Sarntal (; ) is a valley and a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about north of the city of Bolzano. The municipality comprises several towns and villages. The largest one, seat of the mayor and council, is Sarnthein.
Geography
Sarntal borders the following municipalities:
Hafling,
Freienfeld, Klausen,
Franzensfeste, Mölten,
Ratschings,
Ritten,
Jenesien, St. Leonhard in Passeier,
Schenna,
Vahrn, Vöran and
Villanders. The
Durnholzer See is located in the municipal territory.
The main river is the
Talfer, which has its source at the
Weißhorn mountain in the
Pensertal.
History
The village of Sarnthein was first mentioned in 1211.
Coat of arms
The emblem represents an or
deer’s head on azure. The insignia looks like that of the various Lords who administered the territory since 1315, but since 1681 they were named Counts of Sarnthein (
Grafen von Sarnthein) living in the
Kellerburg Castle. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
[ Heraldry of the World: Sarntal]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 97.19% of the population speak German, 2.69% Italian and 0.12%
Ladin language as first language.
Notable people
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Franz Thaler (1925 in Sarntal – 2015), an author, a peacock quill embroiderer and a survivor of the concentration camp in Dachau
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Gustav Hofer (Sarntal, 1976), film director, screenwriter, journalist and TV host
[ IMDb Database retrieved 15 June 2019]
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