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Tirol

Tirol. Brian W illiams. The Capital. The Capital of Tirol is Innsbruck The population of Innsbruck is about 110,000, making it the 5 th largest city in Austria It has hosted the Olympic Winter Games twice and is has a huge skiing community and numerous ski resorts

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Tirol

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  1. Tirol Brian Williams

  2. The Capital • The Capital of Tirol is Innsbruck • The population of Innsbruck is about 110,000, making it the 5th largest city in Austria • It has hosted the Olympic Winter Games twice and is has a huge skiing community and numerous ski resorts • Considered one huge ski resort

  3. Population and size • Population is 712,077 according to the 2011 Census

  4. Geography • Located in the Alps and surrounded by mountains • The Inn river runs through Tyrol • Not many cities • Very mountainous terrain

  5. culture • Large Skiing community • Perchtenlauf, when groups of people run over the mountainsides in costumes to try to scare off angry winter spirits.

  6. history • Trade route made by the Romans went through Tyrol • Has bee a member of several Empires over the course of time • Became part of Austria at the end of WWII • Invaded by Germany in 1938

  7. economy • Most economy is through tourism and skiing • Mining, copper, coal

  8. Krapfenschnapper • Delicious pastry made for holidays and holy days. Often layed on graves of the dead, they are thought of as blessed and almost holy.

  9. Alban Berg • Austrian composer and violinist • Born in Vienna Feb 9th 1885 and died Dec. 24th 1935 • Had no formal instruction on composing • Devoted his entire life to music, writing the music used in Woyzeck, a German Tragedy written in 1912.

  10. Bibliography • http://www.tirolaustria.co.uk/?Welcome • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.skimap.info/europe/austria/tirol/ski_map_tirol.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.skimap.info/europe/austria/tirol/&usg=__8tJ2cZZBAVb1gu7lNRbAwvd4K0A=&h=437&w=750&sz=17&hl=en&start=3&zoom=1&tbnid=ZJvMjDfIFOiKNM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=141&ei=Zv5YT-DKHuWy0QHVlIXEDw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtirol,%2Baustria%2Bmap%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1 • http://www.citypopulation.de/php/austria-tirol.php • http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/at33_eco.htm • http://www.tyrol.tl/en/tyrols-holiday-areas/ • http://adventure4ever.photoshelter.com/gallery/G0000J4roaj6F9AQ • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61674/Alban-Berg

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