Sand in Taufers

Sand in Taufers
Sand in Taufers
Comune
	Marktgemeinde Sand in Taufers; Comune mercato di Campo Tures
	Town centre with Taufers Castle
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sand in Taufers
	Sand in Taufers Location of Sand in Taufers in Italy Sand in Taufers Sand in Taufers (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°55′16″N 11°57′20″E / 46.92111°N 11.95556°E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Ahornach (Acereto di Tures), Kematen (Caminata di Tures), Mühlen in Taufers (Molini di Tures), Rein in Taufers (Riva di Tures)
Government
• Mayor	Josef Nöckler
Area
• Total	164.3 km2 (63.4 sq mi)
Elevation	864 m (2,835 ft)
Population (Dec. 2015)
• Total	5,371
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Sandner; Italian: di Campo Tures
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39032
Dialing code	0474
Website	Official website

Sand in Taufers (German pronunciation: [sant ʔɪn ˈtaʊfɐs]; Italian: Campo Tures [ˈkampo ˈtuːres]) is a comune mercato (market town) in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

Geography

Located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Bolzano, the town centre is situated in the Tauferer Ahrntal (Taufers) valley of the Ahr river, stretching from Bruneck in Pustertal up northwards to the Venediger Group mountains of the Hohe Tauern range and the border with Austria. The municipal area comprises the frazioni of Ahornach, Kematen, Mühlen in Taufers, and Rein in Taufers. As of 31 December 2015, Sand in Taufers had a population of 5,371 and an area of 164.3 square kilometres (63.4 sq mi).^[3]

The market town borders the Tauferer Ahrntal municipalities of Gais in the south as well as Ahrntal and Prettau further north. In the east, the municipal area comprises the Reinbach gorge and the slopes of the Rieserferner Group. Large parts are covered by the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park, a protected nature reserve which extends to neighbouring Percha, Rasen-Antholz and Sankt Jakob in Defereggen in Austrian East Tyrol. West of the village of Mühlen, the Mühlwald valley stretches westwards up along the Speikboden massif to the Neves reservoir and the crest of the Zillertal Alps.

The local Taufers Railway connection from Bruneck station to Sand in Taufers, built in 1908, was discontinued in 1957. Today, the region largely depends on tourism.

Taufers Castle

The settlement of Tvfres was first mentioned in the mid 11th century in the registers of the Prince-bishops of Brixen. The Tyrolean lordship was ruled from Taufers Castle, a huge medieval fortress which towers on a rock above the village and was built from the early 13th century onwards.^[4] Restored in the 20th century, the preserved castle complex is a popular film location, providing the setting of the 1998 drama film The Red Violin, the 2003 comedy Just Married and the 2016 comedy Burg Schreckenstein. It also served as a picturesque backdrop for Roman Polanski's 1967 horror classic The Fearless Vampire Killers.

Demography

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.34% of the population speak German, 2.30% Italian and 0.36% Ladin as first language.^[5]

Demographic evolution

Coat-of-arms

The arms is barry of six gules and argent. The first two of argent have three lozenge of azure, the third has two. The emblem was of the Lords of Taufers that became extinct in 1300. The emblem was adopted in 1967.^[6]

Social housing

In 1974, due to provincial autonomy policy, Sand in Taufers has become in the Daimerstraße road the first postwar site of a social housing project in South Tyrol.^[7]

Notable people

Emil von Ottenthal (1855–1931) historian and archivist
Josef Andreas Jungmann (1889–1975) a prominent Jesuit priest and liturgist
Erich Kirchler (born 1954) Professor of Economic Psychology at the University of Vienna, researches tax psychology
Hans Kammerlander (born 1956), mountaineer
Barbara Ertl (born 1982) biathlete, competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, she lives in Sand in Taufers

Notes

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ "Taufers Castle History (German)". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04.
^ "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.
^ Heraldry of the World: Sand in Taufers
^ Hannes Obermair (2022). "Ein historischer Aufriss." In Wohnen ist Leben. 50 Jahre sozialer Wohnbau in Südtirol, ed. by Institut für den sozialen Wohnbau des Landes Südtirol – WOBI, Bozen–Bolzano, pp. 29–34 (s. p. 32).

References

Josef Innerhofer: Taufers, Ahrn, Prettau. Die Geschichte eines Tales, Bozen: Verlagsanstalt Athesia 1980, ISBN 978-3-921365-06-9.
Alexander von Hohenbühel: Taufers – eine Dynastenburg, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-1836-6.
Idem: Taufers – il fascino di un castello dinastiale, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-1837-3.