Kiens
Kien (Italian: Chienes ) is a municipality located in the Val Pusteria with 2711 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in South Tyrol (Italy).
Geography
The municipality is located in Kien lower Pusteria in northeastern South Tyrol and extends with its total area of 33.84 km ² from the valley floor up to the heights of the Talzug accompanying ridges up. The largest village settlements are lined up near the valley floor of the running east -west direction between the Val Pusteria Vintl and St. Lorenzen. On debris cones north of the main town are Rienz Kien ( 770-860 m asl ) and a little west, the fraction St. Sigmund ( 760-810 m), across from Kien and is beyond the Rienz Ehrenburg ( 780-830 m).
In the north, the municipality's territory covers with a narrow wedge on a sun-exposed low mountain range between palaces and Terenten up where the fraction Hofern (1110-1120 m) takes place, and continue to the summit of the ridge which separates the Val Pusteria from Mühlwalder valley and thus forms the municipal boundary to Muehlwald. Here reached Kien on Mutenock with 2484 m at its highest point. Across the dark side of Val Pusteria, on the northern slopes of the mountains Lüsener, the courtyards of the Group Getzenberg scattered. Behind the municipality continues to rise to near the heights of the Rodenecker Alm.
Traffic
The community Kien is crossed by the road Pusteria (ex SS 49) and the Pusteria train ( Ehrenburg ).
Population Development
Source: Istat
Attractions
- Castle Schoeneck, the alleged birthplace of the minstrel Oswald von Wolkenstein
- Gothic church in St. Sigmund with winged altar of the Danube School in 1440
- Ehrenburg Castle Ehrenburg (originally from the 12th century, seat of the Counts Künigl )
- Pilgrimage Church " Assumption " in Ehrenburg, built in the late 14th century, around 1700, the interior was in Baroque style. In the crypt chapel, three remarkable Madonna representations are ( uA the " mother grain " )
- Issing lake
- Schaukäserei Gatscher
Sons and daughters
- Luigi perenni (1913-1943), Italian skiers and officer
- Paul Hildgartner ( born 1952 ), Italian luger