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Bruneck
Summary
Bruneck (ˈbrunɛk; Brunico bruˈniːko or ˈbruːniko Ladin: Bornech or Burnech; Brunecium or Brunopolis) is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol.
Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps an ancient lake basin) and lies at the confluence of the Ahr with the Rienz, which itself flows into the Eisack river. Here the northern Tauferer Ahrntal side valley and the southern Val Badia of the Gran Ega creek join the broad Pustertal. Bruneck wide valley, located between the two straits of Kiens downstream and Percha upstream, delimited to the South by the circular elevation of Kronplatz and opened to the North in the Tauferer Tal (Val di Tures), owes its conformation and extent to the action of glaciers and, subsequently, to the erosive action of the waters. The municipal area stretches from the slopes of the Zillertal Alps in the west to the Rieserferner Group of the High Tauern range in the east. In the south rises the Kronplatz massif, part of the Dolomites, the Bruneck Hausberg with the Messner Mountain Museum Corones building designed by Zaha Hadid on top at an elevation of and a popular ski area.
The Bruneck town centre is located about east of Brixen and of the regional capital Bolzano. To the east, the town is from Winnebach (part of Innichen) on the border with East Tyrol in Austria.
According to the 2011 census, 82.47% of the population speak German, 15.24% Italian and 2.29% Ladin as first language.
The wide valley where today the city of Bruneck rises up was initially uninhabited until it was occupied by the Romans; the local populations, because of the danger of flooding of the river Rienz, used to live on the sides of the valley or in the neighbouring hills. The valley floor was soon to be populated since the Puster Valley was the main arterial road used to connect Northern Italy to the Danube area of Europe. In 1901, following the passage of the Pustrissa countship from Henry IV to the Bishop of Brixen Altvino, the episcopal administration was established in the village of St.
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