Burgeis (Italian:
Burgusio, Romansh: ) is the largest
frazione of the comune of
Mals 
, Italy, and sits at an altitude of 1216m in
Vinschgau 
in
South Tyrol 
beneath the mountain
Watles 
(2557) on the upper reaches of the Adige. The name goes all the way back to a Roman founding, as a fort on the "Via Claudia Augusta", which runs through the village. This fort later gave the name of the Edelfreien von Burgus-Wanga, whose arms the village bears today.
Burgeis has 828 inhabitants (March 2007) . It lies 2.5 Kilometer from Mals.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Burgeis is twinned with:
- Lohr am Main, Germany
- Beilngries, Bayern, Germany
- Weingarten, Germany
History
The oldest account mentioning Burgeis is the Chronicle of the Benedictine Father, Goswin, who lived between 1320 and 1395 or so.