Kurtinig an der Weinstraße () or Cortina sulla Strada del Vino (), often abbreviated to Kurtinig or Cortina, is a (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southwest of the city of Bolzano.
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 646 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Kurtinig borders the following municipalities: Margreid, Neumarkt, and Salorno.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is an argent embattled wall, with a portal, above an azure band in the lower half; an eight-pointed star on the left side and the crescent moon on the right, both of argent on a gules background, in the upper half. The embattled wall was built to protect the village from the flooding of the river Adige; the star and the moon are a recall to the arms of the Lords of Appian which the village belonged.Heraldry of the World: Kurtinig
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 72.00% of the population speak German, 27.67% Italian and 0.33% Ladin as first language.
Demographic evolution
References
External links Homepage of the municipality