- Sterzing
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Vipiteno
Stadtgemeinde Sterzing
img_coa = Vipiteno-Stemma.png
img_coa_small =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=TAA
province = ProvinciaIT|sigla=BZ (BZ)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 950
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 33
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 5,997
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 182
coordinates = coord|46|53|0|N|11|26|0|E|region:IT_type:city(5,997)
gentilic = Italian: vipitenesi
German: Sterzinger
telephone = 0472
postalcode = 39049
frazioni = Novale, Tunes, Ceves
saint =
day =
mapx = #expr:46 + 53 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:11 + 26 / 60.0
locator_position =
name = Sterzing
website = [http://www.vipiteno.it www.vipiteno.it]Sterzing (Italian: "Vipiteno", archaic "Sterzen"; Archaic (1180 AD) "Sterzengum"; Archaic (827 AD): "Uuipitina"; , Latin: "Vipitenum") is an Italian comune in the
province of Bolzano-Bozen in the region ofTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol . It is the main village of the southern Wipptal, and theIsarco River flows through the medieval town.According to the 2001 census, 75% of the population speaks German as first language, 24.7% Italian and 0.3% Ladin.
Main sights
Torre delle Dodici ("Zwölferturm"), a 46 m-high tower erected in 1470. Outside the city is the "
Reifenstein Castle ", one of the best preserved medieval castle in the province.Twin cities
*flagicon|Austria
Kitzbühel , Tyrol,Austria , since 1971External links
*it icon de icon [http://www.vipiteno.it Homepage of the city]
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