Aldein
Aldein (German: [alˈdaɪn]; Italian: Aldino [alˈdiːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the city of Bolzano. Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo, Montan, Deutschnofen, Auer, Truden and Ville di Fiemme. It contains the frazione (subdivision) Radein (Redagno). HistoryA settlement called Aldinum is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as Alden.[3] Coat-of-armsThe coat of arms is divided party per fess; on the top are two quarter-circle, azure on argent background that represents the Weisshorn. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamlets on a gules background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969. [4] Linguistic distributionAccording to the 2024 census, 97.89% of the population speak German, 1.85% Italian and 0.26% Ladin as first language.
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