Martell (South Tyrol)

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Martell
(Italian: Martello )
coat of arms
Martell Coat of Arms
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Martell in South Tyrol - Positionskarte.svg
State : Italy
Region : Trentino-South Tyrol
Province : Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community : Vinschgau
Inhabitants :
(VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019) 		879/829
Language groups :
(according to 2011 census ) 		100% German
0.0% Italian
0.0% Ladin
Coordinates 46 ° 34 '  N , 10 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 34 '  N , 10 ° 47'  E
Altitude : 957– 3757  m slm (center: 1312  m slm )
Surface: 143.8 km²
Permanent settlement area: 4.3 km²
Parliamentary groups : Ennetal, Ennewasser, Gand, Hintermartell, Mieren , Sonnenberg, Waldberg
Neighboring municipalities: Laas , Latsch , Peio ( TN ), Rabbi ( TN ), Schlanders , Stilfs , Ulten , Valfurva ( Sondrio )
Partnership with : Dudenhofen ( D )
Postal code : 39020
Area code : 0473
ISTAT number: 021049
Tax number: 82008550210
Mayor  (2015): Georg Altstätter ( SVP )

Martell ([ marˈtɛl ]; Italian Martello ) is an Italian municipality with 829 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in South Tyrol . It is located in the Martell valley through which the Plima flows , a side valley of the Vinschgau . According to the 2011 Italian census, Martell is the only municipality in Italy that is 100% inhabited by German-speaking residents.

geography

Martell village

The municipality of Martell is located in the Martell Valley , a side valley of the Vinschgau, through which the Plima flows . It encompasses almost the entire valley (only the valley entrance area belongs to the neighboring municipality of Latsch ) as well as the surrounding mountain areas. Most of the settlement points are on the orographic left side of the valley, which stretches in a south-westerly direction. Martell consists of six factions :

  • Enne water
  • Gand
  • Hintermartell
  • Mieren
  • Sonnenberg
  • Waldberg

To Meiern also part village or valley called community center ( 1312  m ) with city hall, primary school, kindergarten and church.

The Martell valley is surrounded by numerous three-thousand-meter peaks of the Ortler Alps , in the west the Lasa Mountains , in the south over the valley head to the main ridge and in the east to the Zufrittkamm . The municipality finds its highest point on the main ridge at the southern Zufallspitze ( 3757  m ), where Martell borders on Trentino and Lombardy ( province of Sondrio ). On the west side of the Lasa mountains , the Mittlere Pederspitze ( 3462  m ) and the Schildspitze ( 3461  m ) are important peaks, on the east side in the Zufrittkamm the Veneziaspitzen ( 3386  m ) and the Zufrittspitze ( 3439  m ).

The entire municipality is protected in the Stilfserjoch National Park .

etymology

The toponym is first documented in 1280 and comes either from the Latin murtella ("blueberry") or from the personal name "Martel" or from the pre-Roman word marra ("pile of stones").

Attractions

economy

Martell's economy is primarily characterized by dairy farming. However, strawberry production with cultivation areas ranging from 900 to 1800  m altitude also became famous . The height allows late harvests when the season has already ended elsewhere.

In the Zufrittsee , the Plima is dammed to generate electricity.

politics

Mayor since 1952:

  • Alois Holzknecht: 1952–1965
  • Heinrich Janser: 1965–1971
  • Gottfried Stricker: 1971–1974
  • Erwin Altstätter: 1974–1995
  • Erich Grassl: 1995-2000
  • Peter Gamper: 2000-2010
  • Georg Altstätter: since 2010

Sports

The Martell Valley biathlon center , where biathlon competitions are held annually, is located on the municipality's upper end of the Martell Valley .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martell parish , accessed on February 16, 2017
  2. ↑ Martell Dorf on the website suedtirolerland.it, accessed on May 30, 2019
  3. ↑ Martell - Valley of the Strawberry. In: The Vinschger. June 30, 2004, accessed March 2, 2009 .
  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 .