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Folgaria
Folgaria (Fólgaria in Trentino Dialect, Folgrait in Cimbrian) is an Italian municipality with 3,161 inhabitants in the Autonomous Province of Trento in Trentino-South Tyrol. Folgaria is historically associated with the municipalities of Santa Teresa di Gallura and Heringsdorf (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
The municipality is located on the western slope of the Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani cimbri, near the Vallagarina, at an altitude of 1168 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Cornetto (2060 m in the Vigolana Mountain Range), along the right bank of the Rio Cavallo, a stream that flows through the eponymous valley down to Calliano.
The municipality includes seven main settlements (Costa, Serrada, Guardia, Mezzomonte, San Sebastiano, Carbonare, and Nosellari), as well as smaller villages like Pont, Ondertol, Dori, Molino Nuovo, Forreri, Ca Nove, Molini, Peneri, Fontani, Scandelli, Sotto il Soglio, Carpeneda, Mezzaselva, Erspameri, Francolini, Fondo Grande, Fondo Piccolo, Colpi, Nocchi, Perpruneri, Tezzeli, Morganti, Cueli-Liberi, Buse, Busatti, Dazio, Prà di Sopra, and Virti, located along the Rio Cavallo and the upper Astico Valley (Buse). The two rivers are separated by Passo Sommo (1341 m), a reference point for determining the locations of the different villages.
The name, first mentioned in 1196 as Fulgarida, derives from the Latin *filicāria, from filex meaning "fern". With the suffix -ēta, the name means "fern forest." A similar etymology exists for Folgarida, another place in Trentino, in Val di Sole.
In the Austrian Empire, during the period of Germanization before World War I, the form Vielgereuth was used in German.
As early as the 13th century, the Folgaria Plateau was part of the bishopric of Beseno, under the direct control of the Prince-Bishop of Trento.
The area was impacted by the Cimbri colonization, which led to the formation of several modern municipalities in the Folgaria area. In 1222, Folgaria was mentioned as one of the first free municipalities in Trentino, governed by its own administrative bodies. By around 1500, the Cimbri language was widespread in most of the pre-Sommo settlements and those along the Rio Cavallo/Rosspach valley.
The language persisted until the early 1960s, and certain expressions were still heard in the villages of Mezzomonte, Cueli-Liberi, San Sebastiano, Tezzeli, and Carbonare. Many geographical names still bear clear traces of the language.
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Folgaria
Folgaria (Fólgaria in Trentino Dialect, Folgrait in Cimbrian) is an Italian municipality with 3,161 inhabitants in the Autonomous Province of Trento in Trentino-South Tyrol. Folgaria is historically associated with the municipalities of Santa Teresa di Gallura and Heringsdorf (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
The municipality is located on the western slope of the Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani cimbri, near the Vallagarina, at an altitude of 1168 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Cornetto (2060 m in the Vigolana Mountain Range), along the right bank of the Rio Cavallo, a stream that flows through the eponymous valley down to Calliano.
The municipality includes seven main settlements (Costa, Serrada, Guardia, Mezzomonte, San Sebastiano, Carbonare, and Nosellari), as well as smaller villages like Pont, Ondertol, Dori, Molino Nuovo, Forreri, Ca Nove, Molini, Peneri, Fontani, Scandelli, Sotto il Soglio, Carpeneda, Mezzaselva, Erspameri, Francolini, Fondo Grande, Fondo Piccolo, Colpi, Nocchi, Perpruneri, Tezzeli, Morganti, Cueli-Liberi, Buse, Busatti, Dazio, Prà di Sopra, and Virti, located along the Rio Cavallo and the upper Astico Valley (Buse). The two rivers are separated by Passo Sommo (1341 m), a reference point for determining the locations of the different villages.
The name, first mentioned in 1196 as Fulgarida, derives from the Latin *filicāria, from filex meaning "fern". With the suffix -ēta, the name means "fern forest." A similar etymology exists for Folgarida, another place in Trentino, in Val di Sole.
In the Austrian Empire, during the period of Germanization before World War I, the form Vielgereuth was used in German.
As early as the 13th century, the Folgaria Plateau was part of the bishopric of Beseno, under the direct control of the Prince-Bishop of Trento.
The area was impacted by the Cimbri colonization, which led to the formation of several modern municipalities in the Folgaria area. In 1222, Folgaria was mentioned as one of the first free municipalities in Trentino, governed by its own administrative bodies. By around 1500, the Cimbri language was widespread in most of the pre-Sommo settlements and those along the Rio Cavallo/Rosspach valley.
The language persisted until the early 1960s, and certain expressions were still heard in the villages of Mezzomonte, Cueli-Liberi, San Sebastiano, Tezzeli, and Carbonare. Many geographical names still bear clear traces of the language.