In the place names of Slavic or Slovene origin in Upper (and Lower) Carinthia and Eastern Tyrol many sound forms are to be found which are corresponding to those in the Freising Manuscripts, partly in early documents, partly in the contemporary forms also. The language of the Freising Manuscripts was an Old Slovene dialect which was spoken in the Carantanian principality (8th / 9th century) and later in duchy Carinthia.

The thesis speaks about the multilingual region Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy. The aim of the research was to define regional and linguistic identity, specifically in the context of this region. In order to do so, I relied on theoretical and empirical data collected through interviews. After having analyzing and interpreting them, I compared them to give my final conclusion.

Die Agenda 21 fordert die Entwicklung und Anwendung von Indikatoren für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung sowie eine bessere Zugänglichkeit von Informationen. Bei der Umsetzung der Agenda 21 spielen Gemeinden eine entscheidende Rolle, da sie die Umwelt-, Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsentwicklung auf lokaler Ebene steuern, in unmittelbarem Kontakt zu ihren Bürgern stehen und somit eine nachhaltige Entwicklung direkt fördern können. Aus diesem Grund wurde das interaktive Portal „Nachhaltigkeit Südtirol“ (www.sustainability.bz.it) für das Nachhaltigkeitsmonitoring auf Gemeindeebene entwickelt. Es stellt Nutzern mittels eines interaktiven WebGIS 76 Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren für alle 116 Gemeinden der Autonomen Provinz Bozen-Südtirol (Italien) zur Verfügung. Die Indikatoren werden seit dem Jahr 2000 jährlich aktualisiert. Alle Ergebnisse sowie Dokumentationsblätter zu den Indikatoren können heruntergeladen werden. Das Nachhaltigkeitsportal bietet darüber hinaus drei Tools zur individuellen und detaillierteren Auswertung der Indikatoren und zum Vergleich zwischen Gemeinden bzw. verschiedenen Jahren. Es wurde bereits erfolgreich in lokalen Agenda-21-Prozessen in mehreren Gemeinden Südtirols angewendet.

This study investigates host community attitudes towards tourism in South Tyrol’s Puster Valley in Italy along with predispositions against the emerging phenomenon of overtourism and explores the factors influencing its formations, as similar research in the same European context with a more mature tourism industry is still underdeveloped. Applying quantitative methods, data was collected through an online survey between May and June 2021. A total of 17 attitude statements were analyzed using IBM’s SPSS and the results indicate that tourism impacts in the valley are perceived evenly throughout the whole community while it was proven with Social Exchange Theory that people involved within the tourism industry are less inclined to perceive negative impacts. Choosing the Pragser Wildsee as a case, the analysis further reveals that overtourism is not only affecting residents in its vicinity put has more far-reaching consequences. Even the results not being very surprising, the study is confirming tourism-related issues and suggests more need in investigating resident attitudes in similar environments.

In the place names of Slavic or Slovene origin in Upper (and Lower) Carinthia and Eastern Tyrol many sound forms are to be found which are corresponding to those in the Freising Manuscripts, partly in early documents, partly in the contemporary forms also. The language of the Freising Manuscripts was an Old Slovene dialect which was spoken in the Carantanian principality (8th / 9th century) and later in duchy Carinthia.

There is a constant trend in the European Union for heightened pride, desire of extended autonomy and even national independence of regions. The master thesis intends to investigate the relations of selected regions in the EU member states with the European policy level. The general research question to answer is "Which regions are more successful in representing their interests vis-à-vis the European policy level?" The investigation is undertaken in a form of a comparative case study combining qualitative and quantitative research; the examined regions are - following the research hypotheses and intention to provide a multi-perspective analysis of the problem - Scotland (United Kingdom), Hessen (Germany), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italy) and Středočeský kraj (Czech Republic). Based on the comparative analysis the thesis concludes that "regions with wide scope of powers on the national level (usually coming from federal or regionalized member states) with strong economic background are generally more successful in representing their interests vis-à-vis the European policy level."