Welsberg-Taisten (; ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano.
Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 2,809 and an area of . Welsberg-Taisten borders the following municipalities: Prags, Rasen-Antholz, Olang, Gsies, and Niederdorf.
Frazioni The municipality of Welsberg-Taisten contains the frazioni (parishes) Welsberg (Monguelfo), Ried (Novale), Wiesen (Prati), Unterrain (Riva di Sotto) and Taisten (Tesido). Taisten lies above sea level in the Puster Valley, east of Bruneck.
History
Coat-of-arms The emblem is quarterly argent and sable. It is the arms of the Earls of Welsberg, whose castle was in the municipality, which gave to the village its name. The emblem was adopted in 1932.Heraldry of the World: Welsberg
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 91.33% of the population speak German, 8.41% Italian and 0.27% Ladin as first language.
Demographic evolution
References
External links
Homepage of the municipality