Ladins Explained

Group:Ladins
Flag:Flag of Ladinia.svg
Flag Caption:Flag of Ladins
Total:≈31,000
Total Year:2011
Total Source:estimate
Regions:Ladinia
Languages:Ladin
Religions:Roman Catholicism
Related Groups:Friulians, Romansh

The Ladins are an ethnolinguistic group[1] [2] of northern Italy. They are distributed in several valleys, collectively known as Ladinia. These include the valleys: of Badia and Gherdëina in South Tyrol, of Fassa in the Trentino, and Livinallongo (also known as Buchenstein or Fodom) and Ampezzo in the Province of Belluno.[3] Their native language is Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language related to the Swiss Romansh and Friulian languages.[4] They are part of Tyrol, with which they share culture, history, traditions, environment and architecture.

Ladins developed a formal national identity in the 19th century.[5] Micurà de Rü undertook the first attempt to develop a written form of the Ladin language. Nowadays, Ladin culture is promoted by the government-sponsored cultural institute Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü in the South Tyrolean municipality of San Martin de Tor. There is also a Ladin museum in the same municipality. The Ladins of Trentino and Belluno have their own cultural institutes: Majon de Fascegn in Vigo di Fassa, Cesa de Jan in Colle Santa Lucia and Istituto Ladin de la Dolomites in Borca di Cadore.

The Ladin people constitute only 4.53% of the population of South Tyrol.[6] Many of the South Tyrolean Sagas come from the Ladin territory, including the national epic of the Ladin people, the saga of the Kingdom of Fanes. Another figure from Ladin mythology is the demon Anguana.

Communities

Ladin
Name 		Italian
Name 		German
Name 		Province Area
(km2) 		Population
AnpezoCortina d’AmpezzoHaydenBelluno2556,150
UrtijëiOrtiseiSt. Ulrich in GrödenSouth Tyrol244,569
BadiaBadiaAbtei823,237
MareoMarebbeEnneberg1612,684
MoénaMoenaMoenaTrentino822,628
SëlvaSelva di Val GardenaWolkenstein in GrödenSouth Tyrol532,589
PozaPozza di FassaPotzach im FassatalTrentino731,983
CianaceiCanazeiKanzenei671,844
Santa Cristina GherdëinaSanta Cristina ValgardenaSt. Christina in GrödenSouth Tyrol311,840
San Martin de TorSan Martino in BadiaSt. Martin in Thurn761,727
FodomLivinallongo del Col di LanaBuchensteinBelluno991,436
CorvaraCorvaraKurfarSouth Tyrol421,266
La ValLa ValleWengen391,251
LågLaghettiLaag231,284
VichVigo di FassaVig im FassatalTrentino261,142
CiampedèlCampitello di FassaKampidel im Fassatal25732
SorègaSoragaÜberwasser19677
MazinMazzinMazzin23440
ColColle Santa LuciaVerseilBelluno15418

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Jan Markusse: The South Tyrolese Inter-Ethnic Package Deal. An Example for Other Multi-Ethnic Regions?, in: Yearbook of European Studies 6. Borders and Territories. Rodopi, Amsterdam/Atlanta 1993,, p. 193-220. E. g. For the small ethnic group of Ladins the package offers advantages and disadvantages.
  2. Christoph Perathoner: Die Dolomitenladiner 1848–1918: ethnisches Bewusstsein und politische Partizipation. Folio, Bozen/Wien 1998,
  3. News: Italy’s Most Mysterious Region Has Warrior Princesses and a Marmot Obsession. Sakalis. Alex. 22 November 2021. The Daily Beast. 10 October 2023.
  4. http://www.uni-salzburg.at/pls/portal/docs/1/1125211.PDF
  5. Christoph Perathoner: Die Dolomitenladiner 1848–1918: ethnisches Bewusstsein und politische Partizipation. Folio, Bozen/Wien 1998,
  6. Web site: South Tyrol in Figures . Declaration of language group affiliation – Population Census 2011 . PDF. 2012-10-07.

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