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South Tyrol
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Autonomous province Bolzano – South Tyrol Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol (German) Provincia autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige (Italian) Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol (Ladin) | |
Anthem: Bozner Bergsteigerlied (unofficial) | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
Capital(s) | Bolzano |
Comuni | 116 |
Government | |
• Body | Provincial Council |
• Governor | Arno Kompatscher (SVP) |
Area | |
• Total | 7,399.97 km2 (2,857.14 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2019) | |
• Total | 531,178 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €21.603 billion (2015) |
• Per capita | €41,568 (2015) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 39XXX |
Telephone prefix | 0471, 0472, 0473, 0474 |
Vehicle registration | BZ |
HDI (2021) | 0.912[2] very high 5th of 21 |
ISTAT | 021 |
Website | www |
South Tyrol[a] (German: Südtirol, German: [ˈsyːtiˌroːl, ˈzyːttiˌʁoːl] ; Italian: Alto Adige, Italian: [ˈalto ˈaːdidʒe]; Ladin: Südtirol) is an autonomous province in northern Italy. An English translation of the official German and Italian names could be the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, reflecting the multilingualism and different naming conventions in the area. Together with the autonomous province of Trento, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.[4] The province is the northernmost of Italy, the second largest with an area of 7,400 square kilometres (2,857 sq mi), and has a total population of about 534,000 inhabitants as of 2021.[5] Its capital and largest city is Bolzano (German: Bozen; Ladin: Balsan or Bulsan).
The province is granted a considerable level of self-government, consisting of a large range of exclusive legislative and executive powers and a fiscal regime that allows it to retain 90% of revenue, while remaining a net contributor to the national budget. As of 2016, South Tyrol is the wealthiest province in Italy and among the wealthiest in the European Union.
In the wider context of the European Union, the province is one of the three members of the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion, which corresponds almost exactly to the historical region of Tyrol.[6] The other members are the Austrian federal state Tyrol to the north and east, and the Italian autonomous province of Trento to the south.
According to the 2011 census, 62.3% of the population used German as their first language (standard German in the written form and the South Tyrolean dialect of Austro-Bavarian in the spoken form); 23.4% of the population spoke Italian, mainly in and around the two largest cities (Bolzano, with an Italian-speaking majority, and Meran, with a slight German-speaking majority); 4.1% spoke Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language; 10.2% of the population (mainly recent immigrants) spoke another native language in addition to Italian and German. Of 116 South Tyrolean municipalities, 103 have a German-speaking, eight a Ladin-speaking, and five an Italian-speaking majority.[7] The Italianization of South Tyrol and the settlement of Italians from the rest of Italy after 1918 significantly modified local demographics.[8][9]
Name
South Tyrol (occasionally South Tirol) is the term most commonly used in English for the province,[10] and its usage reflects that it was created from a portion of the southern part of the historic County of Tyrol, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire and crown land of the Austrian Empire of the Habsburgs. German and Ladin speakers usually refer to the area as Südtirol; the Italian equivalent Sudtirolo (sometimes parsed Sud Tirolo[11]) is becoming increasingly common.[12]
Alto Adige (literally translated in English: "Upper Adige"), one of the Italian names for the province, is also used in English.[13] The term had been the name of political subdivisions along the Adige River in the time of Napoleon Bonaparte,[14][15] who created the Department of Alto Adige, part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It was reused as the Italian name of the current province after its post-World War I creation, and was a symbol of the subsequent forced Italianization of South Tyrol.[16]
The official name of the province today in German is Autonome Provinz Bozen — Südtirol. German speakers usually refer to it not as a Provinz, but as a Land (like the Länder of Germany and Austria).[17] Provincial institutions are referred to using the prefix Landes-, such as Landesregierung (state government) and Landeshauptmann (governor).[18] The official name in Italian is Provincia autonoma Bolzano — Alto Adige, in Ladin Provinzia autonoma Bulsan — Südtirol.[19][20]
History
Annexation by Italy
South Tyrol as an administrative entity originated during the First World War. The Allies promised the area to Italy in the Treaty of London of 1915 as an incentive to enter the war on their side. Until 1918, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian princely County of Tyrol, but this almost completely German-speaking territory was occupied by Italy at the end of the war in November 1918 and was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1919. The province as it exists today was created in 1926 after an administrative reorganization of the Kingdom of Italy, and was incorporated together with the province of Trento into the newly created region of Venezia Tridentina ("Trentine Venetia").
