Deutschnofen


Deutschnofen is a comune in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southeast of the city of Bolzano.
Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino.
The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the frazioni Petersberg, Eggen, Rauth and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants.
The A22 motorway is located from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7 km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edge to edge, from a knotty sable branch. The color argent symbolizes the deposits of dolomite and the gules ones those of porphyry; the branch represents the woodiness of the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 95.42% of the population speak German, 4.33% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.
Language200120112024
German97.10%97.42%95.42%
Italian2.51%2.33%4.33%
Ladin0.39%0.25%0.25%

Image:Location of Deutschnofen.png|thumb|250px|right|Location of Deutschnofen within the Province of Bolzano-Bozen