Tscherms
Tscherms | |
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(Italian: Cermes ) | |
coat of arms | map |
State : | Italy |
Region : | Trentino-South Tyrol |
Province : | Bolzano - South Tyrol |
District community : | Burgrave Office |
Inhabitants : (VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019) |
1.412 / 1.544 |
Language groups : (according to 2011 census ) |
94.92% German 4.86% Italian 0.23% Ladin |
Coordinates | 46 ° 38 ' N , 11 ° 9' E |
Altitude : | 292 m slm |
Surface: | 6.6 km² |
Permanent settlement area: | 3.6 km² |
Neighboring municipalities: | Lana , Marling , Meran |
Partnership with : | Grassau , Oberhofen im Inntal |
Postal code : | 39010 |
Area code : | 0473 |
ISTAT number: | 021020 |
Tax number: | 00356410217 |
Mayor (2015): | Roland Pernthaler ( SVP ) |
Tscherms ([ tʃɛrms ]; Italian Cermes ) is an Italian municipality with 1544 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in South Tyrol near Merano .
geography
The municipality of Tscherms is located in the Burggrafenamt on the orographic right side of the Etsch Valley on the southwestern edge of the Merano valley basin. The village center is located at 292 m above sea level at the foot of the slope to the east under the ridge of the Vigiljoch , which forms the northeasternmost foothills of the Ortler Alps in the Zufrittkamm . At the Vigiljoch, more precisely at the Larchbichl at 1837 m , the municipality finds its highest point. In the east it extends over the valley floor to the Adige .
politics
mayor
Mayor since 1952:
- Alois Golser: 1952-1963
- Karl Innerhofer: 1963–1990
- Karl Huber: 1990-2010
- Roland Pernthaler: since 2010
Community friendship
There is a community friendship with the Bavarian market town of Altomünster . In Tscherms, the Altomünster monastery used to have vineyards and estates and obtained mass and drinking wine from there until the early 17th century.
Attractions
Lebenberg Castle was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Marling and passed to the Lords of Fuchs in 1426. The three-storey castle chapel originally dates from the 14th century.
The renaissance mansion Kränzl (also: Kränzlhof), which is owned by the Count von Pfeil, is also significant . The house archive contains, among other things, wine bills that go back to the 16th century and document old trade relations in the Swabian region.
traffic
Tscherms was on the Lana – Meran local railway and was connected to Lana and Meran via this until 1950 .
Personalities
- Karl Golser (1943–2016), Bishop of Bozen-Brixen
- Cristina Kury (* 1949), politician
- Oswald Egger (* 1963), German-speaking writer
- Karin Fischer Ausserer (* 1963), archaeologist
- Anne Marie Pircher (* 1964), writer
- Josef Garber (1883–1933), art historian, state curator
literature
- Cermes community (ed.): Cermes: village book with contributions to local and local history . Tappeiner, Lana 1997, ISBN 88-7073-234-7 ( online )
Web links
- Cermes community
- Landscape plan of the municipality of Tscherms . Office for Landscape Ecology, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol (PDF file)
- Entry in the Tirol Atlas of the Institute for Geography at the University of Innsbruck
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Hannes Obermair : Kränzl-Pfeil family archive, Tscherms (South Tyrol). Inventory . Ed .: South Tyrolean Provincial Archives . Bolzano 2001 ( academia.edu [accessed June 20, 2019]).
- ^ Bishop Karl Golser. Diocese of Bozen-Brixen, accessed on December 1, 2010 .