Neumarkt, South Tyrol


Neumarkt is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about south of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,001 and an area of.
Neumarkt borders the following municipalities: Kaltern, Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Margreid, Montan, Salorno and Tramin.
Neumarkt is the chief town of the Überetsch-Unterland district. It is the main cultural, historical and artistic center with a very nice old town. The agglomeration includes the neighborhoods of Vill, Laag and Mazon. In the entire district Neumarkt is only the third most populated town after Laives and Eppan, which are agglomerated to the capital city Bolzano.
The town is situated on the plain, elevation, on the left side of the Adige river.
Neumarkt was a Roman village on the Claudia Augusta road; it was called Endidae. The sightseeing include the arcades of the old town, the parish church, the Local Culture Museum and the church of Vill.

Frazioni

The municipality of Neumarkt contains the frazioni Laag, Mazon, St. Florian and Vill.

History

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is party per pale, the left side represents the argent crescent moon on a gules background; in the right side a gules cross, with shortened arms, on aa argent background. In a document dated 1395 Albrecht of Austria, brother of Duke Rudolf IV of Austria granted to the village, then called Newnmarkt, the use of the arms. The emblem was granted in 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 62.70% of the population speak German, 36.89% Italian and 0.42% Ladin as first language.

Notable people