Niederdorf, South Tyrol

Niederdorf (; ) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy, about northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

Niederdorf borders the following municipalities: Prags, Toblach, Welsberg-Taisten, and Gsies.

History

The settlement is first mentioned as Nidrindorf in a record of the Freising bishopric, dating back to the years 993/94–1005.

Coat-of-arms

A fess, per fess gules, argent and gules (i.e. the Austrian flag), between:<br>

1. in chief, Or, a sable eagle double-headed. This emblem was granted in 1966.
2. in base, per pale counterchanged and facing each other: Or, a half steinbock sable of Or and sable; and its mirror image. This is the insignia of the Lords of Kurz von Thurn who ruled the village from the 13th to the 18th century.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 88.93% of the population speak German, 11.00% Italian and 0.07% Ladin as first language.

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