Ratschings

Ratschings (Racines ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 45 km north of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 4,363 and an area of 203.6 km2.

Ratschings borders the following municipalities: Brenner, Freienfeld, Moos in Passeier, St. Leonhard in Passeier, Sarntal, Sterzing, Neustift im Stubaital (Austria) and Sölden (Austria).

Frazioni
The municipality of Ratschings contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außerratschings, Innerratschings, Gasteig (Casateia), Mareit (Mareta), Ridnaun (Ridanna), Telfes (Telves), and Jaufental (Valgiovo).

Coat of arms
The emblem show a rampant argent wolf on azure. The arms is similar to that of Wolf von Mareit, but with the opposite colors. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.77% of the population speak German, 2.14% Italian and 0.10% Ladin as first language.