With the rise of Italian Fascism, the new regime made efforts to bring forward the Italianization of South Tyrol. The German language was banished from public service, German teaching was officially forbidden, and German newspapers were censored (with the exception of the fascistic Alpenzeitung). The regime also favoured immigration from other Italian regions.
The subsequent alliance between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini declared that South Tyrol would not follow the destiny of Austria, which had been annexed by Nazi Germany. Instead the dictators agreed that the German-speaking population be transferred to German-ruled territory or dispersed around Italy, but the outbreak of the Second World War prevented them from fully carrying out their plans.[21] Every citizen was given the choice to give up their German cultural identity and stay in fascist Italy, or to leave their homeland for Nazi Germany to retain their cultural identity. This resulted in the division of South Tyrolese families.
In this tense relationship for the population, Walter Caldonazzi from Mals was part of the resistance group around the priest Heinrich Maier, which passed plans and information about production facilities for V-1 rockets, V-2 rockets, Tiger tanks, Messerschmitt Bf 109, and Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet and other aircraft to the Allies. The group planned for an independent Austria with a monarchical form of government after the war, which would include Austria, Bavaria and South Tyrol.[22][23]
In 1943, when the Italian government signed an armistice with the Allies, the region was occupied by Nazi Germany, which reorganised it as the Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills and put it under the administration of Gauleiter Franz Hofer. The region was de facto annexed to the German Reich (with the addition of the province of Belluno) until the end of the war. Italian rule was restored in 1945 as the Nazi regime ended.
Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement
After the war, the Allies decided that the province would remain a part of Italy, under the condition that the German-speaking population be granted a significant level of self-government. Italy and Austria negotiated an agreement in 1946, recognizing the rights of the German minority. Alcide De Gasperi, Italy's prime minister, a native of Trentino, wanted to extend the autonomy to his fellow citizens. This led to the creation of the region called Trentino-Alto Adige/Tiroler Etschland. The Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement of September 1946 was signed by the Italian and Austrian Foreign Ministers, creating the autonomous region of Trentino-South Tyrol, consisting of the autonomous provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol. German and Italian were both made official languages, and German-language education was permitted once more. Still Italians were the majority in the combined region.
This, together with the arrival of new Italian-speaking immigrants, led to strong dissatisfaction among South Tyrolese, which culminated in terrorist acts perpetrated by the Befreiungsausschuss Südtirol (BAS – Liberation Committee of South Tyrol). In the first phase, only public edifices and fascist monuments were targeted. The second phase was bloodier, costing 21 lives (15 members of Italian security forces, two civilians, and four terrorists).
Südtirolfrage
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The South Tyrolean Question (Südtirolfrage) became an international issue. As the implementation of the post-war agreement was deemed unsatisfactory by the Austrian government, it became a cause of significant friction with Italy and was taken up by the United Nations in 1960. A fresh round of negotiations took place in 1961 but proved unsuccessful, partly because of the campaign of terrorism.
The issue was resolved in 1971, when a new Austro-Italian treaty was signed and ratified. It stipulated that disputes in South Tyrol would be submitted for settlement to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, that the province would receive greater autonomy within Italy, and that Austria would not interfere in South Tyrol's internal affairs. The new agreement proved broadly satisfactory to the parties involved, and the separatist tensions soon eased.
The autonomous status granted in 1972 has resulted in a considerable level of self-government,[24] and also allows the entity to retain almost 90% of all levied taxes.[25]
Autonomy
In 1992, Italy and Austria officially ended their dispute over the autonomy issue on the basis of the agreement of 1972.[26]
The extensive self-government[24] provided by the current institutional framework has been advanced as a model for settling interethnic disputes and for the successful protection of linguistic minorities.[27] This is among the reasons why the Ladin municipalities of Cortina d'Ampezzo/Anpezo, Livinallongo del Col di Lana/Fodom and Colle Santa Lucia/Col have asked in a referendum to be detached from Veneto and reannexed to the province, from which they were separated under the fascist government.[28]
Euroregion
In 1996, the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino was formed between the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino. The boundaries of the association correspond to the old County of Tyrol. The aim is to promote regional peace, understanding and cooperation in many areas. The region's assemblies meet together as one on various occasions, and have set up a common liaison office with the European Union in Brussels.
