County of Tyrol
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The County of Tyrol was an estate of the Holy Roman Empire established about 1140. After 1253, it was ruled by the House of Gorizia and from 1363 by the House of Habsburg. In 1804, the County of Tyrol
Tyrol Castle was the seat of the Counts of Tyrol and gave the region its name.
Andreas Hofer led the Tyrolean Rebellion against the invading French forces.
Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, heiress of the Meinhardin dynasty
Archduke Sigismund Francis, last of the Tyrolean line of the Habsburg dynasty
Tyrol (state)
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Tyrol is an Austrian state. It consists of two non-contiguous parts, North Tyrol and East Tyrol, separated by the Austrian state of Salzburg and the Italian province of South Tyrol, which was part of
County of Tyrol
…the territory of the historic crown land is divided between the Italian autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol. The two parts are today associated again in the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion. At least since King Otto I of Germany had conquered the former…
Golden Roof, Innsbruck
Heinrich Maier, Walter Caldonazzi and their group helped the allies to fight the V-2, which was produced by concentration camp prisoners.
View of Innsbruck from Mt. Bergisel
A view from the tower of the old townhall to Innsbruck Cathedral