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.| Language | 2001 | 2011 | 2024 |
| German | 97.10% | 97.42% | 95.42% |
| Italian | 2.51% | 2.33% | 4.33% |
| Ladin | 0.39% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Image:Location of Deutschnofen.png|thumb|250px|right|Location of Deutschnofen within the Province of Bolzano-Bozen