Burgstall (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Geography Burgstall is located in the Burggrafenamt. The municipality extends on the orographically left, eastern side of the valley and has a size of , with about half of the land being agricultural green or forest. The village center is situated at about 270 m, slightly elevated above the valley floor. To the east, the municipal area rises up to 1000 m on the slopes of the Tschögglberg mountain; to the west, it ends at the Adige river.
Burgstall borders the following municipalities: Gargazon, Lana, Merano, Mölten, and Vöran.
History
Coat-of-arms The emblem shows a eurasian sparrowhawk, which is to fly up, on argent. It is the arms of the Knights of Burgstall, the emblem was granted in 1966.Heraldry of the World: Burgstall
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 76.84% of the population speak German, 22.71% Italian and 0.45% Ladin as first language.
Language 2001Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10 2011 2024 German 73.99% 76.61% 76.84% Italian 25.64% 22.78% 22.71% Ladin 0.37% 0.61% 0.45%
Demographic evolution
References
External links Homepage of the municipality