Sarntal (; ) is a valley and a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in
South Tyrol
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in northern
Italy
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, located about north 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 ...
. The municipality comprises several towns and villages. The largest one, seat of the mayor and council, is ''Sarnthein''.
Geography
Sarntal borders the following municipalities:
Hafling,
Freienfeld,
Klausen,
Franzensfeste,
Mölten,
Ratschings,
Ritten,
Jenesien,
St. Leonhard in Passeier,
Schenna,
Vahrn,
Vöran and
Villanders. The
Durnholzer See is located in the municipal territory.
The main river is the
Talfer, which has its source at the ''Weißhorn'' mountain in the ''Pensertal''.
History
The village of Sarnthein was first mentioned in 1211.
Coat of arms
The emblem represents an
or deer
A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ...
’s head on
azure. The insignia looks like that of the various Lords who administered the territory since 1315, but since 1681 they were named Counts of Sarnthein (''Grafen von Sarnthein'') living in the ''Kellerburg'' Castle. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 97.19% of the population speak German, 2.69% Italian and 0.12%
Ladin as first language.
Notable people
*
Franz Thaler (1925 in Sarntal – 2015), an author, a peacock quill embroiderer and a survivor of the concentration camp in Dachau
*
Gustav Hofer (Sarntal, 1976), film director, screenwriter, journalist and TV host
IMDb Database
retrieved 15 June 2019
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities of South Tyrol
Valleys of Italy