Puerto Tirol
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| location | 27 ° 23 ′ S , 59 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 38 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 9763 | ||
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 Chaco
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| Department : | Libertad | ||
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| Postal code : | H3505 | ||
| Telephone code: | +54 3722 | ||
Puerto Tirol is a small town named after the historic region of Tirol in the northern Argentine province of Chaco , 15 km from Resistencia .
Puerto Tirol was founded by General Antonio Dónovan, who was gobernador of the newly acquired province of Chaco from 1888 to 1893 and, when the school opened in this nameless settlement, chose the name given to the Italian immigrants , who mostly came from what is now the region of Trentino-South Tyrol in their old coat of arms brought from Europe: Tyrol . Their old homeland belonged to this county at the time of emigration. The founding year is generally 1891, but in 2003 a big 115th anniversary was celebrated in Puerto Tirol, so that the official founding year is 1888. The place, located on a small river called Rio Negro, was also called "Colonia Tirol" or "los Tiroleses" by the name of its inhabitants, but by no means enjoys the fame that other places with a more or less genuine Tyrolean past have achieved, such as z. B. the touristic important Bariloche in the south of Argentina or the small place Villa General Belgrano in the surroundings of the old university town Córdoba , which the locals often call "pampa gringa" because of the many light-skinned, northern Italian ("Tyrolean") immigrants.
The UNITAN factory, which the Swedish-born Gustavo Adolfo Lagerheim from Buenos Aires had founded to extract the dye tannin from the quebracho tree, ensured its survival for the place in the immediate catchment area of the city of Resistencia . Puerto Tirol is also famous for the Church of San José, which every year on May 22nd attracts around 100,000 young people who worship Santa Rita de Casia through this pilgrimage. The “Tyrolean” by choice Don Heraclio Pérez, famous for his Chamamé dances, immortalized Tyrol in a song that is still known in Argentina today.
Shortly before the 115th anniversary, the local politicians began to establish contacts with what is now the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige, in order to provide the visibly impoverished place with funding. In 2001, an Asociación Trentina was founded and Gobernador, Rozas, who left office in 2003, officially visited the Autonomous Province of Bolzano ( South Tyrol ). The mayor, Daniel Vallejos, who was in office in 2003, no longer knew any descendants of the Italian Tyroleans ( Welschtiroler ) among the inhabitants of his city .
About 900 km east of Puerto Tirol there is another village founded by Tyroleans (and Vorarlbergers ) in 1933, Treze Tílias , in Santa Catarina , Brazil .
The former train station or the now uncovered bus stop in Puerto Tirol.
The stop sign for Puerto Tirol.
The church of Puerto Tirol.
The tannin factory of Puerto Tirol with the only paved road.
The pharmacy in Puerto Tirol.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the article by Martin Putz, "Los Tiroleses", FF Südtiroler Wochenmagazin, No. 42, October 15, 2003, pp. 60f.