Karneid  Karneid (; ) is a "comune" (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about east of the city of Bolzano. It is also the location of Karneid castle. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,311 and an area of . Karneid borders the following municipalities: Bolzano, Völs am Schlern, Welschnofen, Deutschnofen, Ritten, and Tiers. The municipality of Karneid (Cornedo) contains the "frazioni" (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Blumau (Prato all'Isarco), Breien (Briè), Kardaun (Cardano), Steinegg (Collepietra), and Gummer (San Valentino in Campo). The emblem is an argent curved pile on azure. It is part of the insignia of the Counts of "Liechtenstein", owners of the castle, which ruled the village from 1385 to 1595. The arms was adopted in 1968. According to the 2011 census, 89.03% of the population speak German, 10.64% Italian and 0.33% Ladin as first language.