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The bishops of Trento and Bressanone put nobles of low rank as chiefs of their territories. The many conflicts that took place among them strengthened the Counties of Venosta, which took the name of Counties of Tyrol in 1142.
In 1342 the land became its own constitution: every social class, even the peasants, obtained the right to be represented, to own private properties and to have an independent administration that could take position in the political matters of the region.
When the last male descendent of the dynasty died in 1335, Margherita Maultash, the niece of Count Mainard II, took power.
In 1363, she ceded the Tyrol to the Count of Austria Rodolph IV.
Merano became the chief town until 1420, when Count Frederich IV, switched it with Innsbruck.
Only around 1500, with the acquired tribunals of Rattenberg, Kitzbùhel, and Kufstein were the first borders of the County of Tyrol finally established.
This lasted until 1918. From 1665 the administration of Tyrol passed into the hands of Vienna.