| Feldthurns | |
|---|---|
| Comune | |
| Gemeinde Feldthurns Comune di Velturno | |
 Velthurns Castle | |
| Location of Feldthurns | |
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| Coordinates: 46°40′N 11°36′E / 46.667°N 11.600°E / 46.667; 11.600 | |
| 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 | |
| • Total | 24.8 km (9.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 851 m (2,792 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,740 |
| • Density | 110/km (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) and a village 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).
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.
Notable residents
Isotopic analysis of Ötzi the Iceman's tooth enamel suggests that he may have spent his childhood in present-day Feldthurns, circa 3275 BCE.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 98.02% of the population speak German, 1.60% Italian and 0.38% Ladin as their first language.
Demographic evolution
References
- "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. 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. 302 (5646). AAAS: 862–866. doi:10.1126/science.1089837. PMID 14593178.
- "Who was Ötzi the Iceman?". Mummy Tombs. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17.
- "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". astat info (56). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
External links
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
Media related to Feldthurns at Wikimedia Commons
