Church of the Holy Ghost

In 1271 Meinhard II built the hospital an the adjoining Church of the Holy Spirit outside the walls of the town. The building is a fine longitudinal German Gothic "hall" church. The facade, which is sumounted by a small bell-tower, is divided up by buttresses and a very fine double ogival portal, decorated with the symbols of the Trinity and the kneeling figures fo the people that commissioned the work. Masses (in Italian only) Weekdays: 8:30 a.m. Holiday eves: 6:30 p.m. Holidays: 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.


You can reach Merano by car: from the north Munich - Rosenheim - Kufstein (A12 Inntal Freeway, obligatory toll) - Innsbruck (A13 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) - Brenner (A22 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) - Bolzano (Exit Bolzano South) - Merano (MEBO-Highway) Munich - Garmisch - Innsbruck - Brenner (A22 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) - Bolzano (Exit Bolzano South) - Merano (MEBO-Highway) Alternative: Brenner - Vipiteno - Passo Giovo - Val Passiria - Merano Ötztal - Passo Rombo - Val Passiria - Merano from the west Ulm - Kempten - Füssen - Fernpass - Imst - Landeck - Passo Resia (State Road 40 + 38) - Merano Bregenz - Feldkirch - Arlberg - Landeck - Passo Resia (State Road 40 + 38) - Merano St. Moritz - Ofenpass - Münster - Taufers in Muenster - Glorenza - Merano Zurich - Landquart - Klosters - Vereinatunnel - Zernez - Ofenpass - Münster - Taufers in Münster - Glorenza - Merano from the east Lienz - Innichen - Val Pusteria (State Road 49) - (A22 Brenner Freeway, obligatory toll) Bolzano - Merano (MEBO-Highway) - Merano.