Tyrol

(te-rol',) a p. of Austria, lying bet. N. Lat. 45° 39′-47° 46′, E. Lon. 9° 35'- 13°, and b. N. by Bavaria, from which country it is separated by the Bavarian Alps; E. by Austria Proper, Carinthia, and Venetia; and S. and W. by Lombardy and Switzerland. Area, 10,689 sq. m. The T. is the most mountainous of European countries, being wholly intersected by the Rhætian and partly so by the Lepontine and Noric ranges of Alps. Within its limits are found the headwaters of the Drave and Adige, which streams fertilize its valleys. The chief agricultural products are the cereals, hops, tobacco hemp, flax, and fruits. The T. is politically divided into the 4 circles of Innspruck, Bregenz, Trent, and Brixen, and is governed by its own national diet holding its sittings at Innspruck, the cap. The people are a brave and hardy race, intensely patriotic, and devotedly loyal to the Austrian monarchy, of which it became a component part during the 13th cent. The T., which includes the territory called the Vorarlberg, has a pop. of 885,406. [s. 916]