Martell (South Tyrol)
Martell | |
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(Italian: Martello ) | |
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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 |
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
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
- Official website of the municipality of Martell
- Entry in the Tirol Atlas of the Institute for Geography at the University of Innsbruck
Individual evidence
- ^ Martell parish , accessed on February 16, 2017
- ↑ Martell Dorf on the website suedtirolerland.it, accessed on May 30, 2019
- ↑ Martell - Valley of the Strawberry. In: The Vinschger. June 30, 2004, accessed March 2, 2009 .
- ↑ 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 .