Talk:Tyrol (state)

"Returned to Italy"

Quoth the article:

After World War I, South Tyrol and Trentino returned to Italy.

Hopefully I am not wading into an ethnic fight here, but ... had S. Tyrol and Trentino ever been a part of Italy? Is "returned" the right word here? --Jfruh (talk) 20:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Czech name

What's the significance of the Czech name for this state? Other Austrian states tend to have their names listed in German and in the languages of significant minorities. Only about 0.4% of the Austrians speak Czech, though [1], and I don't think very many of them live in Tyrol (am I wrong?). It also doesn't border on Czech territory, so what's the reason for giving a Czech name (and not the Italian or Slovenian names, for instance)? -- Jao 21:05, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

What about the percentage of Czech speakers in Tyrol? The article's editors placing in other language names for Tyrol may hold a purpose. Maybe the editor is from the Czech Republic or Slovakia, but the post-2004 migration of Czechs and Slovaks into Austria and western Europe increased by their countries' admission into the European Union. I would guess Tyrol despite its' 90% Austrian-German ethnicity has more persons of Italian, Greek, former Yugoslavian (i.e. from Slovenia) and Turkish ancestry than Czechs or Slovaks inhabited this far into Austria. This will be an interesting subject to research on the demographic profile of each state of Austria in terms of ethnic or national origin of its' inhabitants. +71.102.2.206 (talk) 07:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Second highest mountain

The highest mountain in the state is the Großglockner in the Hohe Tauern, with an elevation of 3,798 m (12,461 ft.). This is second only to the highest mountain of South Tyrol, the Ortler, 3,905 m (12,812 ft.), a summit that was in the times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy the highest top of the empire.

Second highest of what? Certainly not of the Alps. Of the entire Tyrol? (Is that even a well-defined region?) Or of the old dual monarchy? Then that should be stated more clearly, or probably not at all. -- Jao 10:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect coordinates

The coord template on this article has incorrect coordinates - the current location is in the Oberpullendorf district of Burgenland. Apparently it was copied by a bot from the Slovakian article, which still has the incorrect location. I don't really know what the correct coords should be, though (other than somewhere that's actually inside the region), so I'm hesitant to make any change. Dr Ishmael (talk) 22:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Changed the coordinates. Now the new coordinates point to Innsbruck, to the "Goldenes Dachl" to be precise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.127.38.142 (talk) 00:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia or Wikitravel?

Is this article intended for Wikipedia or Wikitravel? ("Super easy" to get by car?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.19.206 (talk) 21:08, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Agreed, the whole "Getting there" section reads more like a rather cheesy travel brochure than an encyclopaedia. It should either be completely re-written (as "Transport") or removed. Skinsmoke (talk) 08:45, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Getting to Tirol by car is super easy, no matter where you are coming from. Utter nonsense. Not so bloody easy by car from Sydney, Buenos Aires, Tokyo or Los Angeles, is it? Skinsmoke (talk) 08:49, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Totally agree and I've replaced the Travel section with a Transport section, which I'll gradually expand. --Bermicourt (talk) 10:05, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

English name

I have reverted the recent name change because "Tyrol" has always been the English spelling and this is also the official English name approved by the European Union and authorised by the European Commission in their EU Style Guide. Bermicourt (talk) 09:48, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Cleanup and expansion

I've replaced the Travel section with a Transport section and carried out an initial cleanup. I'm happy to continue gradually expanding the article based on its German Wiki counterpart which is far more comprehensive. I'll bring across as many relevant references as I can to address the remaining hatnote. --Bermicourt (talk) 10:07, 28 December 2015 (UTC)