

Oswald von Wolkenstein was a poet, composer and diplomat. In the latter capacity, he traveled through much of Europe, even as far as Georgia , and was inducted into the Order of the Dragon...

 lived for a time in Seis. The German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey

Wilhelm Dilthey

Wilhelm Dilthey was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. As a polymathic philosopher, working in a modern research university, Dilthey's research interests revolved around questions of...

 died in the village on October 1, 1911.
The Russian scientist (historian and ethnologist) Aleksey Bobrinski died in the Village on December 04, 1938.