Südtirol / Alto Adige / South Tyrol
Where are we?
Where are we?
Demographics
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: AustroHungarian 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 selfgovernment
• 1992 Autonomy agreement
between Austria and Italy
• 1996 Euroregion TyrolSouth Tyrol-Trentino
Free University Bozen
Economics and Management
Agricultural Sciences
Fruit Science
Computer Science
Design and Art
Science and Technology
CasaClima-KlimaHaus
Agricultural Technology
Education
Multilingual
Communication
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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
Giorgio Moroder
Famous People
Ötzi- The Iceman
Gustav Thöni
Andreas Seppi
Reinhold Messner
Food
Food