Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg The Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg (English: "Gau Tyrol-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 Kärnten. 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 Tirol-Vorarlberg. The Nazi Gau (plural Gaue) system was originally established in a party
Burgenland Croats spoken in Church, wherever there is a large enough minority. Despite many languages that surround them Burgenland Croats, preserved their Croatian language and its dialects from all the Croatian regions that they originated from. The Burgenland Croatian language, as well as the general Croatian standard language, combines the Chakavian, Shtokavianm and Kajkavian dialect. But unlike the Croatian standard language, which is mostly based on the most widespread Shtokavian dialect, the Burgenland variant of the Croatian language is based on the Chakavian dialect. Burgenland Croatian includes phrases no longer used in standard Croatian, as well as certain phrases and words taken