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Pfitsch is a valley and comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 45km north of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.GeographyAs of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,966 and an area of 142.3km2.Pfitsch borders the following municipalities: Brenner, Freienfeld, Mühlbach, Mühlwald, Sterzing, Vintl, Finkenberg (Austria), Gries am Brenner (Austria) and Vals (Austria).FrazioniThe municipality of Pfitsch contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Kematen (Caminata), St. Jakob (San Giacomo), and Wiesen (Prati).HistoryCoat-of-armsThe emblem is party per fess of sable and vert. The first part show a quartz with three points, in the second an horseshoe. The quartz is referred to the minerals abundant in the municipality, the horse shoe is the insignia of Lord Trautson who ruled the village of Wiesen. The emblem was granted in 1969.