Abbey (South Tyrol)

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abbey
(Italian, lad .: Badia )
coat of arms
Abbey coat of arms
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Abbey in South Tyrol - Positionskarte.svg
State : Italy
Region : Trentino-South Tyrol
Province : Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community : Val Pusteria
Inhabitants :
(VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019)
3,366 / 3,471
Language groups :
(according to 2011 census )
1.76% German
4.17% Italian
94.07% Ladin
Coordinates 46 ° 37 ′  N , 11 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′  N , 11 ° 54 ′  E
Altitude : 1.193- 3064  m slm (center: 1315  m slm )
Surface: 82.94 km²
Permanent settlement area: 11.4 km²
Parliamentary groups : Abbey , St. Kassian , Stern
Neighboring municipalities: Cortina d'Ampezzo , Corvara , Enneberg , Livinallongo del Col di Lana , St. Martin in Thurn , Wengen , Selva
Postal code : 39036
Area code : 0471
ISTAT number: 021006
Tax number: 81006190219
Mayor  (2015): Giacomo Frenademetz (Badia - La Ila - San Ciascian)

Abbey ([ abˈtaɪ̯ ]; Ladin and Italian Badia ) is an Italian municipality in South Tyrol . Along with Corvara , Enneberg , St. Martin in Thurn and Wengen, it is one of the five predominantly Ladin-speaking communities in the Val Badia .

geography

View over the Abteital to the mountains of the Fanes group

Abbey occupies the main part of the southern, upper Gadertal (Ladin Val Badia ), which in this section is also called Abteital and is surrounded by mountain ranges of the Dolomites . The total of 82.94 km², counted as Ladinia , includes parts of the Fanes Group in the east and south , which are protected in the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park , and parts of the Puez Group in the west , which belong to the Puez-Geisler Nature Park . The most important abbey mountains include the Heiligkreuzkofel ( 2907  m slm , Sas dla Crusc ), the Piz Lavarela ( 3055  m , Piz de Lavarela ), the Piz Cunturines ( 3064  m , Piz dles Cunturines ) and the Sassongher ( 2665  m ).

The most important village settlements in the Abtei municipality, which is otherwise characterized by numerous smaller hamlets (Ladin viles ), are:

  • the capital Abbey ( Badia ) in a valley widening to the north of the municipal area, consisting of the villages Pedratsches (1300- 1370  m , Pedraces ) west of Gader ( Gran Ega ) and San Leonardo (1300- 1390  m , Ladin San Linert , Italian San Leonardo ) east of the Gader,
  • Stern (1390- 1520  m , Ladin La Ila ) about the center of the municipality where the Val Badia in a southwestern ( Corvara ) and a southeastern road divides, namely
  • St. Kassian ( 1510–1570  m , Ladin San Ćiascian ) in the southeastern branch of the Val Badia .

Year-round accessible is the church from the north, where Abbey at Wengen ( La Val ) borders, on the valley road, which in Pustertal near Brunico begins. In a south-easterly direction, the road over the Valparola Pass ( 2192  m , Ju de Valparola ) connects the Abbey with Cortina d'Ampezzo ( Anpezo ) in the province of Belluno and Veneto .

history

Landslide of December 14, 2012: Remains in summer 2013

The place name is explained by the extensive estates that the Benedictine Abbey Sonnenburg owned and administered here since the 12th century.

Until the end of the First World War, the abbey belonged to the judicial district of Enneberg and was part of the district of Bruneck .

On December 14, 2012, a landslide of around two hectares between St. Kassian and St. Leonhard destroyed three houses.

Attractions

Places of pilgrimage are the birthplace of St. Joseph Freinademetz and the Holy Cross Church .

population

Residents

The municipality of Abtei has 3358 inhabitants (official resident population on December 31, 2009). The population growth is 1.05 percent. The birth rate is 11.6 and the death rate 5.1. The population growth is made up of 0.66 percent natural population growth and 0.39 percent net migration (2009).

51.25 percent of the population are female and 48.75 percent are male. In terms of marital status, 50.13 percent of the population are single, 44.25 percent are married, 4.84 percent widowed and 0.78 percent divorced (December 31, 2009).


2011 census
census
2001

1991 census

1981 census

1971 census
population 3,388 3,015 2,722 2,575 2,271
households 1,137 949 753 629 501
Average Household size 3.0 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.5

Language groups

In the 2011 census, around 94 percent of the population declared that they belonged to or assigned to the Ladin language group . This makes the Abbey one of the eight predominantly Ladin-speaking communities in South Tyrol.

Language group
2011 census
census
2001

1991 census

1981 census

1971 census
Ladin 94.07% 93.43% 95.55% 96.25% 97.14%
Italian 4.17% 3.88% 2.07% 1.91% 1.41%
German 1.76% 2.69% 2.38% 1.84% 1.45%

economy

As in the other Ladin communities in South Tyrol, tourism is the most important industry. Abtei is a member of the Alta Badia Tourism Association . Around 69 percent of the population work in the service sector, around 21 percent in the manufacturing industry (especially construction and craft ). Agriculture is still practiced by ten percent of the population, but for the most part as a sideline.

education

Abbey is the seat of a school district in Ladin. This includes the three primary schools "Tita Alton" in St. Leonhard, "Janmati Declara" in St. Kassian and in Stern, as well as the middle school "Tita Alton" in St. Leonhard. The two primary schools in the neighboring communities of Wengen and Corvara are also connected to the school district.

In Stern, the only secondary schools in Val Badia are located in the high school center of the Ladin villages , which offers a language high school, a social science high school and a technical high school for economics.

Sports

Every mid-December, a giant slalom race of the Alpine Ski World Cup takes place on the Gran Risa slope, which belongs to the Stern fraction .

On the first weekend in July, the well-known “Maratona dles Dolomites” bike race starts in Stern.

politics

Municipal Council (2015)
3
8th
7th
8th 7th 
A total of 18 seats

Mayor since 1952:

  • Giovanni Irsara: 1952–1955
  • Luigi Craffonara: 1955-1964
  • Hermann Pescollderungg: 1964–1974
  • Otto Pizzinini: 1974–1980
  • Hermann Pescollderungg: 1980–1995
  • Ugo Dorigo: 1995-2008
  • Giacomo Frenademetz: since 2009

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Abbey  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Population figures 2011 abbey (PDF; 514 kB) on provinz.bz.it
  2. ^ Abbey school district. South Tyrolean Citizens' Network , accessed on October 25, 2014 .
  3. Secondary school center in the Ladin villages. South Tyrolean Citizens' Network, accessed on October 25, 2014 .
  4. 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 .