Hafling

Hafling
(Italian: Avelengo )
coat of arms	map
State :	Italy
Region :	Trentino-South Tyrol
Province :	Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community :	Burgrave Office
Inhabitants : (VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019)	740/780
Language groups : (according to 2011 census )	97.58% German 2.42% Italian 0.00% Ladin
Coordinates	46 ° 39 ' N , 11 ° 13' E Coordinates: 46 ° 39 ' N , 11 ° 13' E46.64598 11.22453 1300
Altitude :	1200– 2680 m slm (center: 1300 m slm )
Surface:	26 km²
Permanent settlement area:	3.8 km²
Parliamentary groups :	St. Kathrein, Hafling Dorf, Hafling Oberdorf and Falzeben / Meran
Neighboring municipalities:	Meran , Sarntal , Schenna , Verano
Postal code :	39010
Area code :	0473
ISTAT number:	021005
Tax number:	82003050216
Mayor (2015):	Andreas Peer ( SVP )

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Hafling ([ ˈhɑˑflɪŋ ]; Italian : Avelengo ) is an Italian municipality with 780 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in South Tyrol , in the immediate vicinity of Merano . Hafling is the namesake for the Haflinger horses . The skiing and hiking area Merano 2000 is also located in Avelengo.

geography

The municipality of Avelengo is located in the northwest of the Tschögglberg , a mountain range that accompanies the Adige Valley between Merano and Bozen on the east side. The two largest settlements, Hafling Dorf ( 1290 m ) and Oberdorf ( 1400 m ), are located in the lower, mid-mountainous areas of the area in the west of the municipality, which is characterized by forests and meadows. In the northeast, the municipality reaches the summit of the Sarntal Alps : the Verdinser Plattenspitze ( 2680 m ), the Hochplattspitze ( 2615 m ) and the Kleiner Ifinger ( 2552 m ).

Hafling borders on Merano to the west and Schenna to the north . In the south lies the Tschögglberger neighboring municipality Vöran . In the east, the watershed to the Sarntal largely forms the border to the municipality of the same name Sarntal .

history

The name of the settlement is first documented in 1186 as "Haueningen" , in 1189 as "Heveningen" and in 1370 as "Hæfningen" , before the short form prevailed. The name is after the pattern of the Bavarian -ing formed domain name and is expected to OHG. Yard return. Avelengo was part of the historical burgrave office (the narrower domain of the counts of Tyrol ). Until the end of the First World War it belonged to the judicial district of Merano and was part of the district of Merano .

In 1931 Hafling was incorporated into Merano as a fraction by royal decree no. 550 of April 23, 1931 . Only with the regional law no. 7 of May 18, 1957, the place regained its administrative independence.

From 1923 to 1984 Avelengo and Merano- Obermais were connected with the model cable car Merano-Avelengo . Only the former mountain station is preserved.

Attractions

The landmark of Hafling is the 13th century church of St. Kathrein in der Scharte .

coat of arms

Description: In the silver coat of arms , a brown horse with a golden mane and tail stands in front of a green fir tree on a green three-mountain in the base of the shield . The horse represents a Haflinger because the breed is named after the place.

tourism

The skiing and hiking area Merano 2000 is mainly located in the Haflinger area.

Avelengo is a popular summer hiking area. A special nature trail leads to the Sulphner pond, which is almost completely covered with white water lilies .

politics

Mayor since 1957:

Franz Alber: 1957-1965
Johann Reiterer: 1965–1974
Alois Reiterer: 1974–1980
Josef Reiterer: 1980–1990
Josef Reiterer: 1990–2010
Andreas Peer: since 2010

St. John's Church
Katharinenkirche

literature

Trude Werther: Hafling: History and stories of a mountain village . Edited by the Hafling municipal administration, Hafling 1998 (online) .

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality of Avelengo
Entry in the Tirol Atlas of the Institute for Geography at the University of Innsbruck
Landscape plan of the municipality of Avelengo . Office for Landscape Ecology, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol (PDF file)

Individual evidence

^ Franz Huter : Tyrolean document book . I. Department: The documents on the history of the German Etschland and the Vintschgau. Volume 1. Ed. By the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum . Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner 1939, No. 429 and 450.
^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 372, no.768 .
^ Karl Finsterwalder : Ahrn, Erl, Afing, Welschnofen, Hafling and other Tyrolean names. In: Der Schlern 37, 1963, pp. 321–323.
↑ Origin and history . Avelengo municipality. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
↑ The Haflinger municipality coat of arms In: Haflinger Gemeindeblatt No. 4 2004, Volume 10 p.1 (PDF; 479 kB)
↑ 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 .

[1] Franz Huter : Tyrolean document book . I. Department: The documents on the history of the German Etschland and the Vintschgau. Volume 1. Ed. By the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum . Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner 1939, No. 429 and 450.

[2] Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 372, no.768 .

[3] Karl Finsterwalder : Ahrn, Erl, Afing, Welschnofen, Hafling and other Tyrolean names. In: Der Schlern 37, 1963, pp. 321–323.

[4] Origin and history . Avelengo municipality. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

[5] The Haflinger municipality coat of arms In: Haflinger Gemeindeblatt No. 4 2004, Volume 10 p.1 (PDF; 479 kB)

[6] 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 .