Margreid an der Weinstraße
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Margreid an der Weinstraße is a comune
(municipality) in South Tyrol
in the Italian
region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km northeast of the city of Trento
and about 25 km southwest of the city of Bolzano (Bozen).
Margreid borders the following municipalities: Kurtatsch
, Kurtinig
, Neumarkt, Roverè della Luna
and Salorno
.
, of gules
and sable
, with an or
horn. It is the arms of the family Ob der Platten who lived in the village until 1511. The emblem, which was adopted in 1968, appeared as a seal in 1780.
as first language.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km northeast of the city of Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...
and about 25 km southwest of the city of Bolzano (Bozen).
Margreid borders the following municipalities: Kurtatsch
Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße
Kurtatsch an der Weinstraße is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 25 km southwest of the city of Bolzano....
, Kurtinig
Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
Kurtinig an der Weinstraße is a comune in the province of South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 30 km southwest of the city of Bolzano....
, Neumarkt, Roverè della Luna
Roverè della Luna
Roverè della Luna is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 20 km north of Trento....
and Salorno
Salorno
Salorno is the southernmost comune of the Überetsch-Unterland district in South Tyrol, in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.-Geography:As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,160 and an area of 33.2 km²....
.
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is party per fessDivision of the field
In heraldry, the field of a shield can be divided into more than one area of different tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinaries and carrying its name...
, of gules
Gules
In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation....
and sable
Sable (heraldry)
In heraldry, sable is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours". In engravings and line drawings, it is sometimes depicted as a region of crossed horizontal and vertical lines or else marked with sa. as an abbreviation.The name derives from the black fur of...
, with an or
Or (heraldry)
In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...
horn. It is the arms of the family Ob der Platten who lived in the village until 1511. The emblem, which was adopted in 1968, appeared as a seal in 1780.
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2001 census, 83.49% of the population speak German, 15.96% Italian and 0.56% LadinLadin
Ladin is a language consisting of a group of dialects spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno...
as first language.