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Innichen

Field	Value
name	Innichen
official_name	Marktgemeinde Innichen
Comune di San Candido
Comun da Sanciana
image_skyline	Dolomites - San Candido area - (11059285755).jpg
imagesize	300
image_caption	View of Innichen
image_shield	San Candido-Stemma.png
pushpin_map	Italy South Tyrol#Italy Trentino-South Tyrol#Italy
coordinates
region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
province	South Tyrol (BZ)
frazioni	Innichberg (Monte San Candido), Obervierschach (Versciaco di Sopra), Untervierschach (Versciaco di Sotto), Winnebach (Prato alla Drava)
mayor_party	SVP
mayor	Klaus Rainer
area_total_km2	80.1
population_total	3175
population_as_of	Nov. 2010
population_demonym	German: Innichner
Italian: di San Candido
elevation_m	1175
saint	Saint Candidus, Saint Corbinian
postal_code	39038
area_code	0474
website

Comune di San Candido Comun da Sanciana Italian: di San Candido

Innichen (; ; , all tied to Saint Candidus) is a municipality and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava River, on Italy's border with Austria. It hosts Italy’s International Snow Sculpture Festival each year.

Innichen is renowned for its ski resorts, and it includes the natural park of Drei Zinnen–Tre Cime di Lavaredo.

Geography

Innichen borders the municipalities of Toblach, Innervillgraten (Austria), Sexten, and Sillian (Austria).

History

Innichen is home to the Innichen Abbey, founded in the late 8th century (769) by duke Tassilo III of Bavaria, belonging to the Prince-Bishopric of Freising. The abbey itself was disestablished in 1785, while the surrounding estates were acquired by the County of Tyrol after the Mediatisation of 1803 (Reichsdeputationshauptschluss). According to the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain, Innichen became part of the then Kingdom of Italy in 1919. Innichen is still the site of a Franciscan monastery founded in 1691.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem shows an argent tower with the Ghibelline merlon on two levels, with the portal and the portcullis; above the door a coat of arms showing the head of a Moor, crowned with an or diadem on azure. The tower has settled on vert countryside and gules. This kind of representation points out that the site was once under the rule of the Bishops of Freising owners of a large area in the region from 769 to 1803. The coat of arms was granted by King Albert I of Germany in 1303.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 82.39% of the population spoke German, 17.21% Italian and 0.40% Ladin as their first language.

Twin towns

Innichen is twinned with:

Germany Freising, Germany, since 1969

People

Beatrice Borromeo (born 1985), journalist
(1933–2008), sociologist
Daniel Glira (born 1994), ice hockey player
Jannik Sinner (born 2001), professional tennis player

Media

The Italian television series Un passo dal cielo was partially set in Innichen.

Transports

The Innichen railway station is one of the border stations between Italy and Austria.

References

[http://luxeadventuretraveler.com/italy-international-snow-sculpture-festival/ ''Luxe Adventure Traveller''. 2016. Art: ''Italy’s International Snow Sculpture Festival'', by Jennifer Dombrowski]
(2009). "Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Abteilung: Die Urkunden zur Geschichte des Inn-, Eisack- und Pustertals. Vol. 1: Bis zum Jahr 1140". Universitätsverlag Wagner.
[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/i/innichen.htm Heraldry of the World: Innichen]
(December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.

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