| Feldthurns | |
| Official Name: | Gemeinde Feldthurns Comune di Velturno |
| Shield Alt: | Velturno-Stemm.png |
| Coordinates: | 46.6667°N 47°W |
| Region: | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province: | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Frazioni: | Garn (Caerne), Schnauders (Snodres), Schrambach (San Pietro Mezzomonte), Tschiffnon (Giovignano) |
| Mayor: | Konrad Messner |
| Area Total Km2: | 24.8 |
| Population Total: | 2740 |
| Population As Of: | Jan. 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Demonym: | German: Feldthurner Italian: velturnesi |
| Elevation M: | 851 |
| Saint: | Maria |
| Postal Code: | 39043 |
| Area Code: | 0472 |
Feldthurns (pronounced as /de/; it|Velturno pronounced as /it/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy about 25km (16miles) northeast of Bolzano.
As of 30 January 2019, it had a population of 2,873 and an area of 24.8km2.
Feldthurns borders Brixen, Klausen, Villnöß and Vahrn.
The municipality of Feldthurns contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Garn (Caerne), Schnauders (Snodres), Schrambach (San Pietro Mezzomonte), Tschiffnon (Giovignano).
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.[2]
Isotopic analysis of Ötzi the Iceman's tooth enamel suggests that he may have spent his childhood in present-day Feldthurns, circa 3275BCE.[3]
According to the 2011 census, 98.33% of the population speak German, 0.91% Italian and 0.76% Ladin as their first language.[4]
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