Vinschgau
Sign in to saveThe Vinschgau, Vintschgau () or Vinschgau Valley ( ; ; ; medieval toponym: Finsgowe) is the upper part of the Adige or Etsch river valley, in the western part of the province of South Tyrol, Italy.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vinschgau
- Settlement.other_name
- Vintschgau
- Settlement.official_name
- Comunità comprensoriale Val VenostaBezirksgemeinschaft Vinschgau
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_map
- Karte Vinschgau.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Vinschgau district (highlighted in green) within South Tyrol; the yellow-black stripes mark the geographical extent of the valley
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1962
- Settlement.seat_type
- Administrative seat
- Settlement.seat
- Schlanders (Silandro)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1442
- Settlement.population_total
- 35043
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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The Vinschgau, Vintschgau () or Vinschgau Valley ( ; ; ; medieval toponym: Finsgowe) is the upper part of the Adige or Etsch river valley, in the western part of the province of South Tyrol, Italy.
==Etymology== The German name Vinschgau, like Italian Val Venosta, is derived from the Celtic (Rhaetian) Venostes tribes mentioned on the ancient Tropaeum Alpium. A Frankish Gau was established under Charlemagne in 772; it was first mentioned in a 1077 deed, when King Henry IV of Germany granted the estates of Schlanders in pago Finsgowe to Bishop Altwin of Brixen.