Burgstall
Comune
Gemeinde Burgstall Comune di Postal
Burgstall
Coat of arms
Location of Burgstall
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Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°12′E / 46.600°N 11.200°E / 46.600; 11.200
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
• Mayor	Othmar Unterkofler
Area [1]
• Total	6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population  (Nov. 2010)[2]
• Total	1,738
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Burgstaller Italian: di Postal
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39014
Dialing code	0473
Website	Official website

Burgstall (German pronunciation: [ˈbʊrkʃtal]; Italian: Postal [poˈstal]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

Geography

Burgstall is located in the Burggrafenamt. The municipality extends on the orographically left, eastern side of the valley and has a size of 6.7 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi), with about half of the land being agricultural green or forest. The village center is situated at about 270 m, slightly elevated above the valley floor. To the east, the municipal area rises up to 1000 m on the slopes of the Tschögglberg mountain; to the west, it ends at the Adige river.

Burgstall borders the following municipalities: Gargazon, Lana, Merano, Mölten, and Vöran.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem shows a eurasian sparrowhawk, which is to fly up, on argent. It is the arms of the Knights of Burgstall, the emblem was granted in 1966.^[3]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 76.61% of the population speak German, 22.78% Italian and 0.61% Ladin as first language.^[4]

Demographic evolution