Karneid is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 4 km east of the city of Bolzano and a village. It is also the location of Karneid castle.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,311 and an area of 40.4 km2. Karneid borders the following municipalities: Bolzano, Völs am Schlern, Welschnofen, Deutschnofen, Ritten, and Tiers.

Frazioni

The municipality of Karneid (Cornedo) contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Blumau (Prato all'Isarco), Breien (Briè), Kardaun (Cardano), Steinegg (Collepietra), and Gummer (San Valentino in Campo).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is an argent curved pile on azure. It is part of the insignia of the Counts of Liechtenstein, owners of the castle, which ruled the village from 1385 to 1595. The arms were adopted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 89.03% of the population speak German, 10.64% Italian and 0.33% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

Culture

Notable people