South Tyrol Alpine Club
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The South Tyrol Alpine Club, abbreviated AVS, is an association of German and Ladin-speaking mountain climbers in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Founded in 1946, it is subdivided into 36 sections and 58
AVS signposts on the Tschögglberg
In 1919, at the time of its annexation, the middle part of the County of Tyrol, which is today called South Tyrol, was inhabited by almost 90% German speakers. Under the 1939 South Tyrol Option Agreem
South Tyrol Alpine Club
…annexation of South Tyrol by Italy and the coming into power of the fascists, the South Tyrolean sections were disappropriated and banned in 1923 (see Italianization of South Tyrol). After the end of the Second World War, on December 31, 1945, the military administration of the Allies permitted the foundation of the South Tyrol…
Street sign in Innsbruck, North Tyrol, commemorating the separation of South Tyrol, set up in 1923 in response to the prohibition of the original southern Tyrolean place names.
Poster saying "South Tyrol is not Italy!" on the background of an Austrian flag. The poster is located on the Austrian side of the Brennerpass border, not in South Tyrol.