Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße
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Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße is a comune
(municipality) in South Tyrol
in the Italian
region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km northeast of the city of Trento
and about 25 km southwest of the city of Bolzano.
Kurtatsch borders the following municipalities: Neumarkt, Margreid
, Tramin
, Coredo
, Roverè della Luna
, Ton, Tres, and Vervò
.
postillion hornet with tassels on azure
background; at the corners are placed four six-pointed or stars. The postillon’s hornet indicates that the village was a postal station; the star represent the four villages in the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
as first language.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
in the Italian
Italy
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region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km northeast of the city of Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
and about 25 km southwest of the city of Bolzano.
Kurtatsch borders the following municipalities: Neumarkt, Margreid
Margreid an der Weinstraße
Margreid an der Weinstraße is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 25 km southwest of the city of Bolzano ....
, Tramin
Tramin an der Weinstraße
Tramin an der Weinstraße is a comune in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about 35 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 20 km southwest of the city of Bolzano. The name of the grape variety Gewürztraminer Tramin an der Weinstraße is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol,...
, Coredo
Coredo
Coredo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km north of Trento...
, Roverè della Luna
Roverè della Luna
Roverè della Luna is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 20 km north of Trento....
, Ton, Tres, and Vervò
Vervò
Vervò is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 694 and an area of 15.2 km²....
.
Coat-of-arms
The emblem shows a orOr (heraldry)
In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...
postillion hornet with tassels on azure
Azure
In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation....
background; at the corners are placed four six-pointed or stars. The postillon’s hornet indicates that the village was a postal station; the star represent the four villages in the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2001 census, 96.21% of the population speak German, 3.44% Italian and 0.35% LadinLadin
Ladin is a language consisting of a group of dialects spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno...
as first language.