Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg

Reichsgau Tyrol-Vorarlberg
Reichsgau of Nazi Germany
1938–1945
Flag
Coat of arms

Map of Nazi Germany showing its administrative
subdivisions (Gaue and Reichsgaue)
CapitalInnsbruck
Population 
 1939
330,892
Government
Gauleiter 
 19381945
Franz Hofer
History 
 Anschluss
12 March 1938
8 May 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
Tyrol
Vorarlberg
Today part ofAustria

The Reichsgau Tyrol-Vorarlberg (German: Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany consisting of Vorarlberg and North Tyrol (both in Austria). It existed from 1938 to 1945. It did not include East Tyrol (Lienz), which was instead part of Reichsgau Carinthia.

After the Italian Armistice with the Allies the Italian provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol and Trentino were placed under direct German control as the Operational Zone of the Alpine Foothills (Operationszone Alpenvorland, OZAV), which was de facto annexed and administered as part of Tyrol-Vorarlberg.