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Ahrntal

Ahrntal
Comune
Gemeinde Ahrntal
Comune Valle Aurina
Mining museum
Mining museum
Ahrntal is located in Italy
Ahrntal
Ahrntal
Location of Ahrntal in Italy
Coordinates: 47°0′N 11°59′E / 47.000°N 11.983°E / 47.000; 11.983Coordinates: 47°0′N 11°59′E / 47.000°N 11.983°E / 47.000; 11.983
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni Luttach (Lutago), Steinhaus (Cadipietra), St. Jakob (San Giacomo), St. Johann (San Giovanni), St. Peter (San Pietro) and Weißenbach (Riobianco)
Government
 • Mayor Helmut Gebhard Klammer
Area
 • Total 187.0 km2 (72.2 sq mi)
Elevation 1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 5,881
 • Density 31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: Ahrntaler or Töldra
Italian: della Valle Aurina
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39030
Dialing code 0474
Website www.gemeinde-ahrntal.net

Ahrntal (German pronunciation: [ˈaˑrntaˑl]; Italian: Valle Aurina [ˈvalle ˈauriːna]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of the city of Bolzano (Bozen), on the border with Austria.

Ahrntal borders the following municipalities: Mühlwald, Prettau, Sand in Taufers, Brandberg (Austria), Finkenberg (Austria), and Mayrhofen (Austria).

The municipality of Ahrntal contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Luttach (Lutago), Steinhaus (Cadipietra), St. Jakob (San Giacomo), St. Johann (San Giovanni), St. Peter (San Pietro) and Weißenbach (Riobianco).

Weißenbach is composed of picturesque alpine farmhouses, grouped around the foaming white glacial stream from which its name is derived. With a population of around 550, it sits at an elevation of 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) above sea level.

To the north, west and southwest the municipality is surrounded by the Zillertal Alps. The main chain of these Alps at the head of the valley also forms the border with Austria. Amongst the most important mountains in the municipality are the Turnerkamp (3,418 m), the Hornspitzen, the Schwarzenstein (3,369 m), the Großer Löffler (3,379 m), the Wollbachspitze (3,210 m) and the Napfspitze (3,144 m). The ranges to the west and southwest, including the Speikboden massiv, separate the village of Ahrntal from Mühlwald in the Mühlwalder Tal. To the southeast are the Durreck Group, a subrange of the Venediger Group with the Durreck (3,135 m) and the Hirbernock (3,010 m) which form the boundary of the municipality of Reintal and its village of Rein in Taufers. Large parts of the Durreck Group are protected as part of the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park.


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