Vinschgau

Map of South Tyrol with the Vinschgau district highlighted in green. The yellow-black stripes mark the geographical extent of the valley.

Upper Vinschgau Valley.

The Vinschgau (Italian: Val Venosta [ˈval veˈnɔsta], German: Vinschgau, Romansh: Vnuost, Ladin: Val Venuesta, medieval: Finsgowe) or Vinschgau Valley^[1] is the upper part of the Etsch or Adige river valley, in the western part of the province of South Tyrol, Italy.

Overview

The valley runs in a west-east orientation, between the Reschen Pass and Merano. Due to a rather warm climate and a lack of rain (400mm per year), the apple orchards there are irrigated. According to the 2001 census, 96.51% of the population of the valley speak German, 3.41% Italian and 0.08% Ladin as first language.^[2]

Subdivision

Vinschgau is also the name of a district (Italian: comprensorio, German: Bezirksgemeinschaft), in which the 13 municipalities of the valley cooperate. These municipalities are:

• Glurns
• Graun im Vinschgau
• Kastelbell-Tschars
• Laas
• Latsch
• Mals
• Martell
• Prad am Stilfser Joch
• Schlanders (district capital)
• Schluderns
• Schnals
• Stilfs
• Taufers im Münstertal

References

1. Allgemeiner historischer Handatlas, Gustav Droysen
2. Bevölkerung und soziales Leben, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2006, p. 120, tab. 3.19

External links

• Media related to Vinschgau at Wikimedia Commons
• Vinschgau District (German) (Italian)

Coordinates: 46°38′N 10°47′E / 46.633°N 10.783°E