Vinschgau

Map of South Tyrol with the Vinschgau district highlighted in green. The yellow-black stripes mark the geographical extent of the valley.

Upper Vinschgau Valley.

The Vinschgau (Italian: Val Venosta, German: Vinschgau, Ladin: Vnuost, medieval: Finsgowe) or Vinschgau Valley is the upper part of the Adige river valley, in the western part of the province of South Tyrol, Italy.

Overview

The valley runs in a west-east orientation, between the Reschen Pass and Meran. Due to a rather warm climate and a lack of rain (400mm per year), the apple orchards there are irrigated. According to the 2001 census, 96.51% of the population of the valley speak German, 3.41% Italian and 0.08% Ladin as first language.

Subdivision

Vinschgau is also the name of a district (German: Bezirksgemeinschaft, Italian: comprensorio), in which the 13 municipalities of the valley cooperate. These municipalities are:

• Glurns
• Graun im Vinschgau
• Kastelbell-Tschars
• Laas
• Latsch
• Mals
• Martell
• Prad am Stilfser Joch
• Schlanders (district capital)
• Schluderns
• Schnals
• Stilfs
• Taufers im Münstertal

External links

• Media related to Vinschgau at Wikimedia Commons
• Vinschgau District (German) (Italian)