The Trafunshof was mentioned at Fié allo Sciliar for the first time in AD 1526. From the farmers story from Fiè allo Sciliar about our farm we find out, that the first owner of the ranch and of a Moulin (so named Trafunzer) was Hans Trafunzer. Then, for a long time the farm was possessed of wealthy persons. This persons did not work their field by their own, but rent them them to their serfes. Only in 1897 the Trafunshof found a new buyer. In 1913 finally Karl Mahlknecht (from Kaschelehof closed to our farm), the great grandfather of Mahlknecht Iwan, has had the opportunity to buy the farm. In AD 1926 he bequeath the ranch to his son Karl Mahlknecht, who continued the business together with his wife Maria. In AD 1964 Karl Mahlknecht gave the farm to his only son Josef Mahlknecht.
Since 2009 the farm is owned by his son Mahlknecht Iwan and his wife Alexandra.
The Trafunshof is a “closed farm”, which means it can never be fractioned and can only be passed on at a whole one. The Tyrolean county rules (from AD 1525) forbid the real division to assure the continuity of the farms and of the rural families.
The farm embraces today a farmstead (house and stable), 13 ha meadow and alpine pastures, 2 alpine stables and forest. At our farm we take care of horses and sheps and expect every year a couple of fillies and about 12 lambs.
