Itter is a municipality in the Kitzbühel District in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 18.60km west of Kitzbühel, 5km southeast of Wörgl, and 2.5km north of Hopfgarten im Brixental. The village lies on a terrace above the Brixental valley and its main source of income is tourism.

Population

History

Itter is first mentioned in a deed dating back to 902 as „Uitaradorf“, when the hamlet was owned by the bishopric of Regensburg.

Sights

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 the war.

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