Ritten
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ritten |
| official_name | Gemeinde Ritten |
| Comune di Renon | |
| image_skyline | Unterinn.jpg |
| image_caption | The village of Unterinn in Ritten |
| image_shield | Ritten CoA classic.svg |
| coordinates | |
| region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| frazioni | Oberinn (Auna di Sopra), Unterinn (Auna di Sotto), Atzwang (Campodazzo), Klobenstein (Collalbo), Lengmoos (Longomoso), Lengstein (Longostagno), Gissmann (Madonnina), Mittelberg (Monte di Mezzo), Rotwand (Pietrarossa), Oberbozen (Soprabolzano), Signat (Signato), Sill, Wangen (Vanga) |
| mayor | Julia Fulterer |
| area_total_km2 | 111 |
| population_total | 7.925 |
| population_as_of | Aug. 2018 |
| population_demonym | German: Rittner |
| Italian: renonesi | |
| elevation_m | 1154 |
| postal_code | 39054 |
| area_code | 0471 |
| website | |
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| name = Ritten | official_name = Gemeinde Ritten Comune di Renon | native_name = | image_skyline = Unterinn.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = The village of Unterinn in Ritten | image_shield = Ritten CoA classic.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | province = South Tyrol (BZ) | frazioni = Oberinn (Auna di Sopra), Unterinn (Auna di Sotto), Atzwang (Campodazzo), Klobenstein (Collalbo), Lengmoos (Longomoso), Lengstein (Longostagno), Gissmann (Madonnina), Mittelberg (Monte di Mezzo), Rotwand (Pietrarossa), Oberbozen (Soprabolzano), Signat (Signato), Sill, Wangen (Vanga) | mayor_party = | mayor = Julia Fulterer | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 111 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 7.925 | population_as_of = Aug. 2018 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = German: Rittner Italian: renonesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1154 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 39054 | area_code = 0471 | website = | footnotes = Ritten (; ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Territory
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The 111 km2 community is named after the high plateau, elevation 1100 to, the Ritten or the Renon, on which most of the villages are located. The plateau forms the southeast tip of the Sarntal Alps mountain range and is located between, and on average 800 m above the rivers Eisack and Talfer. Ritten lies directly northeast of Bolzano, settled on the "meeting point" of the above rivers.
Ritten borders the following municipalities: Barbian, Bolzano, Kastelruth, Karneid, Völs, Jenesien, Sarntal and Villanders.
As of 31 December 2016, Ritten had a population of 7,847.
There are 17 fraziones (subdivisions, usually consisting of one or a few villages and hamlets). These include the central village Klobenstein (Collalbo), in which the townhall is located, as well as Atzwang (Campodazzo), Gissmann (Madonnina), Lengmoos (Longomoso), Lengstein (Longostagno), Mittelberg (Monte di Mezzo), Oberbozen (Soprabolzano), Oberinn (Auna di Sopra), Rotwand (Pietrarossa), Siffian (Siffiano), Signat (Signato), Sill (Castel Novale), Unterinn (Auna di Sotto), Wangen (Vanga), and Wolfsgruben (Costalovara).
Of these only Atzwang and Sill are not located on the plateau, but on the rivers Eisack and Talfer, respectively.
History
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The mountain ridge is first mentioned in AD 871–75 as "Mons Ritanus" and then in 1027 as "Mons Rittena". Already around 1200 a mountain inn was established on the plateau. In 1237 Runkelstein Castle was built on a rocky spur in Ritten territory by the lords of Wangen.
The Tyrolean patriotic hero Peter Mayr (1767–1810), involved in the rebellion against Napoleon's forces that occupied Tyrol, was born in the village of Siffian in Ritten.
From the 17th century Ritten has been a popular summer destination for citizens of Bolzano, since the air is considerably cooler on the plateau. Ritten is connected with Bolzano with a provincial road and with a cableway from Oberbozen, one of the longest cableways of the world in one track, about 4 km long and 12 minutes to travel. In 1960, this cableway replaced the previous rack railway, built in 1907. The railway is still in function on the mountain side between Maria Himmelfahrt and Klobenstein.
Coat of arms
The official community coat of arms consists of gules two chevrons embowed argent; it is the arms of the Lords of Zwingenstein who ruled the village from their castle until 1531. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
Main sights
- Near Oberbozen and Lengstein are several groups of fairy chimneys (earth pyramids).
- Klobenstein has a 1198 m high-elevation outdoor artificial ice track, the Arena Ritten or Ritten Kunsteisbahn, at which the 2007 and 2011 European Speed Skating Championships and many World Cup events have been held.
Economy
The candy company Loacker is based in Ritten.
Notable people
- Frederick von Wangen, bishop of Trento, early 13th century
- Bruno Platter (born 1944) a Roman Catholic priest and the 65th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 94.35% of the population speak German, 5.35% Italian and 0.30% Ladin as first language.
Demographic evolution
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References
References
- "Demo-Geodemo. - Mappe, Popolazione, Statistiche Demografiche dell'ISTAT".
- [http://www.provinz.bz.it/english/default.htm South Tyrol in figures 2008] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-01-08 by the Provincial Statistics Institute ASTAT, part of [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)). Istat]].
- Theodor Bitterauf (1905—09). ''Die Traditionen des Hochstifts Freising.'' Beck, Munich, no. 912; Martin Bitschnau, Hannes Obermair (2009). ''Tiroler Urkundenbuch.'' Abt. II, Vol. 1. Wagner, Innsbruck. {{ISBN. 978-3-7030-0469-8, p. 170, no. 198.
- [http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/r/ritten.htm Heraldry of the World: Ritten]
- (December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.
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