Niederdorf (; ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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in northern Italy, about northeast of

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Geography

Niederdorf borders the following municipalities:

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, and

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History

The settlement is first mentioned as ''Nidrindorf'' in a record of the Freising bishopric, dating back to the years 993/94–1005.

Coat-of-arms

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, per fess gules, argent and gules (i.e. the Austrian flag), between:
# in chief, Or, a

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eagle double-headed. This emblem was granted in 1966.Heraldry of the World: Niederdorf
/ref> # in base, per pale counterchanged and facing each other: Or, a half steinbock sable of Or and sable; and its mirror image. This is the insignia of the Lords of Kurz von Thurn who ruled the village from the 13th to the 18th century.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 88.93% of the population speak German, 11.00% Italian and 0.07% Ladin as first language.

References

External links

Homepage of the municipality

{{Authority control Municipalities of South Tyrol