Pfalzen

Palaces (Italian fold ) is a municipality with 2726 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in Val Pusteria. Palaces located in the immediate vicinity of Bruneck in the northeast of South Tyrol in Italy.

Geography

Palaces located in the Val Pusteria in South Tyrol, just west of Brunico widening, in the nearby town of Brunico expands and where the Campo Tures from north opens. The municipality covers an area of ​​33.24 km ² occupies a low mountain range on the sunny side of the running east -west direction Pusteria and the north behind uplifting mountains.

The most important village center of the municipality is the capital of palaces (1000-1130 m asl ), in addition there are the fractions Greinwalden ( 940-970 m) just east and Issing ( 970-1020 m) just to the west, and several other scattered hamlets. The step which falls in the south to the valley floor Pusterer, the municipal boundary forms to St. Lorenzen and Kien, which also includes the west subsequent to the settlement terrace fraction Hofern heard.

North through residential areas, the terrain rises to the south-eastern foothills of the Zillertal Alps, which separate here palaces of Muehlwald in Mühlwalder valley. The most significant peaks in the municipality include the Sambock ( 2396m ) and the Bärentaler peak ( 2450 m).

Population Development

Source: Istat

History

The name palaces

The name palaces looks back on a long history. Mentioned was the name of palaces, then Phalanza, first mentioned in 1050.

By sound shift and change and vocabulary through word composition of the present name came into being. The root word is to be regarded as Etruscan and could be linked with - pal. The word - pal in turn means as much as rock or stone.

Palaces in the Middle Ages

It must be assumed that at the time of settlement expansion in palaces had been completed. This is evident from the first documents from the 1100s, in which the farm is held as a fixed Hofgebilde with all affiliations. Thus palaces was capable of substantial tax benefits.

Attractions

Policy

The 15-member council consists of 13 councilors of the South Tyrolean People's Party, a Council of the South Tyrolean Freedom and a representative of the civil list palaces since 2005.

Since 1952, Mayor palaces had the following:

Personalities

  • Michael Pacher, late Gothic painter and sculptor.
  • Oswald von Wolkenstein, singer, poet and composer, and a politician of more than regional importance, was probably born at Castle Schoeneck.
  • Luis Durnwalder, former Governor of South Tyrol.
  • Karl Reich Egger, multiple national and international champions in kite flying ( Delta ).
  • Roland Tinkhauser, Member of Parliament, Deputy Party Chairman and Pustertalerstrasse District spokesman of the South Tyrolean Freedom.
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