Ahrntal (; it, Valle Aurina ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
, settlement_type = Autonomous province
, image_skyline =
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in northern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, located about northeast of the city of
Bolzano
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...
(''Bozen''), on the border with
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
.
Geography
Ahrntal borders the following municipalities:
Mühlwald
Mühlwald (; it, Selva dei Molini ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 1,442 and a ...
,
Prettau
Prettau (; it, Predoi ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 571 and an area of .Al ...
,
Sand in Taufers
Sand in Taufers (; it, Campo Tures ) is a ''comune mercato'' (market town) in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Geography
Located about northeast of Bolzano, the town centre is situated in the Tauferer Ahrntal (Taufers) valley of the Ahr river, str ...
,
Brandberg (Austria),
Finkenberg
Finkenberg is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Finkenberg lies about 3 km southwest of Mayrhofen at the entrance to the Tuxer valley.
Sightseeing
* Garnet Chapel near the Penken The Penken is a mo ...
(Austria), and
Mayrhofen
Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located approximately an hour from the Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck.
Population
Tourism
The town offers a variety of summer and winter sports ...
(Austria).
Frazioni
The municipality of Ahrntal contains the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets)
Luttach
Luttach ( it, Lutago) is a mountain village in northern Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Ahrntal in South Tyrol.
It is a popular tourist destination in all seasons and boasts several hotels, as well as numerous shops and an indoor ...
(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
A glacier stream is a channelized area that is formed by a glacier in which liquid water accumulates and flows. Glacial streams are also commonly referred to as "glacier stream" or/and "glacial meltwater stream". The movement of the water is influ ...
from which its name is derived. With a population of around 550, it sits at an elevation of above sea level.
Topography
To the north, west and southwest the municipality is surrounded by the
Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps ( it, Alpi Aurine; german: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
The ...
. The main chain of these Alps at the head of the valley also forms the border with
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. Amongst the most important mountains in the municipality are the
Turnerkamp
The Turnerkamp is a mountain in the Zillertal Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is loc ...
(3,418 m), the
Hornspitzen, the
Schwarzenstein (3,369 m), the
Großer Löffler
The Großer Löffler is a mountain in the Zillertal Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It ...
(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
Mühlwald (; it, Selva dei Molini ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 1,442 and a ...
in the
Mühlwalder Tal. To the southeast are the
Durreck Group
The Durreck Group in South Tyrol is an independent mountain range within the Venediger Group. To the north and west it is bounded by the Tauferer Ahrntal, behind which the peaks of the Zillertal Alps stand. To the south it is separated by the val ...
, a subrange of the
Venediger Group
The Venediger Group (german: Venedigergruppe) is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern. The hig ...
with the
Durreck
The Durreck (, also called the ''Durreckspitze'', it, Cima Dura) is the highest mountain in the Durreck Group, a South Tyrolean range that divides the Ahrntal valley in the north from the Reintal valley in the south.
Location
The Durreck lie ...
(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
The Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park (german: Naturpark Rieserferner-Ahrn) is a nature reserve in South Tyrol, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is loca ...
.
History
The pride of the village is the Church of St. Jacob, dating from the 16th century. The church houses a valuable
winged altar
A winged altarpiece (also ''folding altar'') or winged retable is a special form of altarpiece ( reredos, occasionally retable), common in Northern and Central Europe, in which the central image, either a painting or relief sculpture (or some c ...
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
A name for the valley was first recorded in written sources in the 11th century. An ''Aurina vallis'' is mentioned in 1048, between 1070 and 1080 ''Ourin'' or ''Ouren'' appear in documents.
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is
tierced of paly: in the first and third are four and half points of
argent
In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b ...
on
azure, in the second a
vert
Vert or Verts may refer to:
* Vert (heraldry), the colour green in heraldry
* Vert (music producer) (born 1972), pseudonym of Adam Butler, an English music producer
* Vert (river), in southern France
* Vert (sport), a competition in extreme vers ...
pale with a wavy line of argent. The emblem show the position of the municipality along the green valley with the river
Ahr
Ahr () is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After it crosses fro ...
and the mountains all around. The emblem was granted in 1969.
Notable people
*
Simon Maurberger
Simon Maurberger (born 20 February 1995) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer.
He competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 were held from 4 to 17 February 2019 in Åre, Sweden ...
(born 1995) World Cup alpine ski racer.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 98.76% of the population speak
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
, 0.93%
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
and 0.31%
Ladin
Ladin may refer to:
* Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language
*Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy
See also
*Laden (disambiguation)
* Ladino (disambigua ...
as first language.
Demographic evolution
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See also
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Tauferer Ahrntal
The Tauferer Ahrntal denotes the valley of the Ahr ( it, Aurino) River, a tributary valley of the Puster Valley in South Tyrol, Italy. It is commonly divided into the Tauferer Tal (''Val di Tures''), stretching from the confluence with the Rien ...
Further reading
* ''Das Ahrntal: heimatkundliche Beiträge''.
Der Schlern
''Der Schlern'' (full German title: ''Der Schlern – Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde''; en, The Schlern – Magazine for South Tyrolean Regional Studies) is a German-language monthly for the study of science, research, art and culture re ...
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, , pp. 321–370.
* ''Tauferer Ahrntal. Geschichte und Zukunft''. Tappeiner, Lana 2007, .
* Paul Gruber, Franz Josef Künig (eds), ''Peter Wasserer 1822 bis 1845'', Provinz Verlag, Brixen 2010
References
External links
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