Burggrafenamt

As Burggrafenamt (Italian Burgraviato ) is called the Adige valley section near Merano in South Tyrol. It was a single administrative district in the Middle Ages and was the heartland of the historic Tyrol. But it did not get the name because of the high density of castles, but because the district directly under the castle Count of Tyrol.

The municipalities of Burggraf Office form with those of several neighboring areas, the district Burggrafenamt.