 On October 18, 1928, by decree, the three municipalities were reunited in a single, the Municipality of Freienfeld.Nearby the village of Mauls, take place one of the defence of the “Vallo Alpino Littorio in Alto Adige”, a set of bunkers wanted by Benito Mussolini, which formed the Mauls barrage.In the last period of the Second World War, the area was hit by bombing the railway bridge over the river and the ammunition storage at Stilfes.