Mühlwald
municipality in South Tyrol, Italy
Mühlwald (German: [ˈmyːlvalt]; Italian: Selva dei Molini [ˈselva dei moˈliːni]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 1,442 and an area of 104.7 square kilometres (40.4 mi2).
The municipality contains the frazioni of (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außermühlwald and Lappach (Lappago).
Mühlwald borders the following municipalities: Sand in Taufers, Kiens, Pfalzen, Finkenberg (Austria), Gais, Terenten, Pfitsch, Ahrntal, and Vintl.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents four fir-trees, touching the edge at the top and a water wheel on the bottom, all on a silver background. The trees symbolize the forest and the wheel the mill depicting the name of the place. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 99.10% of the population speak German, 0.75% Italian and 0.15% Ladin as first language.
“Mühlwald” enters the record as municipality in South Tyrol, Italy. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mühlwald, municipality and South can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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