Feldthurns

Feldthurns
Feldthurns
	Comune
	Gemeinde Feldthurns; Comune di Velturno
	Velthurns Castle
	Location of Feldthurns
	Feldthurns Location of Feldthurns in Italy Feldthurns Feldthurns (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°40′N 11°36′E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Garn (Caerne), Schnauders (Snodres), Schrambach (San Pietro Mezzomonte), Tschiffnon (Giovignano)
Government
• Mayor	Konrad Messner
Area [1]
• Total	24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi)
Elevation	851 m (2,792 ft)
Population (Jan. 2019)[2]
• Total	2,740
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Feldthurner; Italian: velturnesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39043
Dialing code	0472
Patron saint	Maria
Website	Official website

Feldthurns (German pronunciation: [fɛlˈtʊrns]; Italian: Velturno [velˈturno]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 January 2019, it had a population of 2,873 and an area of 24.8 square kilometres (9.6 sq mi).[2]

Feldthurns borders Brixen, Klausen, Villnöß and Vahrn.

Frazioni

The municipality of Feldthurns contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Garn (Caerne), Schnauders (Snodres), Schrambach (San Pietro Mezzomonte), Tschiffnon (Giovignano).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is party per fess: in the first part it's represented two embattled towers of gules, the second is checky of gules. It's the canting arms used in 1607 in the castle by the Bishops of Brixen and symbolize the German name of the municipality: towers (Thurn) over the fields (Feld). The emblem was granted in 1966.[3]

Ötzi the Iceman is attested to have spent his childhood here, some 5,300 years ago.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.33% of the population speak German, 0.91% Italian and 0.76% Ladin as first language.[5]

Demographic evolution

References

"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
"Heraldry of the World: Feldthurns". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
Müller, Wolfgang; Henry Fricke; Alex N. Halliday; Malcolm T. McCulloch; Jo-Anne Wartho (31 October 2003). "Origin and Migration of the Alpine Iceman". Science. AAAS. 302 (5646): 862–866. doi:10.1126/science.1089837. PMID 14593178. Lay summary – Mummy Tombs (2007-12-16).
"Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". Astat Info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

(in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v3-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-2] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[3] "Heraldry of the World: Feldthurns". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

[4] Müller, Wolfgang; Henry Fricke; Alex N. Halliday; Malcolm T. McCulloch; Jo-Anne Wartho (31 October 2003). "Origin and Migration of the Alpine Iceman". Science. AAAS. 302 (5646): 862–866. doi:10.1126/science.1089837. PMID 14593178. Lay summary – Mummy Tombs (2007-12-16).

[5] "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". Astat Info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.