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German Tyrol (; ) is a historical region in the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 now divided between Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 and Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It includes largely ethnic German
Ethnic German

Ethnic Germans , also collectively referred to as the German diaspora, are those who are considered, by themselves or others, to be of Germans origin ethnicity, not necessarily born or living within the present-day Germany, holding its citizenship or speaking the German language....
 areas of historical County of Tyrol
County of Tyrol

The county of Tyrol was a independent county within the Holy Roman Empire, and later a Austria of Cisleithanian Austrian Empire. Today its territory is divided between the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol ....
: the Austrian state
States of Austria

Austria is a federation made up of nine State , known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is often used instead to avoid ambiguity....
 of Tyrol
Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a States of Austria or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol....
 (consisting of North Tyrol
North Tyrol

North Tyrol, or North Tirol is the main part of the Austrian States of Austria of Tyrol , located in the western part of the country. The other part of the state is East Tyrol, which also belongs to Austria, but does not share a border with North Tyrol....
 and East Tyrol
East Tyrol

East Tyrol, or East Tirol, is an exclave of the Austrian States of Austria of Tyrol , sharing no border with North Tyrol, the main part of the state....
) and the Italian region
Regions of Italy

The Region#Political regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state. There are twenty regions autonomous, five of them are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....
 known as the Alto Adige/Südtirol but not the largely Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
-speaking Trentino (Welschtirol).

an Tyrol was historically an integral part of the Habsburg constituent
Kronland

Kronland may refer to:* the German language name of Lan?kroun, a town in the Czech Republic.* a component territory of Cisleithania, the Austrian half of former Austria-Hungary ....
 Princely County of Tyrol but, with the imminent collapse of Habsburg Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
 at the end of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, areas of the empire with an ethnic German majority began to take actions to form a new state.

On 11 November 1918, Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquished power and, on 12 November, these ethnic German areas, including the Province of German Tyrol (German: Provinz Deutschtirol) were declared the Republic of German Austria
German Austria

The Republic of German Austria was the initial rump state successor to the Austria-Hungary following World War I for areas with a predominantly ethnic German population....
 with the intent of unifying with Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
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German Tyrol (; ) is a historical region in the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
 now divided between Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 and Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It includes largely ethnic German
Ethnic German

Ethnic Germans , also collectively referred to as the German diaspora, are those who are considered, by themselves or others, to be of Germans origin ethnicity, not necessarily born or living within the present-day Germany, holding its citizenship or speaking the German language....
 areas of historical County of Tyrol
County of Tyrol

The county of Tyrol was a independent county within the Holy Roman Empire, and later a Austria of Cisleithanian Austrian Empire. Today its territory is divided between the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol ....
: the Austrian state
States of Austria

Austria is a federation made up of nine State , known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is often used instead to avoid ambiguity....
 of Tyrol
Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a States of Austria or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol....
 (consisting of North Tyrol
North Tyrol

North Tyrol, or North Tirol is the main part of the Austrian States of Austria of Tyrol , located in the western part of the country. The other part of the state is East Tyrol, which also belongs to Austria, but does not share a border with North Tyrol....
 and East Tyrol
East Tyrol

East Tyrol, or East Tirol, is an exclave of the Austrian States of Austria of Tyrol , sharing no border with North Tyrol, the main part of the state....
) and the Italian region
Regions of Italy

The Region#Political regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state. There are twenty regions autonomous, five of them are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....
 known as the Alto Adige/Südtirol but not the largely Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
-speaking Trentino (Welschtirol).

History

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German Tyrol was historically an integral part of the Habsburg constituent
Kronland

Kronland may refer to:* the German language name of Lan?kroun, a town in the Czech Republic.* a component territory of Cisleithania, the Austrian half of former Austria-Hungary ....
 Princely County of Tyrol but, with the imminent collapse of Habsburg Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Kaiserlich und k?niglich Monarchy was a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a personal union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary....
 at the end of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, areas of the empire with an ethnic German majority began to take actions to form a new state.

On 11 November 1918, Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquished power and, on 12 November, these ethnic German areas, including the Province of German Tyrol (German: Provinz Deutschtirol) were declared the Republic of German Austria
German Austria

The Republic of German Austria was the initial rump state successor to the Austria-Hungary following World War I for areas with a predominantly ethnic German population....
 with the intent of unifying with Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. However, Südtirol had been promised as spoils of war to Italy by the Entente powers in the Treaty of London. The remainder of German Tyrol became the Austrian federal state
States of Austria

Austria is a federation made up of nine State , known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is often used instead to avoid ambiguity....
 of Tyrol
Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a States of Austria or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol....
.

The status of Tyrol was definitively settled by the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye that established the division of the region that remains to .

See also

  • German Austria
    German Austria

    The Republic of German Austria was the initial rump state successor to the Austria-Hungary following World War I for areas with a predominantly ethnic German population....
  • History of Tyrol
  • Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino
    Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino

    [Image:Tirol-Suedtirol-Trentino.png|thumb|Detailed map of the Euroregion, formed by the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino....