Itter [ˈɪtɐ] is a municipality in the Kitzbühel District in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 18.60 km west of Kitzbühel , 5 km southeast of Wörgl , and 2.5 km north of Hopfgarten im Brixental . The village lies on a terrace above the Brixental valley and its main source of income is tourism.
4-468: Itter is first mentioned in a deed dating back to 902 as „ Uitaradorf “, when the hamlet was owned by the bishopric of Regensburg . 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 , one of two occasions when American and German forces fought on the same side during
8-710: The Imperial Diet . As an enclave of the Duchy of Bavaria , the prince-bishopric was not able to expand territorially and remained one of the smallest of the Empire. In the course of the German mediatization of 1803, the prince-bishopric was united with the Free Imperial city of Regensburg and other territories to form the Principality of Regensburg . Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
12-593: The dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz . The Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg must not be confused with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg , which was considerably larger. The diocese was founded in 739 by Saint Boniface ; it was originally subordinate to the archbishop of Salzburg . In the 13th century, the bishop of Regensburg became a prince of the Holy Roman Empire with a seat and vote at
16-550: The war. This Tyrol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bishopric of Regensburg The Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg ( German : 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 to the Archbishopric of Regensburg in 1803 after
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