13 Facts About Tyrol

Tyrol is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria.

Tyrol is bordered to the north by the state of Bavaria and to the east by the states of Carinthia and Salzburg.

The most important trade route across the Alps, namely the Brenner Route, traverses the whole of Tyrol and is regarded as a connecting link between the Italian and German-speaking areas.

The former County of Tyrol had a uniform coat of arms, which was slightly changed over the centuries.

Tyrol lived during the Chalcolithic or Copper Age, after man had learned how to exploit copper but before man had learned how to make bronze.

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In 15 BC, Tyrol was conquered by Roman forces commanded by Drusus and Tiberius.

In late antiquity, Tyrol belonged to the Ostrogoths, and it was included in the Ostrogothic Kingdom.

Tyrol was Christianized through the bishoprics of Brixen and Triento.

Counts of Tyrol were at first Vogt subject to the Bishoprics of Brixen and Triento; but they had other ideas.

Tyrol navigated her way between the competing claims of the Houses of Wittelsbach, Luxembourg and Habsburg by, in 1342, marrying Louis of Wittelsbach.

In 1406, as the Habsburg lands were split up by inheritance, Tyrol became a separate entity, in which the greater landowners had the right to be consulted.

Important branches of industry in Tyrol are the food industry, wood processing and mechanical engineering.

The state border between South and North Tyrol is more a political border and is considered less as a cultural border.