Fiè allo Sciliar

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Fiè allo Sciliar
(Italian: Fiè allo Sciliar )
coat of arms
Coat of arms of Völs am Schlern
 map
Fiè allo Sciliar in South Tyrol - Positionskarte.svg
State : Italy
Region : Trentino-South Tyrol
Province : Bolzano - South Tyrol
District community : Salten-Schlern
Inhabitants :
(VZ 2011 / 31.12.2019) 		3,425 / 3,616
Language groups :
(according to 2011 census ) 		94.92% German
4.46% Italian
0.62% Ladin
Coordinates 46 ° 31 '  N , 11 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '  N , 11 ° 30'  E
Altitude : 315– 2564  m slm (center: 880  m slm )
Surface: 44.4 km²
Permanent settlement area: 11.3 km²
Parliamentary groups : Blumau , Oberaicha, Obervöls, Prösels, Prösler Ried, St. Anton, St. Kathrein, St. Konstantin, Steg, Ums, Unteraicha, Untervöls , Völser Ried
Neighboring municipalities: Kastelruth , Karneid , Tiers , Ritten
Partnership with : Friedberg in Bavaria
Postal code : 39050
Area code : 0471
ISTAT number: 021031
Tax number: 80008620215
Mayor  (2014): Othmar Stampfer ( SVP )

Völs am Schlern ([ fœls ]; Italian Fiè allo Sciliar ['fje' al: o ʃi'lja: r] ; Ladin Fië ) is an Italian municipality with 3616 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in South Tyrol . The main town is Untervöls. The community owes its name affix to the Sciliar massif, which dominates the landscape .

The most important economic sector is tourism. Völs was already a popular destination for the Bolzano citizens at the end of the 19th century , especially for summer holidays and for hay bath treatments.

geography

View of Untervöls and the Schlern

The municipality of Völs comprises areas in the lower Eisack valley , to a lesser extent in the Tiers valley branching off from it and in the mountain areas of the Sciliar group of the Dolomites towering above it .

The majority of the settlements are located in the Schlern area , a low mountain range that extends on the orographically left , eastern side of the lower Eisack valley. There are several localities of the municipality scattered: the central capital Untervöls ( 880  m ), above it the scattered settlement Obervöls , a little to the north the villages of St. Anton ( 850  m ) and St. Konstantin ( 900  m ), and a little south of Prösels ( 880  m) ) and Ums ( 930  m ). At lower altitudes, the steep slopes of the Eisack Valley offer space for the hamlets of Völser Ried and Prösler Ried . The village of Blumau ( 330  m ) and the locality of Steg, both of which only partially belong to Völs, are located in the narrow, gorge-like valley floor . In the south of the municipality, Völs occupies the orographically right side of the lower Tiers valley. The farms and hamlets there are assigned to the settlements of Völser Aicha (divided into Oberaicha and Unteraicha), St. Kathrein and Breien .

The landscape is dominated by the Schlern ( 2563  m ) towering to the east , the summit plateau of which is located in the municipality of Völs. To the south of the main massif, the Tschafatschzug forms another chain of peaks. The community area from the peaks of the Schlern group down to the Völser Weiher ( 1036  m ) is under nature protection as part of the Schlern-Rosengarten nature park.

Castelrotto , the second municipality in the Sciliar area, is located north of Völs . In the west the Eisack forms the municipal boundary to Renon , in the southwest the Tierser Bach zu Karneid . In the southeast, Völs borders on Tiers .

history

Finds from the Copper Age show that the Völser municipality area dates back to the 4th millennium BC. Chr. Was settled. The place is mentioned for the first time as "Fellis" in a document from King Arnolf from the year 888, where it is referred to as being located in the Duchy of Bavaria ("in Bauuariae partibus sita inter montana") on the border with Imperial Italy .

Attractions

  • Prösels Castle

  • The center of Völs with the parish church and St. Peter

politics

mayor

Mayor since 1952:

  • Josef Untermarzoner: 1952–1960
  • Alois Ploner: 1960-1969
  • Walter Kompatscher: 1969–1980
  • Josef Kompatscher: 1980–2005
  • Arno Kompatscher : 2005–2013
  • Othmar Stampfer: since 2014

coat of arms

Description: Quartered in black and red. In the first field a red paw cross and in the fourth a red rose with a golden clasp, each in a silver bar . In the other two fields a silver column crowned with gold .

Sons and daughters of the place

People related to the place

Literary mentions

In Arthur Schnitzler's Das wide Land , Völs is mentioned several times. The Völser Weiher in particular plays a role in this.

Web links

Commons : Völs am Schlern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair (arrangement): Tiroler Urkundenbuch II / 1, Innsbruck: Wagner 2009, p. 78f No. 109. ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8
  2. ↑ 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 .