Kastelruth

Kastelruth (Castelrotto ; Ciastel) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, about 20 km northeast of the city of Bolzano. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 6456 and an area of 117.8 km2.

Kastelruth borders the following municipalities: Barbian, Campitello di Fassa, Völs am Schlern, Lajen, Urtijëi, Waidbruck, Ritten, Santa Cristina Gherdëina and Tiers.

Frazioni
The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Seiser Alm (Alpe di Siusi), Pufels (lad. Bula, it. Bulla), Runggaditsch (lad. Roncadic, it. Roncadizza), St. Michael (San Michele Siusi), St. Oswald (Sant'Osvaldo), St. Valentin (San Valentino), St. Vigil (San Vigilio), Tagusens (Tagusa), Tisens (Tisana) and Überwasser (lad. Sureghes, it. Oltretorrente). Seis am Schlern is a località of the comune.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 80.94% of the population speak German, 15.37% Ladin and 3.69% Italian as first language.

Notable people

 * Leo Santifaller (1890-1974), historian
 * Martino Fill (born 1939) an Italian alpine skier
 * Norbert Rier (born 1960), lead singer of the Kastelruther Spatzen
 * Christine Novaković (born 1964), banker
 * Denise Karbon (born 1980), retired World Cup alpine ski racer
 * Peter Fill (born 1982), World Cup alpine ski racer