Deutschnofen (; ) is a comune (municipality) 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 (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg (Italian: Monte San Pietro), Eggen (Italian: San Nicolò d'Ega), Rauth (Novale) 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.

{| class="wikitable"

! Language

! 2001

! 2011

! 2024

|-

| German

| align="right"| 97.10%

| align="right"| 97.42%

| align="right"| 95.42%

|-

| Italian

| align="right"| 2.51%

| align="right"| 2.33%

| align="right"| 4.33%

|-

| Ladin

| align="right"| 0.39%

| align="right"| 0.25%

| align="right"| 0.25%

|}

thumb|250px|right|Location of Deutschnofen within the Province of Bolzano-Bozen

References

  • Official website
  • Obereggen Official Website

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