Schlanders

Schlanders (Silandro ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 50 km west of the city of Bolzano.

Overview
Schlanders borders the following municipalities: Latsch, Laas, Mals, Martell, Schnals.

Schlanders is well known for its church tower, 92 m high, which is also the highest in South Tyrol. Another attraction is the renovated castle, which now serves as a civic hall (including a public library).

The locality was mentioned for the first time officially on 13 June 1077 in a deed of donation, where the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. handed over the town to Altwin, the Bishop of Brixen.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 94.66% of the population speak German, 5.19% Italian and 0.14% Ladin as first language.

Notable people

 * Marian Tumler (1887–1987) an Austrian theologian and 62nd Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1948–1970
 * Sport
 * René Gusperti (born 1971) former swimmer, competed at the 1992 & 1996 Summer Olympics
 * Nicole Gius (born 1980) alpine skier, competed at the 2002 & 2010 Winter Olympics
 * Thomas Moriggl (born 1981) cross-country skier, competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics
 * Stefan Thanei (born 1981) freestyle skier, competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics
 * Barbara Moriggl (born 1982) cross-country skier and soldier
 * Thomas Tragust (born 1986) ice-hockey goaltender
 * Kevin Strobl (born 1997) badminton player

Twin towns

 * 🇮🇹 Trecenta, Italy