St. Pankraz (German pronunciation: [saŋkt ˈpaŋkrats]; Italian: San Pancrazio [sam paŋˈkrattsjo]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,589 and an area of 63.1 square kilometres (24.4 sq mi).[3]
Sankt Pankraz borders the following municipalities: Lana, Laurein, Naturns, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Tisens, Ulten, and Castelfondo.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents a tower with battlements, with a pavilion azure roof, surrounded by a wall above a vert hill with two fir-trees on each side on argent. The castle tower corresponds to the Eschenloch Castle built in the twelfth century by the Counts of Ulten. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[4]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 98.99% of the population spoke German, 0.95% Italian and 0.07% Ladin as their first language.[5]
Demographic evolution
Personalities
- Blasius Marsoner (1924–1991), poet, historian and translator of the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Heraldry of the World: St. Pankraz
- ^ "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". astat info (56). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
External links
Media related to St. Pankraz at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
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