Neumarkt, South Tyrol

Neumarkt (Italian: Enga ) is a market town in the south of South Tyrol in Italy and serves as the seat of the district community Überetsch sub country. The eponymous main village is located near the left bank of the Adige.

Neumarkt was founded in autumn 1189 by bishop Konrad of Trient as a new market of Enn. The wealth that was acquired by full-year trading to still reflects in the village center, whose appearance probably goes back mainly to the 16th century. The municipality has 5061 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012), in which only 820 ha may be permanently settled, while the majority of the remaining area for Monte Corno Nature Park is one and so is protected.

• 3.1 Attractions
• 3.2 theater
• 3.3 Regular events

• 4.1 Municipal Elections 2010
• 4.2 Coat of Arms
• 4.3 Town twinning

• 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 5.2 people with relations to Neumarkt

Geography

Location

Neumarkt is located in the country, a wide section of the Southern Alps by pulling the Adige Valley. Neighboring municipalities are Salurn in the south, Montan in the east, to the north and Kaltern Tramin, Kurtatsch, Magrè and Cortina in the West. The next major cities are the capital of South Tyrol Bolzano and Innsbruck 25 and 140 km to the north, and Trento and Verona, 34 and 135 km to the south.

Expansion

The municipality of Neumarkt covers a total area of ​​23.67 km ². In the area of the valley floor, it remains with isolated exceptions, mostly on the orographic left (east ) bank of the Adige. In the north of the municipal territory ends at the foot of the hill of Castel spring, in the south it extends to approximately the height of Cortina on the right bank of the Adige. In the east, the municipality of Neumarkt occupies significant areas of forested mountain territory of the Val di Fiemme Alps flanking the lowlands. The most important surveys here are the King Wiese ( 1622 m) and south of it - separated by the Aaltal - the Madruttberg ( 1507 m).

Community structure

The village settlements of the municipality exist alongside the main town of Neumarkt still from the fractions Vill, Mazon, Laag and St. Florian. The main town ( 210-260 m asl ) is located on and around the alluvial fan of the East of the Lowlands valley reach Trudner Bach. Immediately afterwards, in the extreme north of the municipal territory, the Vill is ( 220-260 m), which propagates up on the right side of the Trudner Bach from the valley floor to the foot of the slope. Directly above the main town - on an embossed full of vineyards and the king meadow northwest upstream slope terrace - the courts of Mazon ( 360-460 m) are scattered. Clearly separated from the community center - about halfway towards Salurn - are in the south in quick succession one after St. Florian ( 210-240 m) and Laag ( 210-220 m). In addition, even among some of the houses anson least belonging to Salurn mountain village Gfrill on a 1,300 m high mountain saddle southeast of the Königswiese to Neumarkt. The community shares the right of the Adige direction Tramin include the station and an industrial area, where, among other things, the seat of the Würth Italia.

Landscape and Nature

In the wild wood mouse and badger found in rocky terrain offers opportunities for their structure the system, while in the dry pine forests, the pine trees are inhabited by ants. In these sub-Mediterranean maquis also survived the green lizard, as they find some of their favorite prey with leafhoppers and praying mantises. At the north-west slopes of the king meadow, where the forest is dominated by beech and fir trees, can sometimes also larger ungulates, especially wild boar and deer are spotted. In this mixed forest branches and numerous birds build their nests, where titmice, nuthatches, woodpeckers and owls nest in tree cavities. At high altitudes above 1000 m, finally, the raven and the mountain hare are found.

A variety of mountain streams supply the Neumarkt community with plenty of water before they arrived in the valley flow into the river Adige. The most important source of water among them is the 10-km long Trudner Bach, whose catchment area covers approximately 28 square kilometers and is dominated by sedimentary rocks. 2010, the creek was examined as a whole three times on its drinking water quality, and the results were very good throughout the year and represented a first class of biological water quality according to benthic invertebrates. With an average number of 30 different taxa and a biotic index of 12.5, the best result of all sampled streams in South Tyrol was reached on Trudner Bach, which is probably due to the relatively near-natural morphology of the stream bed. A slightly weaker result of the second grade in contrast, leads the study of diatoms, suggesting that a certain amount of nutrients entering into the creek and prejudice.

Climate

The climate is temperate with mild Mediterranean Neumarkt embossing in flora and fauna. The annual average temperature is around 12.5 ° C (compared to Berlin about 10 ° C), the coldest month, January, the driest February, the wettest June and July is the hottest. The winds, which mainly follow the lines of the valley are generally mild to moderate, but can sometimes blow very violently in the summer as a harbinger of thunderstorms. Seen over the whole year, but rainfall is rarely, instead dominate with up to 300 in number quite clear sunny days. Due to the mostly cloudless sky winters are sunny and dry during the day, at night it is usually freezing cold with temperatures well under freezing. Since the municipality itself has no own weather station, are still used the data of the weather station of Auer to the general description of the climate in general.

