In 1471 the rivalry between Gschnitz and Trins arisen and reached a point that the inhabitants of the two villages blocked the entrance to the valley; the Steinach am Brenner Court had to intervene to redeem the dispute.
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Gschnitz originally belonged, like most of the villages of Wipptal, to the parish of Matrei am Brenner.
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Gschnitz is placed at the end of the valley of the same name which branches off from the Wipptal at Steinach am Brenner.