St. Pankraz (; ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano.
Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,589 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Sankt Pankraz borders the following municipalities: Lana, Laurein, Naturns, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Tisens, Ulten, and Castelfondo.
History
Coat-of-arms The emblem represents a tower with battlements, with a pavilion azure roof, surrounded by a wall above a vert hill with two fir-trees on each side on argent. The castle tower corresponds to the Eschenloch Castle built in the twelfth century by the Counts of Ulten. The emblem was adopted in 1968.Heraldry of the World: St. Pankraz
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 98.99% of the population spoke German, 0.95% Italian and 0.07% Ladin as their first language.
Demographic evolution
Personalities Blasius Marsoner (1924–1991), poet, historian and translator of the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
References
External links
Homepage of the municipality