Neumarkt, South Tyrol

{{Short description|Italian comune in the South Tyrol province}} {{Other uses|Neumarkt (disambiguation)}} {{redirect|Egna|the Ange album|Egna (album)}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Neumarkt | official_name = {{Lang|de|Gemeinde Neumarkt|italic=no}}<br>{{Lang|it|Comune di Egna|italic=no}} | native_name = | image_skyline = Neumarkt Egna.jpg | image_caption = View from the south | image_shield = Egna-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | map = Map of comune of Egna (autonomous province of Bolzano, region Trentino-Alto Adige-Südtirol, Italy).svg | map_caption = Location of Neumarkt/Egna in the province of South Tyrol. | map_alt = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|46|19|1|N|11|16|1|E|source:ptwiki|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | province = South Tyrol (BZ) | frazioni = Laag (Laghetti), Mazon (Mazzon), St. Florian (San Floriano), Vill (Villa) | mayor_party = South Tyrolean People's Party | mayor = Karin Jost | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 23 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 5001 | population_as_of = Nov. 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = German: Neumarktner<br>Italian: egnesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 214 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = 6 December | postal_code = 39044 | area_code = 0471 | website = {{official website|http://www.gemeinde.neumarkt.bz.it}} | footnotes = }}

'''Neumarkt''' ({{IPA|de|ˈnɔʏmarkt|lang|De-Neumarkt.ogg}}, {{literally|New Market}}) or '''Egna''' ({{IPA|it|ˈeɲɲa|lang}}) is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about {{convert|25|km|mi}} south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of {{lang|it|I Borghi più belli d'Italia|i=no}} ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/trentino/|title=Trentino Alto Adige|access-date=31 July 2023|language=it}}</ref>

==Geography== As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,001 and an area of {{convert|23|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref>

Neumarkt borders the following municipalities: Kaltern, Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Margreid, Montan, Salorno and Tramin.

Neumarkt is the chief town of the Überetsch-Unterland district. It is the main cultural, historical and artistic center with a very nice old town. The agglomeration includes the neighborhoods of Vill, Laag and Mazon. In the entire district Neumarkt is only the third most populated town after Laives and Eppan, which are agglomerated to the capital city Bolzano.

The town is situated on the plain, elevation {{convert|214|m|ft}}, on the left side of the Adige river.

Neumarkt was a Roman village on the Claudia Augusta road; it was called ''Endidae''.<ref>Gritsch (1997). ''Neumarkt an der Etsch – Vergangenheit und Gegenwart'', pp. 73 s.</ref> The sightseeing include the arcades of the old town, the parish church, the Local Culture Museum and the church of Vill.

===Frazioni=== The municipality of Neumarkt contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Laag (Laghetti), Mazon (Mazzon), St. Florian (San Floriano) and Vill (Villa).

==History==

===Coat-of-arms=== The escutcheon is party per pale, the left side represents the argent crescent moon on a gules background; in the right side a gules cross, with shortened arms, on an argent background. In a document dated 1395 Albrecht of Austria, brother of Duke Rudolf IV of Austria granted to the village, then called ''Newnmarkt'', the use of the arms. The emblem was granted in 1967.<ref>[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/n/neumarkt.htm Heraldry of the World: Neumarkt]</ref>

==Society==

===Linguistic distribution=== According to the 2024 census, 60.78% of the population speak German, 38.84% Italian and 0.38% Ladin as first language.<ref name="Volkszählung 2024/Censimento della popolazione 2024">{{cite journal |date=December 2024 |title=Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024 |journal=astat info |issue=56 |publisher=Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol|url=https://astat.provinz.bz.it/de/aktuelles-publikationen-info.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=1160209 |access-date=2024-12-09 }}</ref>

=== Notable people === * Lilli Gruber (born 1957 in Neumarkt), journalist and former politician

=== Sport === The ice hockey team HC Neumarkt-Egna is based in the town.

== Further reading == * Josef Fontana (1993). ''Neumarkt 1848–1970: ein Beitrag zur Zeitgeschichte des Unterlandes''. Bozen: Athesia 1993, {{ISBN|88-7014-732-0}}. * Hannes Obermair (1993). ''Die Urkunden des Dekanatsarchives Neumarkt (Südtirol) 1297–1841''. (= Schlern-Schriften 289). Innsbruck: Wagner 1993, {{ISBN|3-7030-0261-1}}. * Helmut Gritsch (1997). ''Neumarkt an der Etsch – Vergangenheit und Gegenwart''. Hrsg. vom Verein für die Ortspflege Neumarkt, Neumarkt 1997 ([http://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Medium/Seite/22524/1 online]). * Martin Lercher (2005). ''Die Kirchen von Neumarkt''. Pluristamp, Bozen 2005.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|de|it}} [http://www.gemeinde.neumarkt.bz.it Homepage of the municipality] * [http://www.castelfeder.info/en/places/neumarkt.html Neumarkt Tourist Information]

Category:Municipalities of South Tyrol Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia