Predazzo

Predazzo
Country	Italy
region	Trentino-South Tyrol
province	Trento (TN)
Coordinates	46 ° 19 ′ N , 11 ° 36 ′ E Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E
height	1018 m slm
surface	109 km²
Residents	4,528 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Bellamonte, Mezzavalle, Paneveggio, Fòl
Adjacent communities	Deutschnofen (BZ), Welschnofen (BZ), Moena , Tesero , Panchià , Ziano di Fiemme , Primiero San Martino di Castrozza , Canal San Bovo
Post Code	38037
prefix	0462
ISTAT number	022147
Popular name	Predazzani
Patron saint	Apostles Philip and James
Website	www.comune.predazzo.tn.it

Predazzo (German outdated Pardatsch, in the local dialect: Pardàc ) is an Italian municipality in Trentino with 4528 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

The east of the Val di Fiemme (Fiemme Valley) at 1,018 m slm preferred location is at the confluence of the Torrente Travignolo with that of the Val di Fassa coming Avisio . Predazzo is bounded to the south by the Lagorai chain and in the northeast of the the Dolomites belonging Latemar group. To the east, the valley of the same name, through which the Travignolo flows, leads to Passo Rolle and Passo Valles . Predazzo borders the communities Moena , Tesero , Panchià , Ziano di Fiemme , Primiero San Martino di Castrozza and Canal San Bovo as well as the South Tyrolean communities Deutschnofen and Welschnofen .

history

In 1447, the Prince-Bishop of Trento Georg Hack granted the residents the greatest possible degree of self-government with the Regola feudale . The Predazzo regola belongs to the valley municipality of Fleims . With the dissolution of the prince-bishopric, after the Napoleonic era from 1815 to 1919, Predazzo belonged to the Princes of Tyrol and thus to the Habsburg monarchy . In 1819 the geologist Giuseppe Marzari Pencati made a discovery here that significantly influenced the then prevailing understanding of geology when, contrary to the prevailing theory, he found older rock strata lying on top of younger strata. As a result, Predazzo was the target of numerous field investigations and visited by Leopold von Buch , Alexander von Humboldt and Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon, among others .

Until the First World War , Predazzo was a garrison of the k. u. k. Army , in 1914 the 2nd Battalion of the Tyrolean Rifle Regiment No. III was located here .

Until 1963, the place was the terminus for the Fiemme Valley Railway , built during the First World War .

economy

Predazzo is not only the largest municipality in the Fiemme Valley, but also its economic center. The pasta manufacturer Felicetti, the largest industrial employer, is based here. Predazzo is also a well-known winter sports area . The Trampolino dal Ben ski jumping facility with the large hill (hill size 134 m) and the normal hill (hill size 106) as well as three smaller junior hills is located on the northern edge of the village . The ski jumping competitions and the Nordic Combined jumping competitions at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 , 2003 and 2013 in Val di Fiemme were held on this facility .

Attractions

In addition to the winter sports facilities, Predazzo is known for its geological museum ( Museo di Geologia ), which houses a large number of well-preserved fossils, minerals and rocks.