Burgrave Office (district community)
The District Burggrafenamt ( Italian Comunità Comprensoriale Burgraviato ) was founded 1971st Originally the district community comprised 23 communities , in 1973 the communities Partschins, Plaus and Naturns joined and in 1986 the city of Merano. The 26 communities ( St. Felix and Our Lady in the Forest merged in 1974) extend over an area of 1,101 km² with around 100,000 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the actual Burggrafenamt as well as in adjacent areas such as the Deutschnonsberg and the lower Vinschgau . The capital is Meran .
In the census, around 77% of the residents of the Burgrave Office stated that they use German as a colloquial language. Around 22.69% were Italian-speaking, most of them live in Merano . Outside of Merano, 6% in the Burgraviato Office spoke Italian.
The municipalities of the district community are:
- Algund ,
- Burgstall ,
- Gargazon ,
- Hafling ,
- Kuens ,
- Lana ,
- Laurein ,
- Marling ,
- Meran ,
- Moss ,
- Nals ,
- Naturns ,
- Partschins ,
- Plausibility ,
- Proveis ,
- Riffian ,
- St. Leonhard ,
- St. Martin ,
- St. Pankraz ,
- Schenna ,
- Tyrol ,
- Tesimo ,
- Tscherms ,
- Ulten ,
- Our Lady in the Walde-St. Felix and
- Verano .
Meraner Land
The tourist associations of the Burggrafenamt district community have joined forces with the Schnalstal tourist association to form the Meraner Land holiday region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Demographic Handbook for South Tyrol 2014. State Institute for Statistics (Astat), accessed on January 16, 2015 (PDF file).
- ↑ Official website of the Meraner Land holiday region
Web links
- Website of the district community Burggrafenamt
- Entry in the Tirol Atlas of the Institute for Geography at the University of Innsbruck