At the beginning of the twentieth century almost every village name in South Tyrol was Italianised. Three were not: Lana, Gais and Plaus, which stayed the same in both languages. The name of Plaus, after all, was already Latin: in 1270 it is written Palus, that is, marsh.
On the coat of arms there are three black eagles: they were the ensign of the lords of Tarant, who lived in the castle of Tarantsberg above the village until 1291. The comune took them as its arms only in 1966. Until the end of the First World War Plaus belonged to the district of Merano, and still today almost only German is spoken here.
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Near Plaus
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Plaus, but an easy day trip away.