!!!Anras

Anras, East Tirol, municipality in the district of Lienz, alt. 
1,262 m, pop. 1,323, area 62.07 km%%sup 2/%, in the 
Pustertal Valley. - First documented 769; old church (13th century, 
winged altar 1513), now a war memorial chapel; new parish church 
(1753-1755) with frescoes by M. Knoller and Rococo high altar (around 
1756); former bishop's residence (old courthouse in which an early 
Christian church from the 5th century was uncovered) and summer 
residence of the bishops of Brixen/Bressanone. Lake Anraser See is 
located above the town at an altitude of 2,538 m.

!Further reading
P. Mulser, Die Grenzgerichte des Hochstiftes Brixen, 
doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1985.


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