Welschnofen (; ) 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 autonomous 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

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, located about southeast 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 ...

History

Coat of arms

The escutcheon is party per quarterly: the 1st and the 4th represent an or rampant lion on

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 ...

, the arms of the Judge ''Bartlmä von Pretzenberg'' which has had an estate in the municipality. In the 2nd and 3rd quarter an azure mountain is surmounted by an

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 ...

pretzels 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 ...

. The emblem was adopted in 1967.Heraldry of the World: Welschnofen
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Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 1,910 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality includes the village of Karersee, named after the nearby alpine lake by the same name,

Karersee Lake Carezza (; ) is a small alpine lake in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. It is known for its wonderful colors and its view of the Latemar mountain range. Characterization The name of the lake derives from " Caricaceae", a family of plan ...

. Welschnofen borders the following municipalities: Karneid, Moena, Deutschnofen,

Predazzo Predazzo (, literally big meadow) is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Trento, northern Italy. Predazzo is located about 58 kilometres northeast of Trento in Val di Fiemme. It is one of the main centers of Val di Fiemme (the other is C ...

, Sèn Jan di Fassa and Tiers.

Society

According to the 2024 census, 91.03% of the population speak German, 8.33% Italian and 0.63% Ladin as first language.

References

External links

Official website

Rosengarten Latemar
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