title: Vahrn
text: # Vahrn
  
  Vahrn (German pronunciation:; Italian: Varna) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) 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.
  
  ## Society
  
  ### Linguistic distribution
  
  According to the 2011 census, 87.80% of the population speak German, 11.18% Italian and 1.02% Ladin as first language.
  
  