Geography
South Tyrol is located at the northernmost point in Italy. The province is bordered by Austria to the east and north, specifically by the Austrian federal states Tyrol and Salzburg, and by the Swiss canton of Graubünden to the west. The Italian provinces of Belluno, Trentino, and Sondrio border to the southeast, south, and southwest, respectively.
The landscape itself is mostly cultivated with different types of shrubs and forests and is highly mountainous.
Entirely located in the Alps, the province's landscape is dominated by mountains. The highest peak is the Ortler (3,905 metres, 12,812 ft) in the far west, which is also the highest peak in the Eastern Alps outside the Bernina Range. Even more famous are the craggy peaks of the Dolomites in the eastern part of the region.
The following mountain groups are (partially) in South Tyrol. All but the Sarntal Alps are on the border with Austria, Switzerland, or other Italian provinces. The ranges are clockwise from the west and for each the highest peak is given that is within the province or on its border.
Name | Highest peak (German/Italian) | metres | feet |
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Ortler Alps | Ortler/Ortles | 3,905 | 12,811 |
Sesvenna Range | Muntpitschen/Monpiccio | 3,162 | 10,374 |
Ötztal Alps | Weißkugel/Palla Bianca | 3,746 | 12,291 |
Stubai Alps | Wilder Freiger/Cima Libera | 3,426 | 11,241 |
Sarntal Alps | Hirzer/Punta Cervina | 2,781 | 9,124 |
Zillertal Alps | Hochfeiler/Gran Pilastro | 3,510 | 11,515 |
Hohe Tauern | Dreiherrnspitze/Picco dei Tre Signori | 3,499 | 11,480 |
Eastern Dolomites | Dreischusterspitze/Punta Tre Scarperi | 3,152 | 10,341 |
Western Dolomites | Langkofel/Sassolungo | 3,181 | 10,436 |
Located between the mountains are many valleys, where the majority of the population lives.
Administrative divisions
The province is divided into eight districts (German: Bezirksgemeinschaften, Italian: comunità comprensoriali), one of them being the chief city of Bolzano. Each district is headed by a president and two bodies called the district committee and the district council. The districts are responsible for resolving intermunicipal disputes and providing roads, schools, and social services such as retirement homes.
The province is further divided into 116 Gemeinden or comuni.[29]
Districts
District (German/Italian) | Capital (German/Italian) | Area | Inhabitants[29] |
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Bozen/Bolzano | Bozen/Bolzano | 52 km2 | 107,436 |
Burggrafenamt/Burgraviato | Meran/Merano | 1,101 km2 | 97,315 |
Pustertal/Val Pusteria | Bruneck/Brunico | 2,071 km2 | 79,086 |
Überetsch-Unterland/Oltradige-Bassa Atesina | Neumarkt/Egna | 424 km2 | 71,435 |
Eisacktal/Valle Isarco | Brixen/Bressanone | 624 km2 | 49,840 |
Salten-Schlern/Salto-Sciliar | Bozen/Bolzano | 1,037 km2 | 48,020 |
Vinschgau/Val Venosta | Schlanders/Silandro | 1,442 km2 | 35,000 |
Wipptal/Alta Valle Isarco | Sterzing/Vipiteno | 650 km2 | 18,220 |
Largest municipalities
German name | Italian name | Ladin name | Inhabitants[29] |
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Bozen | Bolzano | Balsan, Bulsan | 107,724 |
Meran | Merano | Maran | 40,926 |
Brixen | Bressanone | Persenon, Porsenù | 22,423 |
Leifers | Laives | 18,097 | |
Bruneck | Brunico | Bornech, Burnech | 16,636 |
Eppan an der Weinstraße | Appiano sulla Strada del Vino | 14,990 | |
Lana | Lana | 12,468 | |
Kaltern an der Weinstraße | Caldaro sulla Strada del Vino | 7,512 | |
Ritten | Renon | 7,507 | |
Sarntal | Sarentino | 6,863 | |
Kastelruth | Castelrotto | Ciastel | 6,456 |
Sterzing | Vipiteno | 6,306 | |
Schlanders | Silandro | 6,014 | |
Ahrntal | Valle Aurina | 5,876 | |
Naturns | Naturno | 5,440 | |
Sand in Taufers | Campo Tures | 5,230 | |
Latsch | Laces | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=South_Tyrol |