Mühlwald


Mühlwald is a comune in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.

Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 1,442 and an area of.
The municipality of Mühlwald contains the frazioni of Außermühlwald and Lappach.
Mühlwald borders the following municipalities: Sand in Taufers, Kiens, Pfalzen, Finkenberg, Gais, Terenten, Pfitsch, Ahrntal, and Vintl.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents four fir-trees, touching the edge at the top and a water wheel on the bottom, all on a silver background. The trees symbolize the forest and the wheel the mill depicting the name of the place. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 98.90% of the population speak German, 0.90% Italian and 0.21% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution


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