Eppan an der Weinstraße

Eppan an der Weinstraße (Appiano sulla Strada del Vino ), often abbreviated to Eppan or Appiano, is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 8 km southwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 14,226 and an area of 59.7 km2.

Eppan borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Bolzano, Kaltern, Nals, Terlan, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Vadena, Cavareno, Fondo, Malosco, Sarnonico, and Ronzone.

Frazioni
The municipality of Eppan contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Frangart (Frangarto), Girlan (Cornaiano), Missian (Missiano), Montiggl (Monticolo), Perdonig (Predonico), St. Michael (San Michele), St. Pauls (San Paolo), Unterrain (Riva di Sotto).

Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents the coat-of-arms of the Hocheppan castle owned by the Lords of Eppan since the 11th century. In the left side it is depicted half star with eight rays and the crescent moon to the right, both of or on azure background. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Notable sights

 * Ansitz Kreit

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 86.23% of the population speak German, 13.29% Italian, and 0.48% Ladin as first language.

Notable people

 * Egno von Eppan (died 1273), nobleman, prince-bishop of Brixen and Trent
 * Johann Georg Platzer (1704–1761), Rococo painter and draughtsman
 * Leonhard von Call (1767–1815), composer and virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar
 * Sepp Kerschbaumer (1913–1964) South Tyrolean freedom fighter/terrorist, born in Frangart (Frangarto)
 * George McAnthony (1966–2011), country singer and songwriter
 * Sabina Panzanini (born 1972), former Alpine skier, competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics