Pfalzen


Pfalzen is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 2,753 and an area of.
Pfalzen borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Kiens, Gais, St. Lorenzen and Mühlwald.

Frazioni

The municipality of Pfalzen contains the frazioni Greinwalden and Issing.

History

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is party per pale of gules and argent; with a sickle in each side of opposite color. It is the coat of arms of the Plazoll zu Assling, Lords of Pfalzen in the Middle Ages, who built the castle of Sichelburg. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.25% of the population speak German, 2.36% Italian and 1.39% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution


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Notable people