South Tyrol: From “Ethnic Reparcelling” to an Archetype for Settling Ethno-Territorial Conflicts

In 1919, South Tyrol was taken from the ruins of the Habsburg Monarchy and thrown within the borders of Italy (see Fig. 8.1), the country to which it has since belonged. The result of this was a territorial separation from North Tyrol and the creation of the designation “East Tyrol” (both today a part of the Austrian land of Tyrol). The largest change for the Tyroleans south of the Brenner Pass in 1919, however, was the reversal of existent ethno-territorial constellations.