Itter is a
municipality in the
Kitzbühel District in the
Austrian state of
Tyrol located 18.60 km west of
Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). Kitzbühel ...
, 5 km southeast of
Wörgl, and 2.5 km north of
Hopfgarten im Brixental
Hopfgarten im Brixental is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the stat ...
. The village lies on a terrace above the Brixental valley and its main source of income is tourism.
Population
History
Itter is first mentioned in a deed dating back to 902 as „''Uitaradorf''“, when the hamlet was owned by the
bishopric of Regensburg
The Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg (german: link=no, Fürstbistum Regensburg; Hochstift Regensburg) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located near the Free Imperial City of Regensburg in Bavaria. It was elevated ...
.
Sights
The small castle of the village,
Itter Castle, was a prison for French high personalities during
World War II.
Two days before the war ended, a
battle was fought there against the
Waffen-SS, the only occasion when American and German forces fought on the same side during the war.
References
External links
Cities and towns in Kitzbühel District
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