1. Südtirol / Alto Adige / South Tyrol

2. Where are we?

3. Where are we?

4. Demographics South Tyrol Bozen Inhabitants 419,000 103,000 German 70%
South Tyrol
Bozen
Inhabitants
419,000
103,000
German
70%
24%
Italian
26%
75%
Ladin 4% 1%

5. History Bozen/Bolzano
18 BC Pons Drusi (Drusus bridge) near Bauzanum, inhabited by Raetian people
679 Bavarians
1190 market town between Venice and Augsburg, cultural crosspoint
Dome of Bozen

6. History South Tyrol I Before WWI: Austro-Hungarian empire
1919: Annexed by Italy
20/30ies: Italienization by Benito Mussolini
1946 Autonomy of Trentino – South Tyrol granting rights to the German speaking population

7. History of South Tyrol II
1950/60ies terrorist acts of the liberation movement
1960 UN no resolution
1971 International Court of Justice in The Hague
1972 new autonomy with high level of self-government
1992 Autonomy agreement between Austria and Italy
1996 Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino

8. Free University Bozen German Italian English (Ladin)
Economics and Management
Agricultural Sciences
Fruit Science
Computer Science
Design and Art
Science and Technology
CasaClima-KlimaHaus
Agricultural Technology
Education
Multilingual Communication
German
Italian
English
(Ladin)

9. The autonomy Anchored in the Italian constitution
Grants equal rights to the German, Italian and Ladin population
Financial independence from Italy
Self-government in many areas
Role model for the successful and fair resolution of inter-ethnic conflict to other regions of the world.
e.g. Tibet and China (Dalai Lama)
e.g. Kosovo and Albania

10. Agriculture

11. Apples
Movie

12. Agriculture

13. Castles and Towns

14. Mountains and more

16. Famous People Reinhold Messner Ötzi- The Iceman Giorgio Moroder
Gustav Thöni
Andreas Seppi

17. Food

18. Food