Neumarkt (, ; ) is a (municipality) and a village in

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

in northern

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, located about south of the city of

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,001 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Neumarkt borders the following municipalities: Kaltern, Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Margreid, Montan, Salorno and Tramin. Neumarkt is the chief town of the

Überetsch-Unterland Überetsch-Unterland ( ; ) is a district (; ) in the southern part of the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It comprises the valley of the Adige river from Bolzano in the north to Salorno in the south. Overview The hilly Überetsch region, ...

district. It is the main cultural, historical and artistic center with a very nice old town. The agglomeration includes the neighborhoods of Vill, Laag and Mazon. In the entire district Neumarkt is only the third most populated town after Laives and Eppan, which are agglomerated to the capital city Bolzano. The town is situated on the plain, elevation , on the left side of the

Adige The Adige is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in the province of South Tyrol, near the Italian border with Austria and Switzerland, and flows through most of northeastern Italy ...

river. Neumarkt was a

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village on the Claudia Augusta road; it was called ''Endidae''. The sightseeing include the arcades of the old town, the parish church, the Local Culture Museum and the church of Vill.

Frazioni

The municipality of Neumarkt contains the ''

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'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Laag (Laghetti), Mazon (Mazzon), St. Florian (San Floriano) and Vill (Villa).

History

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is party per pale, the left side represents the

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crescent moon 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). Gules is portrayed in heraldic hatch ...

background; in the right side a gules cross, with shortened arms, on an argent background. In a document dated 1395 Albrecht of Austria, brother of Duke Rudolf IV of

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granted to the village, then called ''Newnmarkt'', the use of the arms. The emblem was granted in 1967.Heraldry of the World: Neumarkt
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Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 60.78% of the population speak

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, 38.84%

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and 0.38% Ladin as first language.

Notable people

* Lilli Gruber (born 1957 in Neumarkt), journalist and former politician

Sport

The

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

team

HC Neumarkt-Egna HC Neumarkt-Egna is an ice hockey team in Neumarkt, South Tyrol, Neumarkt, Italy. They play in the Alps Hockey League and formerly the Serie A (ice hockey), Serie A. The club was founded in 1963. Honours *Inter-National League: **Winners (1): 201 ...

is based in the town.

References

External links

*
Homepage of the municipality

{{Authority control Municipalities of South Tyrol Borghi più belli d'Italia