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Ladin Ladin may refer to: *Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language * Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also * Laden (disambiguation) *Ladino (disambigua ...

surname Mureda. Moroder ( oˈrodɐr is a surname from

Val Gardena Val Gardena (; german: Gröden ; lld, Gherdëina ) is a valley in Northern Italy, in the Dolomites of South Tyrol. It is best known as a tourist skiing, rock climbing, and woodcarving area. Geography The valley's main river is the Derjon, a ...

(province of

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third ...

), present almost exclusively in Ortisei. The migrations, which began as early as the eighteenth century, within a vast network of trade operated by the inhabitants of Val Gardena, have also distributed the surname elsewhere in Italy (Bolzano,

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...

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. The Moroders of Ortisei, of which there are several branches distinct from the "farm" or "house of origin" (Costamula, Lenert, Lusenberg, Resciesa, Doss, Cialian), are traditionally known as a family of

wood carvers Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentati ...

. Notable people with the name include:

People

* Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (18461939), Austrian-Italian painter and sculptor *

Franz Moroder Franz Moroder Lenèrt (4 September 1847 – 13 May 1920) was an Austrian politician and poet. He was the first mayor of Urtijëi in Val Gardena, a merchant, a scholar of Ladin history as well as a strong promoter of the Ladinian language. Biogr ...

(1847-1920), Austrian politician and poet * Johann Baptist Moroder (18701932), Austrian sculptor *

Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt Rudolf Moroder-Lenèrt (26 January 1877 in Urtijëi, County of Tyrol – 22 December 1914 in Radlow, Galicia) was an Austrian sculptor specializing in religious art, who was a member of the Moroder family of South Tyrol, which was notable for ...

(18771914), Tyrolean religious artist * Ludwig Moroder "Lenert" (18791953), Italian sculptor and teacher *

Friedrich (Rico) Moroder Friedrich Moroder, also known as Rico (born 21 March 1880, Ortisei in Val Gardena; died 24 January 1937) was a South Tyrolean sculptor. Biography He was the first born son of the painter Josef Moroder Lusenberg Josef Theodor Moroder, also k ...

(18801937), Austrian sculptor * Adele Moroder (18871966), Austrian author *

Otto Moroder Otto Moroder (born 29 January 1894 in Ortisei in Val Gardena; died 27 July 1977 in Mayrhofen, Zillertal) was an Austrian sculptor from South Tyrol. Biography He was the last born son of Josef Moroder, he learned his trade in his father's worksh ...

(18941977), Austrian sculptor * Albin Moroder (19222007), Austrian sculptor * Alex Moroder (19232006), Italian activist *

David Moroder David Moroder (born 28 January 1931 in Ortisei in Val Gardena - died 10 March 1997) was an Italian luger and sculptor. Biography David Moroder comes from the Grödner craftsman family of Moroder. He has four sons, including Walter Moroder ...

(born 1931), Italian luger and woodcarver * Luis Moroder (born 1940), Chemist *

Giorgio Moroder Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the " Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had ...

(born 1940), Italian musician * Ulrich Moroder (born 1948), South Tyrolean artist * Egon Rusina Moroder (born 1949) Italian painter and illustrator *

Walter Moroder Walter Moroder (born May 10, 1963 in Ortisei in Val Gardena , Italy ) is a contemporary South Tyrolean sculptor and draftsman. Biography Walter Moroder is the son of the Val Gardena sculptor David Moroder. From 1977 to 1980 he attended a dip ...

(born 1963), South Tyrolean sculptor *

Petra Moroder Petra Moroder (born 3 July 1968) is an Italian freestyle skier. She was born in Bolzano. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, ...

(born 1968), Italian freestyle skier *

Karin Moroder Karin Moroder (born 30 November 1974) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998. Moroder's best finish at the FIS Nord ...

(born 1974), Italian cross-country skier, Olympic bronze medal winner *

Daniel Moroder Daniel Moroder (born January 22, 2002 in Sterzing) is an Italian ski jumper. Career Moroder made his debut on January 13, 2017, in Schonach (Lech), Schonach during an individual competition on the normal hill placing 73rd in the Ski jumping, ...

(born 2002), ski jumper