Treze Tílias

Treze Tílias Dreizehnlinden
Municipality
Municipality of Treze Tílias Municipality of Dreizehnlinden
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Location of Treze Tilias
Treze Tílias Dreizehnlinden
Coordinates: 27°00′07″S 51°24′21″W
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Santa Catarina
Founded	April 29, 1963
Government
• Mayor	Mauro Dresch (PSD)
Area
• Total	185.205 km2 (71.508 sq mi)
Elevation	796 m (2,612 ft)
Population  (2020 )
• Total	7,991
• Density	29.4/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2010)	0.795 – high
Website	www.trezetilias.sc.gov.br

Treze Tílias (German: Dreizehnlinden, literally "Thirteen Lindens") is a municipality located in the state of Santa Catarina, South Region, Brazil. It covers about 185.205 km² and sits about 470 km from the state capital, Florianópolis. The municipality population estimate for 2020 is 7,991. Treze Tílias was originally created on October 13, 1933, the result of an emigration scheme supported by the Austrian government in Vienna. Dreizehnlinden is known for its maintenance of Austrian culture and language until the present as well as its resistance to Nazi-Germany take-over after Anschluss in 1938.

Founded by Austrian immigrants, the large majority from Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Treze Tílias exhibits an Alpine-influenced timber framing style of architecture. Most residents speak Portuguese and the southern Austro-Bavarian dialect of Austrian German. The economy of Treze Tílias is based on agriculture, tourism, and woodworking.