Ahrntal (German pronunciation: [ˈaːɐ̯ntaːl]; Italian: Valle Aurina [ˈvalle auˈriːna]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of the city of Bolzano (Bozen), near the border to Austria.
Ahrntal | |
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| Gemeinde Ahrntal Comune Valle Aurina | |
 Mining museum | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ahrntal  | |
  Ahrntal Location of Ahrntal in Italy  Ahrntal Ahrntal (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) | |
| Coordinates: 47°0′N 11°59′E / 47.000°N 11.983°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Frazioni | Luttach (Lutago), Steinhaus (Cadipietra), St. Jakob (San Giacomo), St. Johann (San Giovanni), St. Peter (San Pietro) and Weißenbach (Riobianco) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Helmut Gebhard Klammer (SVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 187.0 km2 (72.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,054 m (3,458 ft) |
| Population (2015)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,968 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | German: Ahrntaler or Töldra Italian: della Valle Aurina |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39030 |
| Dialing code | 0474 |
| Website | www |
Geography
editAhrntal borders the following municipalities: Mühlwald, Prettau, Sand in Taufers, Brandberg (Austria), Finkenberg (Austria), and Mayrhofen (Austria).
Frazioni
editThe municipality contains the frazioni (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 white glacial stream from 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
editTo the north, west and southwest, the municipality is surrounded by the Zillertal Alps. The main chain of these Alps at the head of the valley also forms the border with Austria. Amongst the most important mountains in the municipality are the Turnerkamp (3,418 m), the Hornspitzen, the Schwarzenstein (3,369 m), the Großer Löffler (3,379 m), the Wollbachspitze (3,210 m) and the Napfspitze (3,144 m). The ranges to the west and southwest, including the Speikboden massiv, separate the village of Ahrntal from Mühlwald in the Mühlwalder Tal. To the southeast are the Durreck Group, a subrange of the Venediger Group with the Durreck (3,135 m) and the Hirbernock (3,010 m) which form the boundary of the municipality of Reintal and its village of Rein in Taufers. Large parts of the Durreck Group are protected as part of the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park.
History
editA highlight is the Church of St. Jacob, dating from the 16th century. The church houses a valuable winged altar from 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
editA name for the valley was first recorded in written sources in the 11th century. An Aurina vallis is mentioned in 1048.[3] Between 1070 and 1080 Ourin or Ouren appear in documents.[4]
Coat-of-arms
editThe emblem is tierced of paly: in the first and third are four and half points of argent on azure, in the second a vert pale with a wavy line of argent. The emblem show the position of the municipality along the green valley with the river Ahr and the mountains all around. The emblem was granted in 1969.[5]
Notable people
edit- Simon Maurberger (born 1995), World Cup alpine ski racer.
Society
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Linguistic distribution
editAccording to the 2011 census, 98.76% of the population speak German, 0.93% Italian and 0.31% Ladin as 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
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- Das Ahrntal: heimatkundliche Beiträge. Der Schlern 52/1978, 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, ISBN 3-85093-202-8, pp. 321–370.
- Tauferer Ahrntal. Geschichte und Zukunft. Tappeiner, Lana 2007, ISBN 978-88-7073-420-1.
- Paul Gruber, Franz Josef Künig (eds), Peter Wasserer 1822 bis 1845. Provinz Verlag, Brixen 2010
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8.
- ^ Egon Kühebacher (1991). Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte. Vol. 1. Bozen: Athesia, p. 24.
- ^ "Heraldry of the World: Ahrntal". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol Archived 2016-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
External links
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Media related to Ahrntal at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Official website