Deutschnofen
Italian: di Nova Ponente
Deutschnofen (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃn̩ˈoːfn̩]; Italian: Nova Ponente [ˈnɔːva poˈnɛnte]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the city of Bolzano.
Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino.
The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg (Italian: Monte San Pietro), Eggen (Italian: San Nicolò d'Ega), Rauth (Novale) and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants.
The A22 motorway is located 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7 km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives.
Coat-of-arms
The coat of arms is party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edge to edge, from a knotty sable branch. The color argent symbolizes the deposits of dolomite and the gules ones those of porphyry; the branch represents the woodiness of the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.[3]
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.42% of the population speak German, 2.33% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.[4]
Language | 2001[5] | 2011[4] |
---|---|---|
German | 97.10% | 97.42% |
Italian | 2.51% | 2.33% |
Ladin | 0.39% | 0.25% |
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Heraldry of the World: Deutschofen". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ a b "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
External links
- Official website (in German and Italian)
- Obereggen Official Website
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- Ahrntal
- Aldein
- Algund
- Altrei
- Andrian
- Auer
- Badia
- Barbian
- Bolzano
- Brenner
- Brixen
- Bronzolo
- Bruneck
- Burgstall
- Corvara
- Deutschnofen
- Eppan
- Feldthurns
- Franzensfeste
- Freienfeld
- Gais
- Gargazon
- Glurns
- Graun im Vinschgau
- Gsies
- Hafling
- Innichen
- Jenesien
- Kaltern
- Karneid
- Kastelbell-Tschars
- Kastelruth
- Kiens
- Klausen
- Kuens
- Kurtatsch
- Kurtinig
- Laas
- Laives
- Lajen
- Lana
- Latsch
- Laurein
- La Val
- Lüsen
- Mals
- Mareo
- Margreid
- Marling
- Martell
- Merano
- Mölten
- Montan
- Moos in Passeier
- Mühlbach
- Mühlwald
- Nals
- Naturns
- Natz-Schabs
- Neumarkt
- Niederdorf
- Olang
- Partschins
- Percha
- Pfalzen
- Pfitsch
- Plaus
- Prad
- Prags
- Prettau
- Proveis
- Rasen-Antholz
- Ratschings
- Riffian
- Ritten
- Rodeneck
- Salorno
- San Martin de Tor
- Sand in Taufers
- Santa Cristina Gherdëina
- St. Leonhard in Passeier
- St. Lorenzen
- St. Martin in Passeier
- St. Pankraz
- Sarntal
- Schenna
- Schlanders
- Schluderns
- Schnals
- Sëlva
- Sexten
- Sterzing
- Stilfs
- Taufers im Münstertal
- Terenten
- Terlan
- Tiers
- Tirol
- Tisens
- Toblach
- Tramin
- Truden
- Tscherms
- Ulten
- Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix
- Urtijëi
- Vadena
- Vahrn
- Villanders
- Villnöß
- Vintl
- Völs am Schlern
- Vöran
- Waidbruck
- Welsberg-Taisten
- Welschnofen