Schlanders 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.

Society

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

Twin towns