Kurtinig an der Weinstraße (; it, Cortina sulla Strada del Vino ), often abbreviated to Kurtinig or Cortina, 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
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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 ...
, located about southwest 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 ...
.
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 646 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
Kurtinig borders the following municipalities:
Margreid,
Neumarkt, and
Salorno.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is an
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 ...
embattled wall, with a portal, above an
azure band in the lower half; an eight-pointed
star
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by its gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked ...
on the left side and the crescent moon on the right, both of argent on a
gules
In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple).
In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...
background, in the upper half. The embattled wall was built to protect the village from the flooding of the river ''Etsch''; the star and the moon are a recall to the arms of the Lords of ''Appian'' which the village belonged.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 68.67% of the population speak German, 31.15% Italian and 0.17%
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 (disambiguati ...
as first language.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Homepage of the municipality
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtinig An Der Weinstrasse
Municipalities of South Tyrol