Neumarkt (literally "new market"; ; it, Egna ) is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in
South Tyrol in northern
Italy, located about south of the city of
Bolzano.
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 Istat.]
Neumarkt borders the following municipalities:
Kaltern,
Kurtatsch,
Kurtinig,
Margreid,
Montan,
Salorno and
Tramin.
Neumarkt is the chief town of the
Ãœberetsch-Unterland district. It is the main cultural, historical and artistic center with a very nice old town. The agglomeration includes the neighborhoods of Vill,
Laag
Laag (german: Laag; it, Laghetti; local Tyrolean dialect: ''Låg'') is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Neumarkt in South Tyrol in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km northeast of the city of Trent ...
and Mazon. In the entire district Neumarkt is only the third most populated town after
Laives
Laives (; german: Leifers ) is a town and a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol, and the fourth larg ...
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 river.
Neumarkt was a
Roman 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 ''
frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets)
Laag
Laag (german: Laag; it, Laghetti; local Tyrolean dialect: ''Låg'') is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Neumarkt in South Tyrol in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km northeast of the city of Trent ...
(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
argent 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).
In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...
background; in the right side a gules cross, with shortened arms, on aa argent background. In a document dated 1395 Albrecht of Austria, brother of Duke
Rudolf IV of
Austria granted to the village, then called ''Newnmarkt'', the use of the arms. The emblem was granted in 1967.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 62.70% of the population speak
German, 36.89%
Italian and 0.42%
Ladin as first language.
Notable people
*
Lilli Gruber
Dietlinde "Lilli" Gruber (born 19 April 1957) is an Italian journalist and former politician.
Currently a talk show host for Italian private television channel La7, Gruber also served as Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to September ...
(born 1957 in Neumarkt), journalist and former politician
Further reading
* Josef Fontana (1993). ''Neumarkt 1848–1970: ein Beitrag zur Zeitgeschichte des Unterlandes''. Bozen 1993, .
* Hannes Obermair (1993). ''Die Urkunden des Dekanatsarchives Neumarkt (Südtirol) 1297–1841''. (= Schlern-Schriften 289). Innsbruck: Wagner 1993, .
* Helmut Gritsch (1997). ''Neumarkt an der Etsch – Vergangenheit und Gegenwart''. Hrsg. vom Verein für die Ortspflege Neumarkt, Neumarkt 1997
online.
* Martin Lercher (2005). ''Die Kirchen von Neumarkt''. Pluristamp, Bozen 2005.
References
External links
*
Homepage of the municipality
{{Authority control
Municipalities of South Tyrol