Deutschnofen (; ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southeast of the city of Bolzano.

Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino.

The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg (Italian: Monte San Pietro), Eggen (Italian: San Nicolò d'Ega), Rauth (Novale) and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants.

The A22 motorway is located from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edge to edge, from a knotty sable branch. The color argent symbolizes the deposits of dolomite and the gules ones those of porphyry; the branch represents the woodiness of the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 95.42% of the population speak German, 4.33% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.

References

External links

• Official website

• Obereggen Official Website