Vahrn (; ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano.
Geography Vahrn borders the following municipalities: Brixen, Klausen, Franzensfeste, Natz-Schabs, Sarntal and Feldthurns.
Frazioni The municipality of Vahrn contains the frazione (subdivision) Neustift (Novacella) and the valley of Schalders (Scaleres).
History
Coat-of-arms The emblem is quartering: the first and the fourth of argent three fess nebuly azure; the second and the third of gules. It’s the arms of the Knights of Voitsberg which changed the name in Von Vahrn when they acquired the local castle, then destroyed in 1277. The emblem was granted in 1969.Heraldry of the World: Vahrn
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 83.39% of the population speak German, 15.45% Italian and 1.16% Ladin as first language.
Demographic evolution
See also Neustift Abbey, an Augustinian abbey in the municipality
References
External links Homepage of the municipality
vi:Varna