Segonzano

Segonzano
Country	Italy
region	Trentino-South Tyrol
province	Trento  (TN)
Coordinates	46 ° 11 ′  N , 11 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
height	660  m slm
surface	20.8 km²
Residents	1,422 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	68 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	38047
prefix	0461
ISTAT number	022172
Popular name	Segonzanesi
Patron saint	San Bartolomeo
Website	www.comune.segonzano.tn.it

Segonzano (German outdated: Ziegenzahn ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 1422 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Trento in the Trentino-South Tyrol region . It belongs to the valley community Comunità della Valle di Cembra .

geography

The community is located about 16.5 kilometers northeast of Trento in the central Cembra Valley on the orographic left side of the Avisio at 660  m slm. Southwest of the town center are the pyramids of Segonzano , about 20 meters high earth formations that were created by erosion . The Dürerweg , a long-distance hiking trail coming from the Bozner Unterland , ends in Segonzano .

Administrative division

The scattered community Segonzano consists of the fractions Caloneghi, Casal, Gaggio, Gresta, Luch, Parlo, Piazzo, Prà, Quaras, Sabion, Saletto, Scancio, Sevignano, Stedro, Teaio and Valcava. The municipality is located in Scancio.

history

Segonzano was first mentioned in 1216 in the copy book of the Prince-Bishop of Trient Friedrich von Wangen, the Codex Wangianus . In 1304 the place and the 13th century Castello di Segonzano by Meinhardiner and Count of Tyrol Otto III. awarded to Jakob von Rottenburg as a fief. In 1306 the Lord of Segonzano was appointed episcopal cupbearer by Bishop Bartholomäus Querini .

From 1424 to 1500 it was the Counts of Tyrol who appointed the Lords of Segonzano. In 1494 or 1495, Albrecht Dürer came to Segonzano on his first trip to Italy and took several pictures of the place and the castle. In 1535 the castle passed into the possession of the castle captain Giovanni Battista a Prato, who came from Barzio in Lombardy and was recognized as the new lord of the castle by Prince-Bishop Bernhard von Cles and who in the same year was ennobled by Emperor Ferdinand I with the title of Imperial Knight. The German influence in Segonzano ended with the a Prato. In 1609, the Regole della Giurisdizione e Communità di Segonzano was set up similar to the valley municipality of Fleims , with which the heads of the families of Segonzano regulated the administration and management of common property and natural resources and was recognized by the Lord of Segonzano Ottavia a Prato.

During the Italian campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte in the First Coalition War , the so-called Battle of Segonzano took place on November 2, 1796 . The Austrian troops under Paul von Davidovich succeeded in displacing the French under Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois from the Cembra Valley to the south. The castle of Segonzano was badly damaged in the battle, so that the complex subsequently fell into ruin. With the establishment of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy , Segonzano lost the rights of self-government that had been granted by the Prince-Bishop of Trento.

Parish partnership

Segonzac , Charente department , since 1985

photos

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  Segonzano with its districts

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  Castello di Segonzano (13th century)

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  The Acuarell of the castle, made by Albrecht Dürer in 1495

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  Church of Santissima Trinità in the district of Stedro (15th century)

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  The pyramids of Segonzano

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} La storia di Segonzano. In: comune.segonzano.tn.it. Segonzano municipality, April 3, 2014, accessed June 23, 2020 (Italian).