North Tyrol, or North Tirol is the main part of the Austrian state 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.
Besides those two regions, the historical region of Tyrol for many centuries also included the southern part of Tyrol and the historical region of Welschtirol, which were annexed by Italy after World War I. By that, North Tyrol and East Tyrol were effectively cut off from each other.
North Tyrol borders Salzburg in the east, the German state of Bavaria in the north, Vorarlberg in the west, the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southwest and the Province of Bolzano-Bozen in the south. Its capital is Innsbruck.
See also
.png){kind=small} |
This Tyrol location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
