Zillertal
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The Zillertal is a side valley of the Inn in Tyrol, Austria drained by the River Ziller. It is surrounded by the Zillertaler Alpen, Kitzbüheler Alpen and Tuxer Alpen, many of which are strongly glaciated. The largest settlement is Mayrhofen.
The earliest occupants of the Zillertal were the Illyrians in the 6th Century AD, a tribe from the Balkan Peninsula who were absorbed by the Bavarians (Baiuvarii).
889 The earliest written record of the Zillertal, when Arnulf of Carinthia granted land to the Archbishop of Salzburg in the "Cilarestal". Ownership of the valley was divided along the River Ziller. Even today this division is visible, as churches on the right bank of the river have green towers and belong to Salzburg Diocese, while churches on the left bank have red towers and belong to Innsbruck Diocese.
10Century Beginning of the Medieval Warm Period
1248 - Land west of the Ziller acquired by the Counts of Tyrol
1290 to 1380 - Lands east of the Ziller pledged as security to the Counts of Tyrol by the Lords of Rattenberg
1300s - Locusts, plagues and earthquakes in the Tyrol. 18 October 1356 the Rhine rift moved causing the Basle Earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to hit the European Continent to this day and its effects were certainly felt in the Zillertal.
14Century - End of the Medieval Warm Period.
Margarete Maultasch (trans "Mouth-Pocket" due to having a deformed jaw) granted the Tyrol to the Habsburgs
1504 - Zillertal was acquired for the Counts of Tyrol by Emperor Maximilian, in addition to Rattenberg, Kufstein and Kitzbuhel.
1512 - Black Death in the Zillertal.
1650(Approx) - Start of the Little Ice Age
1781 - Emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom in Austria, and the Toleranzpatent (Patent of toleration) allowed other religions, but was opposed in the Tyrol.
1809 - The "Tyrol Freedom Fight" and Andreas Hofer.
6 Feb 1809 Bayern troops occupied Zell and Mayrhofen 14 May 1809 Battle of the Zillerbrucke Oct 1809 Treaty of Schoenbrunn, Austria sacrifices the Tyrol to Napoleon 8 Nov 1809 Andreas Hofer capitulates. The entire Ziller Valley was united with the Tyrol under Bavarian (Napoleonic) rule when was abandoned by Austria.
1815 - The Congress of Vienna restored the Tyrol to Austria, but excluded the Zillertal.
1837, 427 inhabitants of Zillertal were deported to Erdmannsdorf in Prussian Silesia (Schlessien) (now Myslakowice in western Poland) because of their opposition to the practice of auricular confession. The event is documented in Felix Mitterer's Play, "Verlorene Heimat". While 65 houses were provided for these people, many didn't stay, but moved to other parts of the world. A group subsequently emigrated to the Lake Llanquihue and "Colonia Humán" in Los Ángeles, areas of Chile, where their descendants continue the Alpine traditions.
1841 - Adolph Kolping as a youth hiked the length of the valley and described the trip in his diaries, dated 6 September 1841.
1850 Approx - End of the "Little Ice Age"
1902 - The Zillertal Bahn was built and is still in continuous use.
1914 - The Furst von Auersperg built the hunting lodge at Ginzling.
1916 - Visited and mentioned by D.H.Lawrence in his book Twilight in Italy.
