Stilfs

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Stilfs
(Italian: Stelvio )
coat of arms
Coat of arms of Stilfs
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Stilfs in South Tyrol - Positionskarte.svg
State : Italy
Region : Trentino-South Tyrol
Province : Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community : Vinschgau
Inhabitants :
(VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019) 		1.307 / 1.150
Language groups :
(according to 2011 census ) 		98.46% German
1.54% Italian
0.00% Ladin
Coordinates 46 ° 36 '  N , 10 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '  N , 10 ° 33'  E
Altitude : 1.033– 3905  m slm (center: 1300  m slm )
Surface: 140 km²
Permanent settlement area: 4.2 km²
Parliamentary groups : Gomagoi, Stilfs , Sulden , Trafoi
Neighboring municipalities: Bormio (SO), Laas , Martell , Val Müstair (CH-GR), Prad am Stilfserjoch , Taufers im Münstertal , Valfurva (SO)
Postal code : 39029
Area code : 0473
ISTAT number: 021095
Tax number: 82008420216
Mayor  (2015): Hartwig Tschenett ( SVP )

Stilfs ( Italian Stelvio , Romansh Stielva ? / I ) is an Italian municipality in South Tyrol with 1150 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and belongs to the Vinschgau district community . The municipality includes the fractions Gomagoi, Stelvio, Solda and Trafoi. Audio file / audio sample

Stelvio, seen from Gomagoi

The toponym is documented as Stilvis in 1090 and Stilfes in 1290 and may have pre-Romanesque origins.

geography

Stilfs is located in the west of South Tyrol. The main town of the same name in the municipality of Stilfs ( 1300  m ) is located on the orographic left , western side in the lower Suldental , a side valley of the Vinschgau valley drained by the Suldenbach ; the village of Sulden ( 1900  m ) is located in the upper section of the valley. In the middle Suldental near Gomagoi ( 1250  m ) the Trafoital branches off , which offers space for the village of Trafoi ( 1570  m ).

Both valleys are surrounded by the mountains of the Ortler Alps , which are part of the mighty main ridge , the Fallasch ridge and the Lasa mountains . The heavily glaciated main ridge rises south above and between the two valleys. Some of the highest peaks in the Eastern Alps rise up here with a remarkable density . These include the Ortler , at 3905  m the highest peak in South Tyrol, the Königspitze ( 3851  m ), the Zebrù ( 3735  m ) and the Thurwieserspitze ( 3652  m ). The ridge ends above the end of the Trafoital valley on the Stilfser Joch ( 2758  m ), which is accessed by the famous SS 38 panoramic road and provides a transition to Valtellina ( Province of Sondrio , Lombardy ). In the West carrying Fallaschkamm in which the Piz Cotschen ( 3026  m ) represents the highest point, the Italian-Swiss border to Canton Grisons . In the Lasa Mountains east of the Suldental, the Vertainspitze ( 3545  m ) and the Hohe Angelus ( 3521  m ) are the most important summit points.

The entire municipality is protected in the Stilfserjoch National Park .

regional customs

The Klosn , an archaic fertility and relocation ritual that takes place annually on the Saturday before or after St. Nicholas' Day in Stelvio , is known nationwide .

politics

Mayor since 1953:

  • Johann Tschenett: 1953–1970
  • Josef Hofer: 1970–2010
  • Hartwig Tschenett: since 2010

Attractions

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Josef Agethle (1867–1937), pastor (since?)
  • Josef Hurton (1928-), pastor (since 1980)
  • Walter Klaus (1934–2012), construction and tourism entrepreneur (since 2000)
  • Reinhold Messner (* 1944), extreme mountaineer (since 2002)
  • Josef Hofer, former mayor of Stilfs (since 2011)
  • Paul Hanny, Tourism Manager (since 2019)
  • Gustav Thöni (* 1951), former Italian ski racer , former alpine ski racing trainer and hotelier (since 2019)

Sons and daughters of the place

Web links

Commons : Stilfs  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marta Villa: Identità e riconoscimento attraverso i culti della fertilità e il paesaggio agricolo nel Tirolo del Sud. Il 'case study' della popolazione giovane maschile di Stilfs in Vinschgau . In: Hannes Obermair u. a. (Ed.): Regional civil society in motion. Festschrift for Hans Heiss (=  Cittadini innanzi tutto ). Folio Verlag , Vienna-Bozen 2012, ISBN 978-3-85256-618-4 , p. 287-303 .
  2. ↑ The mayors of the South Tyrolean municipalities since 1952. (PDF; 15 MB) In: Festschrift 50 Years of the South Tyrolean Association of Municipalities 1954–2004. Association of South Tyrolean municipalities, pp. 139–159 , accessed on November 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Agethle Josef honorary citizen of Stelvio and pastor of Tubre 1867--1937 Clusio, South Tyrol | Death pictures in all of Tyrol North, East and South Tyrol. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Roland Pircher, Hannes Stampfer [piloly.com]: The Vinschger - Local - Sulden - Priest with profile. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Roland Pircher, Hannes Stampfer [piloly.com]: The Vinschger - Lokales - Sulden / Vorarlberg - In memory of Walter Klaus. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Roland Pircher, Hannes Stampfer [piloly.com]: The Vinschger - Gesellschaft - Sulden - Stelvio municipality - Messner now honorary citizen. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
  7. ^ Administrator: Hofer Sepp: honorary citizen. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .