Rodeneck

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Rodeneck

46°47′N 11°41′E / 46.783°N 11.683°E / 46.783; 11.683CountryItalyRegionTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)FrazioniAhnerberg, Fröllerberg (Frella), Gifen (Chivo), Nauders, Spisses (Spissa), Sankt Pauls (San Paolo), Vill (Villa)Government

• MayorHelmut AchmüllerArea

^[1]

• Total29 km² (11 sq mi)Elevation

885 m (2,904 ft)Population

(Nov. 2010^[2])^[3]

• Total1,184 • Density41/km² (110/sq mi)Demonym(s)German: Rodenecker
Italian: di RodengoTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

39037

Dialing code0472WebsiteOfficial website

Rodeneck (German: [ˈroːdənɛk]; Italian: Rodengo [roˈdeŋɡo, roˈdɛŋɡo]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

Geography

Rodeneck borders the following municipalities: Kiens, Lüsen, Mühlbach, Natz-Schabs, St. Lorenzen and Vintl. In Rodeneck there are 7 municipal fractions: Vill, the largest and most populous fraction of the municipality, Nauders, Gifen, St. Pauls, Spisses, Ahnerberg and Fröllerberg, the municipal fraction with the fewest inhabitants

History

Origin

The presence of non-local flint and quartz fragments suggests that the area was inhabited by hunters during the middle Stone Age (5000 BC). The discovery of middle Bronze Age forts dates permanent settlement to at least 1500 BC.

The community was mentioned by name for the first time in the Actum Rotungun of 1050–1065 AD as a place that has made donations to the bishop.^[4] In the following centuries, the name has appeared in a variety of forms. Between 1140 and 1147, Bishop Hartmann of Brixen made the town an alod and bestowed it upon his ministerialis Frederick II and his wife Gerbirg, who built a castle there.^[5]

At the start of the 19th century, Rodeneck became a municipality, administered by a mayor since 1822. In 1926, the municipality lost its autonomy and became part of the municipality of Mühlbach, and then winning back its independence in 1955 after a long struggle.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is azure a chevron argent. It is the insignia of the Lords of Rodank who built the Rodenegg Castle in 1140. The coat of arms was granted in 1969.^[6]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 99.65% of the population speak German, 0.26% Italian and 0.09% Ladin as first language.^[7]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Oswald Redlich (1886). Die Traditionsbücher des Hochstiftes Brixen vom zehnten bis in das vierzehnte Jahrhundert (Acta Tirolensia 1). Wagner: Innsbruck, p. 36, no. 88.
^ Freed, pp. 239-241
^ Heraldry of the World: Rodeneck
^ "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.