Niederdorf, South Tyrol Explained

Niederdorf
Official Name:	Gemeinde Niederdorf Comune di Villabassa
Coordinates:	46.7333°N 23°W
Region:	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province:	South Tyrol (BZ)
Mayor:	Günther Wisthaler
Area Total Km2:	17.8
Population Total:	1469
Population As Of:	Nov.2010^[1]
Population Demonym:	German: Niederdorfer Italian: Villabassino
Elevation M:	1154
Postal Code:	39039
Area Code:	0474

Niederdorf (pronounced as /de/; Italian: Villabassa pronounced as /it/) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy, about northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

Niederdorf borders the following municipalities: Prags, Toblach, Welsberg-Taisten, and Gsies.

History

The settlement is first mentioned as Nidrindorf in a record of the Freising bishopric, dating back to the years 993/94–1005.^[2]

Coat-of-arms

A fess, per fess gules, argent and gules (i.e. the Austrian flag), between:

1. in chief, Or, a sable eagle double-headed. This emblem was granted in 1966.^[3]
2. in base, per pale counterchanged and facing each other: Or, a half steinbock sable of Or and sable; and its mirror image. This is the insignia of the Lords of Kurz von Thurn who ruled the village from the 13th to the 18th century.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 92.09% of the population speak German, 7.76% Italian and 0.15% Ladin as first language.^[4]

External links

• Homepage of the municipality

Notes and References

1. Demographics after 1921 and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
2. Book: Martin Bitschnau . Hannes Obermair . Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Abteilung: Die Urkunden zur Geschichte des Inn-, Eisack- und Pustertals. Vol. 1: Bis zum Jahr 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner . Innsbruck . 2009 . 978-3-7030-0469-8 . 134–5, no. 169.
3. http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/n/niederdo.htm Heraldry of the World: Niederdorf
4. June 2012 . Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 . astat info . 38 . 6–7 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. 2012-06-14 .