Tyrolean Oberland

As the Tyrolean Oberland is referred to the western part of the country's North Tyrol part of the federal state of Tyrol

At Concept and definition

The Oberland comprises the area west of Innsbruck (specifically taken west of the Melach ) except Außerfern in the northwest, so the Upper Inn Valley and all of its side valleys.

In some cases, the Außerfern is also counted to the Oberland, although this is a heavily insulated from the Tyrolean Oberland area. The reasons for this are mostly of an administrative nature, because the Außerfern has a very small population.

NUTS breakdown: AT334

In the run for the official statistics of the EU NUTS breakdown Tiroler Oberland is one of the five groups of districts (NUTS: AT -2) in Tirol, carries the code AT334 and includes the two political districts:

The district Innsbruck Land, the one traditionally partially belongs to the upper or to the lower country falls into AT332 Innsbruck.

  • Cities: Imst, Landeck
  • Largest City: Telfs

Culture and Language

In the Tyrolean Oberland mainly südbairische dialects are spoken, which makes itself felt more and more of Imst Westward an Alemannic accent. The dialect of the Walser village of Galtür in the Paznaun and in St. Anton am Arlberg in Stanzertal can already count to Alemannic dialect continuum.

In addition, some dialects have in Außerfern to oberländer dialects quite similar, which can even in Tirol cause confusion.

NUTS: AT- 1 group of states: AT1 eastern Austria | AT2 southern Austria | AT3 West Austria

NUTS: AT-2 states: AT11 Burgenland | AT12 Lower Austria | Wien AT13 | AT21 Kärnten | AT22 Steiermark | AT31 Upper Austria | Salzburg AT32 Country | AT33 Tirol | AT34 Vorarlberg

NUTS: AT-3 group of districts: AT111 Central Burgenland | AT112 Nordburgenland | AT113 Southern Burgenland | AT121 Mostviertel- Eisenwurzen | AT122 Southern Lower Austria | AT123 St. Pölten | AT124 Waldviertel | AT125 wine district | AT126 Wiener Umland / Northern part | AT127 Wiener Umland / south | AT130 Vienna | AT211 Klagenfurt -Villach | AT212 upper Carinthia | AT213 Unterkärnten | AT221 Graz | AT222 Liezen | AT223 Eastern upper Styria | AT224 Eastern Styria | AT225 Western and Southern Styria | AT226 Western upper Styria | AT311 Innviertel | AT312 Linz -Wels | AT313 upper Austria | AT314 Steyr- Kirchdorf | AT315 Traunviertel | AT321 Lungau | AT322 Pinzgau -Pongau | AT323 Salzburg and surroundings | Außerfern AT331 | AT332 Innsbruck | Tyrol AT333 | AT334 Tiroler Oberland | AT335 lower Tyrol | AT341 - Bludenz Bregenz Forest | AT342 Rhine - Lake Constance region

  • Region in Europe
  • Region in Tyrol
  • Group of districts in Austria
  • District Innsbruck Land
  • District Imst
  • Landeck
  • NUTS 3 region
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