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The village of Seis lies in a depression that slopes down from the north and lies between the Laranz Forest to the west, the alpine pasture of Seiser Alm to the east and the Hauenstein Forest to the south, which rises steeplytowards the Schlern.
The first historically documented mention of the village is under the name of ‘Siusis’ in an entry from a book compiled between 982 and 988 to list the donations and privileges of the cathedral in Säben-Brixen. It verifies the exchange of ecclesiastical revenues between Bishop Albuin of Brixen and Bishop Eticho of Augsburg. In 1270 an initial church building – together with the old settlement of Seis – fell victim to a massive avalanche and was buried under a mudflow. The oldest extant house of God in Seis is thus the Church of Mary Help of Christians in the middle of the village.