Innichen

Coordinates: 46°44′N 12°17′E / 46.733°N 12.283°E / 46.733; 12.283
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Innichen
Comune
Marktgemeinde Innichen
Comune di San Candido
Comun da Sanciana
Coat of arms of Innichen
Coat of arms
Location of Innichen
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39038
Dialing code0474
Patron saintSaint Candide, Saint Korbinian
WebsiteOfficial website

Innichen (German: [ˈɪnɪçn̩] ⓘ; Italian: San Candido [saŋ ˈkandido]; Ladin: Sanciana) is a municipality and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava River, on Italy's border with Austria. It hosts Italy’s International Snow Sculpture Festival each year.[3]

Innichen is renowned for its ski resorts, and it includes the natural park of Tre Cime di Lavaredo.

Geography

Innichen borders the municipalities of Toblach, Innervillgraten (Austria), Sexten, and Sillian (Austria).

History

Innichen Abbey

Innichen is home to the

Franciscan
monastery founded in 1691.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem shows an argent tower with the Ghibelline merlon on two levels, with the portal and the portcullis; above the door a coat of arms showing the head of a Moor, crowned with an or diadem on azure. The tower has settled on vert countryside and gules. This kind of representation points out that the site was once under the rule of the Bishops of Freising owners of a large area in the region from 769 to 1803. The coat of arms was granted by King Albert I of Germany in 1303.[5]


Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 85.06% of the population spoke German, 14.64% Italian and 0.30% Ladin as their first language.[6]

Twin towns

Innichen is

twinned
with:

People

Media

The italian televisione series Un passo dal cielo was set in San Candido

Transports

Innichen railway station is one of the border station between Italia and Austria

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Luxe Adventure Traveller. 2016. Art: Italy’s International Snow Sculpture Festival, by Jennifer Dombrowski
  4. ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8
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  5. ^ Heraldry of the World: Innichen
  6. ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

Media related to Innichen at Wikimedia Commons

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