Evening star., 1921-06-01
AUSTRIAN TYRO[
J. PRIDE OF NATIVES
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M =
Pleasure Ground, Likened to
Switzerland, Once Popu-
80.
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Austrian Tyrol, the most mountain
fus part of Austria. which voted un-
vnAcially recently to join itself to Ger
many. is described IN the following
hnustin issued from the Washington.
D.. G, headquarters of the National
Geographic Society:
sTyrol is second Switzerland.
about equally mountainous. though
not quite SO we'll known to the tour
ists Of the outside world. Still. as
the home of snow-capped peaks, deep
valleys and sturdy, yodeling peasants
ft had its need of fame among those
who search out the beauty spots and
quaint localities of the world. And
70 the Austrians themselves it was
the pleasure ground par excellence
In the care-free days before the out
break Of the world war $50 Tyrolean
health resorts and recreation centers
were listed. Emperor Francis Joseph
who was An ardent mountain climber
had . summer palace at Ischoi in
Tyrol, and at other places In that
mountainous region he maintained
hunting estates and lodges which he
considered the finest in Europe
Only Half Its Pre-War Size.
but Tyrol of today is far different
from the Tyrol Of ten years ago. Then
the region under Austrian control ex-
tended far south of the main crest of
the Alps almost to the plains of north
ern italy. This southern region was
known as Trentino to the Italians and
was one of the most important parts
of italia irredenta-' When the vic
torious allies wrote the treaty of st.
Germain, which closed the war with
Austria, the Italian border was moved
north to the position claimed by the
Italians for centuries, and so more
txA IA 40 "a nld w a
OF.
''The present Austrian Tyrol 10 q
region Of approximately the area Of
Connecticut and with a population OF
less than half million. While the
slopes Of the Alps and exposed to the
sunshine and warm winds of Italy.
has rather mild climate. the part
which has remained to Austria. north
Sn the nisnss5f aae Tea4s
hardly . month is free from frost. and
heavy snow covers much of the ground
for seven months OF the year Tine
pAsturins Of cattle on the Alpine
sp4rse crops Of rye and oats are
raised throughout the arabic portions
Of the country.
II LOsieal BOUNDARY.
srhe main watershed Of the Alps.
which now marks the southern bouri:
dairy Of Tvrol. is the linguistic as well
as the logical geographic boundary.
70 the south. even under Austrian
domination. italian or a mixed patios.
in which Italian predominated was
the language in general use; To the
rr-tn, however the country had been
tnofouGhly 0ermanici1ed since the
I'm century The doorway between
these Latin and Teuton worlds is the
Hrenner pass, famous since the Ro-
man leeions used it in passing north
10 conouer the barbarians. Since 1857
\ railroad has traversed it.
-s.sOn the west. Austrian Tyrol in eff
feet is bounded by Switzerland.
though the westernmost part of the
region is called Voralberg. 1t Is gov
erned with Tyrol. To the north lies
the southermost country of Germany.
Bavaria Eastward Tyrol is bordered
ny other of the few remaining prov
inces Of Austria
Innsbruck, situated at about the GEN.
ter Of the present Tyrol. 10 its capi-
tai. With its population OF approx
mately 10000. It was the largest city
in the old Tyrol. Most Of the other
cities of any size were in Italian
latter city. with q population Of so. 900.
tory before the world war. was almost
wholly Italian in language, architec-
ture, and the names of streets, build
fngs and public places. Among the
towns lost to Austria by q revision
Of the southern boundary OF Tyrol
was Meran, where is situated Tyrol
castle, the seat OF the counts Of Tyrel.
from which the entire region took
ftzs name"