History of South Tyrol
A parade in a typical costume
A frontier region in the heart of Europe

This region’s modern history as “Südtirol” began in 1919 when the part of Tyrol south of the Brenner Pass was taken away from Austria and annexed by Italy. This new border subsequently divided a formerly united province which had been part of Austria for five centuries.

 

 

The Alpine region has always been a frontier. The Romans regarded the lands beyond Tyrol as the north,...
History of South Tyrol
Tri-lingual road sign in Val Gardena/Gröden valley
A minority finally gains its rights
The diplomatic route from the beginning of the independence movement...
Castel Tirolo/Schloss Tirol castle
Bishops, farmers, princes
During the Middle Ages ecclesiastical and secular powers struggled...
The Victory Monument in Bolzano/Bozen
South Tyrol is annexed by Italy
  After the First World War the victors ceded the southern part of...
"Ötzi" in the South Tyrolean Archaeological Museum
Ötzi, Rhaetians, Romans
The ‘Man from the glacier’ provides us with undreamt-of insights...
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