Brenner railway station Tyrol), if the country switched its side to support the Entente powers against the Central Powers led by the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. On 10 November 1918, following the German Empire's call for an armistice, Italian troops moved up from Veneto and arrived at Brenner. The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed with Austria on 10 September 1919. Under that treaty, the new border of Italy and Austria (Republic of German-Austria) moved to Brenner. In 1992, Austria signed the Schengen Agreement and subsequently became a member nation of the European Union in 1995. Border and custom control posts at Brenner station
Brenner Pass at around . The central section of Brenner Pass covers a four-lane motorway and railway tracks connecting Bozen/Bolzano in the south and Innsbruck to the north. The village of Brenner consists of an outlet shopping centre (supermarkets and stores), fruit stores, restaurants, cafés, hotels and a gas station. It has a population of 400 to 600 (). "Prenner" was originally the name of a nearby farm which derived from its former owner. The farm of a certain "Prennerius" is mentioned in documents in 1288, a certain "Chunradus Prenner de Mittenwalde" is mentioned in 1299. The name "Prenner" is traced back