Kastelruth

Kastelruth (; ; ) is a (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, about northeast of the city of Bolzano. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 6456 and an area of .

Kastelruth borders the following municipalities: Barbian, Campitello di Fassa, Völs am Schlern, Lajen, Urtijëi, Waidbruck, Ritten, Santa Cristina Gherdëina and Tiers.

Frazioni

The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Seiser Alm (Alpe di Siusi), Pufels (lad. Bula, it. Bulla), Runggaditsch (lad. Roncadic, it. Roncadizza), St. Michael (San Michele), Seis am Schlern (Siusi), St. Oswald (Sant'Osvaldo), St. Valentin (San Valentino), St. Vigil (San Vigilio), Tagusens (Tagusa), Tisens (Tisana) and Überwasser (lad. Sureghes, it. Oltretorrente).

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 78.47% of the population speak German, 15.81% Ladin and 5.72% Italian as first language.

Demographic evolution

Notable people

• Leo Santifaller (1890-1974), historian
• Martino Fill (born 1939), an Italian alpine skier
• Norbert Rier (born 1960), lead singer of the Kastelruther Spatzen
• Christine Novaković (born 1964), banker
• Denise Karbon (born 1980), retired World Cup alpine ski racer
• Peter Fill (born 1982), World Cup alpine ski racer

References

External links

• Homepage of the municipality