Südtirol / Alto Adige / South Tyrol

Where are we?

Where are we?

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%

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

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

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

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)

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

Agriculture

Apples Movie

Agriculture

Castles and Towns

Mountains and more

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

Food

Food