Waidbruck

Waidbruck

Waidbruck

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Waidbruck (German: [vaɪtˈbrʊk]; Italian: Ponte Gardena [ˈponte ɡarˈdeːna, - ɡarˈdɛːna]; Ladin: Pruca) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Bolzano.

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Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 192 and an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 sq mi).[3]

Waidbruck borders the following municipalities: Barbian, Kastelruth and Lajen.

History

Place name

An archaic form of the comune's name, Waidepruk (1264), reveals its origins from Old High German. Waid means "meadow" and pruk means "bridge". Hence also the Italian name, "Ponte Gardena".

Coat-of-arms

The emblem symbolizes the bridge; argent a fess nebuly gules on azure that indicates the Eisack river. The reason comes from the gules and argent insignia of the counts of Wolkenstein, owners of the local Trostburg Castle since 1385. The emblem was adopted in 1969.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 81.40% of the population speak German, 13.37% Italian and 5.23% Ladin as first language.[5]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. [1]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. [4]
    Heraldry of the World: Waidbruck
  5. [5]
    "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

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