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Kiens
Kiens (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,726 and an area of .Overall demographics and other statistics: National Institute of Statistics (Italy), Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). Kiens borders the following municipalities: Pfalzen, Rodeneck, St. Lorenzen, Mühlwald, Terenten and Vintl. Frazioni The municipality of Kiens contains the ''frazione, frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ehrenburg (Casteldarne), Getzenberg (Monghezzo), Hofern (Corti) and St. Sigmund (San Sigismondo). History The hamlet appears for the first time in the Freising book of traditions (''Traditionsbuch'') in a deed issued in the years 1005—39 as ''″locus Kiehna″''. Coat-of-arms The emblem is based on that of the family Schöneck; on gules a curved pile (heraldry), pile argent. In the right corner take place a five-pointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfalzen
Pfalzen (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of July 2023, it had a population of 3,106 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute National Institute of Statistics (Italy), Istat. Pfalzen borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Kiens, Gais, South Tyrol, Gais, St. Lorenzen and Mühlwald. Frazioni The municipality of Pfalzen contains the ''frazione, frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Greinwalden (Grimaldo) and Issing (Issengo). History Coat-of-arms The escutcheon is division of the field, party per pale of gules and argent; with a sickle in each side of opposite color. It is the coat of arms of the ''Plazoll zu Assling'', Lords of ''Pfalzen'' in the Middle Ages, who built the castle of ''Sichelburg'' (''sichel'' in German means sickle). The emblem was adopted in 1967. Society Linguistic distribution According to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rienz
The Rienz (; ) is a river in South Tyrol, Italy. Its source is located at 2,180 m of altitude, in the Dolomites mountains, south of Toblach: near Toblach it enters in the Puster Valley, and, after , it meets the Eisack river in the city of Brixen, at 550 m of altitude. The Rienz flows through the following municipalities (source to mouth): Toblach, Niederdorf, Welsberg-Taisten, Olang, Rasen-Antholz, Bruneck, St. Lorenzen, Kiens, Vintl, Mühlbach, Rodeneck and Brixen. The most significant affluents are: * Ahr, forming the Ahrntal and responsible of 1/3 of the total discharge. * Antholzer Bach. * Gran Ega ( Val Badia). * Gsieser Bach The Gsieser Bach ( ) is a stream in South Tyrol, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into th .... * Pragser Bach. * Pfunderer Bach. * Wielenbach. The maximum discharge of the Rienz is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodeneck
Rodeneck (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Geography Rodeneck borders the following municipalities: Kiens, Lüsen, Mühlbach, Natz-Schabs, St. Lorenzen and Vintl. In Rodeneck there are 7 municipal fractions: Vill, the largest and most populous fraction of the municipality, Nauders, Gifen, St. Pauls, Spisses, Ahnerberg and Fröllerberg, the municipal fraction with the fewest inhabitants History Origin The presence of non-local flint and quartz fragments suggests that the area was inhabited by hunters during the middle Stone Age (5000 BC). The discovery of middle Bronze Age forts dates permanent settlement to at least 1500 BC. The community was mentioned by name for the first time in the ''Actum Rotungun'' of 1050–1065 AD as a place that has made donations to the bishop. In the following centuries, the name has appeared in a variety of forms. Between 1140 and 1147, Bishop Hartmann of Brixen made the town an alod and besto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mühlwald
Mühlwald (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Geography As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 1,442 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality contains the ''frazioni'' of (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außermühlwald and Lappach (Lappago). Mühlwald borders the following municipalities: Sand in Taufers, Kiens, Pfalzen, Finkenberg (Austria), Gais, Terenten, Pfitsch, Ahrntal, and Vintl. History Coat-of-arms The emblem represents four fir-trees, touching the edge at the top and a water wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a large wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with numerous b ... on the bottom, all on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terenten
Terenten (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of December 31, 2015, it had a population of 1,743 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Terenten contains the ''frazione'' (subdivision) Pichlern (Colli in Pusteria). Terenten borders the following municipalities: Kiens, Mühlwald, and Vintl. History Coat-of-arms The emblem represents a sable plough on 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; it is the symbol of the local agriculture. The arms were granted in 1969. Society Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 99.05% of the population speak German, 0.71% Italian and 0.24% Ladin as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vintl
Vintl (; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 3,264 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Vintl contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Niedervintl (Vandoies di Sotto), Obervintl (Vandioes di Sopra), Weitental (Vallarga) and Pfunders (Fundres). Vintl borders the following municipalities: Kiens, Mühlbach, Rodeneck, Mühlwald, Terenten, and Pfitsch. __NOTOC__ Pfunderer Mountains The ridges south-west of the main chain of the Zillertal are called the Pfunderer Mountains and occupy an area of about 300 km². The Pfunderer valley is embedded in them. They also enclose the Valler Valley in the west, form the mountain chain with the Pfitscher Valley and extend eastwards into the municipalities of Mühlwald and Terenten. The most prominent peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 be tinctured ''argent'' are either left blank, or indicated with the abbreviation ''ar''. The name derives from Latin ''argentum'', translated as "silver" or "white metal". The word ''argent'' had the same meaning in Old French ''blazon'', whence it passed into the English language. In some historical depictions of coats of arms, a kind of silver leaf was applied to those parts of the device that were argent. Over time, the silver content of these depictions has tarnished and darkened. As a result, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish regions that were intended as "argent" from those that were " sable". This leaves a false impression that the rule of tincture has been violated in cases where, when applied next to a dark colour, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassicism, Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran art#Baroque period, Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep color, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, Poland and Russia. By the 1730s, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Tyrol
The (Princely) County of Tyrol was an Imperial State, estate of the Holy Roman Empire established about 1140. After 1253, it was ruled by the House of Gorizia and from 1363 by the House of Habsburg. In 1804, the County of Tyrol, unified with the German Mediatisation, secularised prince-bishoprics of Prince-Bishopric of Trent, Trent and Prince-Bishopric of Brixen, Brixen, became a crown land of the Austrian Empire. From 1867, it was a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary. Today the territory of the historic crown land is divided between the Italy, Italian autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. The two parts are today associated again in the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion. History Establishment At least since King Otto I of Germany had conquered the former Kingdom of the Lombards, Lombard Kingdom of Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire), Italy in 961 and had himself crowned Holy Roman emperor in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altar
An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religion, religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, Church (building), churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and modern paganism. Many historical-medieval faiths also made use of them, including the Religion in ancient Rome, Roman, Religion in ancient Greece, Greek, and Norse paganism, Norse religions. Etymology The modern English language, English word ''wikt:altar#English, altar'' was derived from Middle English ''wikt:alter#Latin, altar'', from Old English ''wikt:alter, alter'', taken from Latin ''wikt:altare#Latin, altare'' ("altar"), probably related to ''wikt:adolere#Etymology 2, adolere'' ("burn"); thus "burning place", influenced by ''wikt:altus#Latin, altus'' ("high"). It displaced the native Old English word ''wikt:weofod#Old English, wēofod''. Altars in antiquity In antiquity, alta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
