Itter | |
Pushpin Map: | Austria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
Coordinates: | 47.4706°N 12.1439°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Austria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tyrol |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kitzbühel |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Johann Gratt |
Elevation M: | 703 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | KB |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 6305 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 05335 |
Website: | http://www.itter.tirol.gv.at |
Itter pronounced as /de/ 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.
Itter is first mentioned in a deed dating back to 902 as „Uitaradorf“, when the hamlet was owned by the bishopric of Regensburg.[1]
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, the only occasion when American and German forces fought on the same side during the war.