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Ahrntal

Coordinates:47°0′N11°59′E/ 47.000°N 11.983°E/47.000; 11.983
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Ahrntal
Comune
Gemeinde Ahrntal
Comune Valle Aurina
Mining museum
Mining museum
Coat of arms of Ahrntal
Coat of arms
Location of Ahrntal
Map
Ahrntal is located in Italy
Ahrntal
Ahrntal
Location of Ahrntal in Italy
Ahrntal is located in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Ahrntal
Ahrntal
Ahrntal (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
Coordinates:47°0′N11°59′E/ 47.000°N 11.983°E/47.000; 11.983
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceSouth Tyrol(BZ)
FrazioniLuttach(Lutago), Steinhaus (Cadipietra), St. Jakob (San Giacomo), St. Johann (San Giovanni), St. Peter (San Pietro) and Weißenbach (Riobianco)
Government
• MayorHelmut Gebhard Klammer (SVP)
Area
[1]
• Total187.0 km2(72.2 sq mi)
Elevation
1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population
(2015)[2]
• Total5,968
• Density32/km2(83/sq mi)
DemonymsGerman: Ahrntaler orTöldra
Italian: della Valle Aurina
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)
Postal code
39030
Dialing code0474
Websitewww.gemeinde-ahrntal.net

Ahrntal(German pronunciation:[ˈaːɐ̯ntaːl];Italian:Valle Aurina[ˈvalleauˈriːna]) is acomune(municipality) inSouth Tyrolin northernItaly,located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of the city ofBolzano(Bozen), near the border toAustria.

Geography[edit]

Ahrntal borders the following municipalities:Mühlwald,Prettau,Sand in Taufers,Brandberg(Austria),Finkenberg(Austria), andMayrhofen(Austria).

Frazioni[edit]

The municipality contains thefrazioni(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets)Luttach(Lutago), Steinhaus (Cadipietra), St. Jakob (San Giacomo), St. Johann (San Giovanni), St. Peter (San Pietro) and Weißenbach (Riobianco).

Weißenbach is composed of picturesque Alpine farmhouses, grouped around the foaming whiteglacial streamfrom which its name is derived. With a population of around 550,[citation needed]it has an elevation of 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) above sea level.

Topography[edit]

To the north, west and southwest, the municipality is surrounded by theZillertal Alps.The main chain of these Alps at the head of the valley also forms the border withAustria.Amongst the most important mountains in the municipality are theTurnerkamp(3,418 m), theHornspitzen,theSchwarzenstein(3,369 m), theGroßer Löffler(3,379 m), theWollbachspitze(3,210 m) and theNapfspitze(3,144 m). The ranges to the west and southwest, including theSpeikboden massiv,separate the village of Ahrntal fromMühlwaldin theMühlwalder Tal.To the southeast are theDurreck Group,a subrange of theVenediger Groupwith theDurreck(3,135 m) and theHirbernock(3,010 m) which form the boundary of the municipality ofReintaland its village ofRein in Taufers.Large parts of the Durreck Group are protected as part of theRieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park.

History[edit]

A highlight is the Church of St. Jacob, dating from the 16th century. The church houses a valuablewinged altarfrom 1516, which was restored in 1884. Also of note are both the modern extension to the church building and the newly arranged adjoining cemetery.

Place name[edit]

A name for the valley was first recorded in written sources in the 11th century. AnAurina vallisis mentioned in 1048.[3]Between 1070 and 1080OurinorOurenappear in documents.[4]

Coat-of-arms[edit]

The emblem istierced of paly:in the first and third are four and half points ofargentonazure,in the second avertpale with a wavy line of argent. The emblem show the position of the municipality along the green valley with the riverAhrand the mountains all around. The emblem was granted in 1969.[5]

Notable people[edit]

Society[edit]

Church of Sankt Martin in Ahrntal Valley

Linguistic distribution[edit]

According to the 2011 census, 98.76% of the population speakGerman,0.93%Italianand 0.31%Ladinas first language.[6]

Language 2001[7] 2011[6]
German 98.79% 98.76%
Italian 1.07% 0.93%
Ladin 0.13% 0.31%

Demographic evolution[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Das Ahrntal: heimatkundliche Beiträge.Der Schlern52/1978, H. 7/8.
  • Ahrntal: ein Gemeindebuch.Gemeinde Ahrntal, Steinhaus 1999 (with contributions by Christoph von Hartungen, Ernst Hofer, Reimo Lunz, Lydia Reichegger, Walburg Tanzer, Hannes Obermair, Gertrud Egger, Brigitte Niederkofler, Mathias Schmelzer, Sieglinde Hofer, Margareth Kamelger, and Martha Verdorfer).
  • Rudolf Tasser,Das Obermair Medizinbuch aus St. Jakob im Ahrntal.In Wolfgang Ingenhaeff (ed.),Bergvolk und Medizin.Berenkamp, Innsbruck 2005,ISBN3-85093-202-8,pp. 321–370.
  • Tauferer Ahrntal. Geschichte und Zukunft.Tappeiner, Lana 2007,ISBN978-88-7073-420-1.
  • Paul Gruber, Franz Josef Künig (eds),Peter Wasserer 1822 bis 1845.Provinz Verlag, Brixen 2010

References[edit]

  1. ^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
  2. ^"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
  3. ^Martin Bitschnau; Hannes Obermair (2009).Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Abteilung: Die Urkunden zur Geschichte des Inn-, Eisack- und Pustertals. Vol. 1: Bis zum Jahr 1140.Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner. pp. 195–6, no. 218.ISBN978-3-7030-0469-8.
  4. ^Egon Kühebacher (1991).Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte. Vol. 1.Bozen: Athesia, p. 24.
  5. ^"Heraldry of the World: Ahrntal".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-01.Retrieved2011-06-23.
  6. ^ab"Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011".astat info(38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 2013-09-27.Retrieved2012-06-14.
  7. ^Oscar Benvenuto (ed.):"South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South TyrolArchived2016-06-14 at theWayback Machine,Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10

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