Völlan
| Völlan | |||
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| Italian name : Foiana | |||
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| View of the center of Völlan | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Trentino-South Tyrol | ||
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) | ||
| local community | Lana | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ' N , 11 ° 9' E | ||
| height | 702 m slm | ||
| surface | 4.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 1,200 () | ||
| Population density | 286 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Demonym | Völlaner | ||
| patron | Holy Severin | ||
| Church day | 22nd of July | ||
| Telephone code | 0473 | CAP | 39011 |
Völlan ( Italian Foiana ) is a village in the South Tyrolean Burggrafenamt at an altitude of around 700 m and a fraction of the market town of Lana . The village has about 1,100 inhabitants and is situated in an elevated position to the west above the Adige Valley near the city of Merano . The distance to the Lananer village center is approx. 6 km.
history
Due to its favorable location, Völlan was already settled in the early Middle Ages . The widely scattered courtyards and their names suggest Germanic tribes, but the naming of the place itself shows Romanesque features. Völlan is first documented in a document from the Counts of Eppan from 1189 as "in Follano" .
The oldest building is the parish church of St. Severin , built around 1200, but rebuilt in the 18th century.
Probably a short time after the church, the Mayenburg castle was built in the 13th century , which was first mentioned in 1229 and served as a refuge. In the 18th century, today's ruins were named a court castle, but in the middle of the 19th century the court moved to a different complex. Since then, the castle has changed hands several times, today the ruins are falling into disrepair and are not open to the public. Around 1815 Völlan became part of the then newly founded municipality of Tesimo , in 1854 Völlan was spun off as a separate municipality. After the peace treaty of St. Germain concluded in 1919 , as a result of which South Tyrol was awarded Italy, Völlan no longer had the right to form its own municipality due to the lack of population under Italian law. The village became part of the market town of Lana in 1928 .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows two crossed eagle feet with red claws on a yellow background.
politics
Because it is part of the market town of Lana , the village does not have its own council or mayor.
Attractions
The sights of the village include the Mayenburg castle, the Helmstorf residence and the parish church of St. Severin, as well as the St. Magdalena chapel above the entrance to the village and the "Chestnut Adventure Trail", which is accessible all year round. Furthermore, below the village is the St. Georgen chapel , whose predecessor - an archaeologically secured wooden church - dates from the early Middle Ages. You can also get to the “Völlaner Badl” via a hiking trail. The village, as the village Tisens , also by the "Keschtn-Riggl" and held annually chestnut festival known. In addition, you can see the way of life of Tyrolean farmers from earlier times in the nearby farmer's museum.
Mayenburg
Chapel of St. Magdalena
Widum
“Nagele” courtyard
Kobald-Hof
Parish Church of St. Severin
Church of St. Severin, chancel
Mair at the tower
Personalities
- Provost Josef Wieser (1828–1899), clergyman and politician
- Josef Unterholzner (* 1960), entrepreneur and politician
- Armin Zöggeler (* 1974), luge and Olympic champion
societies
There are a number of associations in Völlan:
- Völlan volunteer fire department
- Völlan farmers' band
- church choir
- Sports club
- Theater group
- Beautification club
- Rifle Train Völlan
- Völlan fishing association
- Etschland Borussia
literature
- Josef Tarneller : The court names in the Burggrafenamt and in the neighboring communities: Meraner area, Schnals, Passeier, Tschögglberg, Sarntal, Neuhaus court, Maienburg court, German area on the Nons, Ulten and Martell ( Archive for Austrian History 100). Vienna: Hölder 1909. ( digitized online from Tessmann )
- Martina Giovannoni: 100 years of the Völlan Volunteer Fire Brigade 1909–2009. Völlan: Völlan Volunteer Fire Brigade, 2009.
- Simon Peter Terzer: Street names in Lana and Völlan - Nomi stradali a Lana e Foiana. Lana: Gruberdruck, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Huter (edit.): Tyrolean document book. Section I, Volume 1: The documents on the history of the German Etschland and the Vintschgau up to 1200. Innsbruck: Ferdinandeum 1937, p. 242, no. 449.
- ↑ Paul Gleirscher , Hans Nothdurfter: The church excavation of St. Georg near Völlan, Lana. In: Der Schlern 1987, pp. 267–305.
