Feldthurns
Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
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Feldthurns (German pronunciation: [fɛlˈtʊrns]; Italian: Velturno [velˈturno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Bolzano.
Italian: velturnesi
Feldthurns | |
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| Comune di Feldthurns | |
Velthurns Castle | |
  Feldthurns Location of Feldthurns in Italy  Feldthurns Feldthurns (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′N 11°36′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Frazioni | Garn (Caerne), Schnauders (Snodres), Schrambach (San Pietro Mezzomonte), Tschiffnon (Giovignano) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Patrick Delueg |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 851 m (2,792 ft) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[2] | |
• Total | 2,740 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (286/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | German: Feldthurner Italian: velturnesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39043 |
| Dialing code | 0472 |
| Patron saint | Maria |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
As of 30 January 2019, it had a population of 2,873 and an area of 24.8 square kilometres (9.6 mi2).[2]
Feldthurns borders Brixen, Klausen, Villnöß and Vahrn.
Frazioni
The municipality of Feldthurns contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Garn (Caerne), Schnauders (Snodres), Schrambach (San Pietro Mezzomonte), Tschiffnon (Giovignano).
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is party per fess: in the first part it's represented two embattled towers of gules, the second is checky of gules. It's the canting arms used in 1607 in the castle by the Bishops of Brixen and symbolize the German name of the municipality: towers (Thurn) over the fields (Feld). The emblem was granted in 1966.[3]
Notable residents
Isotopic analysis of Ötzi the Iceman's tooth enamel suggests that he may have spent his childhood in present-day Feldthurns, circa 3275 BCE.[4]
