Neumarkt, South Tyrol

Neumarkt (literally "new market"; ; Egna ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25 km south 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 5,001 and an area of 23 km2.

Neumarkt borders the following municipalities: Kaltern, Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Margreid, Montan, Salorno and Tramin.

Neumarkt is the chief town of the Überetsch-Unterland district. It is the main cultural, historical and artistic center with a very nice old town. The agglomeration includes the neighborhoods of Vill, Laag and Mazon. In the entire district Neumarkt is only the third most populated town after Laives and Eppan, which are agglomerated to the capital city Bolzano.

The town is situated on the plain, elevation 214 m, on the left side of the Adige river.

Neumarkt was a Roman village on the Claudia Augusta road; it was called Endidae. The sightseeing include the arcades of the old town, the parish church, the Local Culture Museum and the church of Vill.

Frazioni
The municipality of Neumarkt contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Laag (Laghetti), Mazon (Mazzon), St. Florian (San Floriano) and Vill (Villa).

Coat-of-arms
The escutcheon is party per pale, the left side represents the argent crescent moon on a gules background; in the right side a gules cross, with shortened arms, on an argent background. In a document dated 1395 Albrecht of Austria, brother of Duke Rudolf IV of Austria granted to the village, then called Newnmarkt, the use of the arms. The emblem was granted in 1967.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 62.70% of the population speak German, 36.89% Italian and 0.42% Ladin as first language.

Notable people

 * Lilli Gruber (born 1957 in Neumarkt), journalist and former politician

Sport
The ice hockey team HC Neumarkt-Egna is based in the town.