Allied-occupied Austria on 8 May. Until the end of July 1945 none of the Western allies had first-hand intelligence from Eastern Austria (likewise, Renner's cabinet knew practically nothing about conditions in the West). On 9 July 1945 the Allies agreed on the borders of their occupation zones. Vorarlberg and North Tyrol were assigned to the French Zone; Salzburg and Upper Austria south of the Danube to the American Zone; East Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria to the British Zone; and Burgenland, Lower Austria, and the Mühlviertel area of Upper Austria, north of the Danube, to the Soviet Zone. The French and American zones
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