Welschnofen


Welschnofen is a comune in the autonomous province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southeast of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 1,910 and an area of.
Welschnofen borders the following municipalities: Karneid, Moena, Deutschnofen, Predazzo, Sèn Jan di Fassa and Tiers.

History

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is party per quarterly: the 1st and the 4th represent an or rampant lion on sable, the arms of the Judge Bartlmä von Pretzenberg which has had an estate in the municipality. In the 2nd and 3rd quarter an azure mountain is surmounted by an argent pretzels on gules. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Society

According to the 2011 census, 94.00% of the population speak German, 5.53% Italian and 0.47% Ladin as first language.