South Tyrol retain a large part of most levied taxes, while remaining a net contributor to the national budget. As of 2016, South Tyrol is the wealthiest province in Italy and among the wealthiest in the European Union. In the wider context of the European Union, the province is one of the three members of the Euroregion of Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino, which corresponds almost exactly to the historical region of Tyrol. The other members are Tyrol state in Austria, to the north and east, and the Italian Autonomous province of Trento to the South. "South Tyrol" (occasionally "South Tirol") is the term most
Vorarlberg meals. Typical dishes from the Vorarlberg region are: "Käsespätzle" or "Käsknöpfle" (noodles of flour and eggs with cheese and onion), "Riebel" (dish of corn and wheat semolina, served spicy or sweet), "Flädlesuppe" (broth with savoury pancake stripes), "Grumpara mit Käs" (peel pastry with cheese), "Öpfelküachle" (apples baked in pancake dough, topped with sugar and cinnamon). Furthermore, "Mostbröckle" (pickled and smoked sausage), originally from Switzerland, is a very popular product. The architectural curriculum in Vorarlberg has a strong reputation all over Europe. It has made a label for a demanding architecture of a fruitful confrontation between traditional construction and modern interpretation