Welsberg-Taisten (; ) is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the province of
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
Italy
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, located about northeast 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 ...
.
Geography
As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 2,809 and an area of .
Welsberg-Taisten borders the following municipalities:
Prags,
Rasen-Antholz
Rasen-Antholz (; ) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Geography
The municipal area stretches along the Antholz valley, a northern side valley of the larger Puster Valley. In the northeast, the Staller Saddle mountain pass, at a ...
,
Olang,
Gsies, and
Niederdorf.
Frazioni
The municipality of Welsberg-Taisten contains the ''
frazioni
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'' (parishes) Welsberg (Monguelfo), Ried (Novale), Wiesen (Prati), Unterrain (Riva di Sotto) and Taisten (Tesido). Taisten lies above sea level in the
Puster Valley
The Puster Valley ( ; , ) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The South Tyrolean municipalities of th ...
, east of
Bruneck
Bruneck (; or Ladin language, Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; or ''Brunopolis'') is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol.
Geography
Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps a ...
.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is
quarterly
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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 ...
and
sable
The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaz ...
. It is the arms of the Earls of ''Welsberg'', whose castle was in the municipality, which gave to the village its name. The emblem was adopted in 1932.
Heraldry of the World: Welsberg
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Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 91.33% of the population speak German, 8.41% Italian and 0.27% Ladin as first language.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Homepage of the municipality
{{Authority control
Municipalities of South Tyrol