Toblach


Toblach is a comune/Gemeinde in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located in the Puster Valley about northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 3,283 and an area of.
Toblach borders the following municipalities: Gsies, Innichen, Niederdorf, Prags, Auronzo di Cadore, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Innervillgraten.
The prominent mountain peaks the Tre Cime di Lavaredo are located nearby. The Drava/Drau also flows from the nearby mountains; other rivers in the comune include the Rienz.

Frazioni

The municipality of Toblach contains the frazione Aufkirchen/Santa Maria and Wahlen/San Silvestro.

History

The locality is first being mentioned as in vico Duplago in a document issued by the bishopric of Freising as of 827.

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is divided vertically into two parts with a central circle, the colors are red and white alternating. It was the arms of the Lords of Herbstenburg who bought the castle in 1509 and ruled the village. The emblem was granted in 1967.

Artists

Here, in a tiny wood cabin in the pine forests close to Toblach, in the summers of 1908-10 Gustav Mahler composed his ninth symphony, the last he completed, and Das Lied von der Erde, and also began work on his tenth symphony.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 84.10% of the population speak German, 15.58% Italian and 0.32% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution


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Climate

Airport

Approximately 1km to the South of Toblach lies Toblach Airport Italy's northern-most airport. The small military airfield has a 700m long and 50m wide grass runway and is managed by the Italian Air Force's Airport Detachment Toblach. From May to October the airport is open for civilian traffic on weekends and holidays.

Sports

Toblach is a regular host of FIS Cross-Country World Cup events and has hosted several stages of the Tour de Ski, a cross-country skiing stage event.