 In 1447 Hans Gunther and his wife set a civil hospital with the aim of curing the sick passenger in transit.During the War of Fifth Coalition (1809) many local people took part, including Josepf Rapp who was then adviser of Andreas Hofer and Joseph Eisenstecken commander of the Schützen.Matrei, with the opening of the Brenner Railway, lost importance as more traffic was not passing through the village, but went further.