südtirol / alto adige / south tyrol
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Südtirol / Alto Adige / South Tyrol. Where are we?. Where are we?. Demographics. 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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: 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 ManagementAgricultural Sciences
Fruit ScienceComputer ScienceDesign and ArtScience and Technology
CasaClima-KlimaHausAgricultural Technology
EducationMultilingual
Communication
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 PeopleGiorgio Moroder Ötzi- The Iceman Reinhold Messner
Andreas Seppi
Gustav Thöni
Food
Food