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Tyrol
General Information:
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about 710.000 inhabitants
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With 12.600 km², it is the
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third largest province in Austria.
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capital is Innsbruck with
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120.000 inhabitants
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The central Inn-valley is densely populated
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Several attractive tourist regions in the side valleys.
Geography
The province is split into two
parts:
a larger one called North Tyrol
and
a smaller one called East Tyrol
Since 1920 the third part called
South Tyrol belongs to Italy
Landscape
ols landscape is marked by beautiful mountains and green
pastures and forests.
Nature
The Tyrolean topography is extremely mountainous and large
parts of it are under natural protection.
History
Like many European regions, Tyrol looks back on a very eventful
history. Situated in the heart of Europe it has always been at the
crossroads from north to south and east to west. Emperors and
Popes have shown their interest in this strategic region, but Tyrol
has long maintained its independence. Later it became a vital
province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Today the former crossroads have turned into transit highways for the
growing flood of traffic.
Industry
Tyrol has a strong economy with
numerous small and medium
sized companies and a few
globally active industries.
The country's most important
industry, however, is tourism.
Tyrol, with its well-developed
market economy and high
standard of living, is closely tied
to other EU economies.
Important companies:
famous people
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History
- Emperor Maximilian I., around 1500
- Andreas Hofer, local hero
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Science
- Erwin Schrödinger
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Sports
- Toni Sailer, he won several Olympic gold medals
Andreas Hofer
Andreas Hofer (November 22, 1767 –
February 20, 1810) was a Tyrolean
innkeeper and patriot. He was the
leader of a rebellion against
Napoleon's forces.
In 1809 he became the leader of a
rebellion against Franco-Bavarian but
was subsequently captured and
executed.
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) was an
Austrian physicist who was born in
Alpbach, a small mountain village in
Tyrol. He became famous as the
person who first studied wave
mechanics.
Schrödinger produced equations that
explained the behavior of electrons in
atoms. These equations formed the
basis of wave and quantum
mechanics. In 1933 he was awarded
the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Toni Sailer
"Toni" Sailer was a Tyrolean alpine ski
racer, who is considered among
the best in this sport. Sailer,
nicknamed "Blitz from Kitz", was
born in Kitzbühel. He was the first
skier at the Winter Olympics to
win all three alpine skiing events,
taking gold in the downhill, slalom
and giant slalom at the 1956
Winter Olympics.