Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
Kurtinig an der Weinstraße (; ), often abbreviated to Kurtinig or Cortina, is a "comune" (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southwest of the city of Bolzano. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 646 and an area of . Kurtinig borders the following municipalities: Margreid, Neumarkt, and Salorno. History. Coat-of-arms. The emblem is an argent embattled wall, with a portal, above an azure band in the lower half; an eight-pointed star on the left side and the crescent moon on the right, both of argent on a gules background , in the upper half. The embattled wall was built to protect the village from the flooding of the river "Etsch"; the star and the moon are a recall to the arms of the Lords of "Appian" which the village belonged. Society. Linguistic distribution. According to the 2011 census, 68.67% of the population speak German, 31.15% Italian and 0.17% Ladin as first language.