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
Krumbach, Vorarlberg Krumbach, Vorarlberg Krumbach is a village in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the Bregenz district. The municipality has about 1000 inhabitants. Krumbach stretches over an area of 8.71 km². It lies in the west of the country, more specifically in the Vorderwald which is part of the Bregenzerwald. Two rivers, the Weißach and the Bolgenach, flow through Krumbach. A special landscape feature of Krumbach are the numerous peat bogs. Krumbach is a member of the German-Austrian community project Naturpark Nagelfluhkette. The parish church Hl. Martin was built by local builders and consecrated in 1806. The church furnishing is partly