History

Already in 1181 a meadow to the Adige River Enn was called, were compiled on the rafts for the transport on the river. Established was the place as burgum novum Egne in 1189 by Bishop Conrad of Trento. Due to its central location in the lowlands to the trade routes between north and south, and in particular by the Adige river navigation, the village gained great economic and cultural importance in the Middle Ages. Evidence of the " hall" where the goods were stored. In the 13th century, the original town was destroyed by floods and rebuilt as the " Neuer Markt ". 1309 gave Duke Otto of Tyrol the village of privileges that had to be certain that all the goods that came on cars or ships to Neumarkt, laid down here and conveyed by residents from Neumarkt to a fixed order.

1340 parts of the town were destroyed by a fire; with a 10-year tax abatement of the Prince of the city could be rebuilt. The residence Griesfeld, also referred to as " hospital ", dates from the 17th century.

In Neumarkt stands the ruined castle built in the 12th century Kaldiff. The donjon collapsed in the 19th century, after the castle fell into disrepair.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Churches

• The parish church of St. Nicholas, standing on Romanesque foundations was extended in the 15th century. It was here in 1412 the stonemason and architect Konrad von Neumarkt and in the second half of the century Peter of Ursel. The stellar vault was built in 1500. The seat of the parish was transferred in the 13th or 14th century St. Peter's Church in Auer, Neumarkt so pastoral care from there. Only in the 17th century Neumarkt was a curate. In 1841 the town was again parish and in 1893 finally deanery.
• The second main church is Our Lady in the Vill. Again, had the said builder of the 15th century. The church is considered one of the finest and most elegant late-Gothic buildings Tyrol.

Other buildings in and around Neumarkt

• To the south of Neumarkt is the pilgrim hospice Klösterle. It is one of the few almost completely preserved pilgrim hospices in Europe .. The Romanesque complex was built in 1220 and extended to 1300. It was used until the 16th century as accommodation for pilgrims to Rome and is currently being expanded to the museum.
• In the industrial area, west of the railway line and the highway is built of the 1992 Equus Fountain, donated by the adjacent Wuerth, designed by De Luigi.
• In the central pedestrian zone, under the arcades is the seat of the district community Überetsch sub country. The so-called Peter Ganell - house has been carefully restored and modernized. It regularly offers space for art exhibitions.

• Attractions in and around Neumarkt

Pilgrims Hospice Klösterle

Equus Fountain

Old town with arcades

Andreas -Hofer-Straße ⊙ 46.31272311.271114

Seat of the district community Überetsch sub- country ⊙ 46.31290111.271565

Theater

On June 26 In 1968, Luis Walter (Chairman 1968-1984 ), the open-air theater south of South Tyrol ( FSU). With productions of the classical authors of the Tyrolean folk drama stage soon found acclaim at home and abroad and established itself as a key component of the South Tyrolean theater events.

In 1978 the theater on the Adige ( TAE ) as a platform for theater and cultural work was initiated outside the open-air season in life.

The takeover of the club by Zeno line Bampi (1985 ) is changing the club now: Freilichtspiele South Tyrolean Lowlands - Theatre on the Adige ( FSU TAE ), the professional culture operation. Under the artistic direction of the actor and director Roland Selva FSU TAE working on the development of an independent South Tyrolean theater style.

Regular events

Once a year the Neumarktner Foliage Festival. The three-day festival extends from the main square down to the lower village, where the different associations of the village provide guests with food and drink stalls.

Policy

The council consists of 20 seats. Acting Mayor Horst Pichler of the SVP, the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party called Giorgio Nones.

Municipal elections in 2010

The municipal elections of 2010 led to a doubling of the parties represented in the council of previously three to six lists now. Strongest force is still the SVP, but more than a fifth of the votes lost and therefore had to forfeit two council seats. New additions include the factions of the Democratic Party and the Citizens Alliance list Neumarkt. For the election of Mayor Horst Pichler was the SVP as the winner.

Coat of arms

The longitudinally divided in red and silver coat of arms of the municipality of Neumarkt carries in one half of a silver crescent moon, in the other a red cross. As a model serves a the Neumarkt citizens in the late Middle Ages lent seal.

Twinning

1968 Neumarkt has joined with the German town of Rheinfelden (Baden) in Baden- Württemberg, a town twinning.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Bettina Galvagni (born 26 March 1976), physician and writer
• Oskar Peterlini ( born September 19, 1950), South Tyrol Senator in Rome
• Hans Karl Peterlini ( born March 12, 1961), South Tyrol journalist and writer
• Karl Vaja (1925-2007), deputy in Rome, Minister, President of the Parliament, President of Bolzano Exhibition
• Luis Walter (born 1 January 1938), founder of the open-air theater south of South Tyrol and the Theatre on the Adige, film producer, theater and film director, carrier of Merit of the State of Tyrol

People with relations to Neumarkt

• Josef Sullmann (1922-2012), lived from 1992 in Neumarkt, doctor retired and missionary benefactors