sentences:  Its commandries were subordinate to a "Landkomtur" ("commendator provincialis"), who himself was answerable to the "Deutschmeister" commander of all bailiwicks in Germany and Italy, at times directly to the Grand Master.The Teutonic Knights had erected a first hospital at the confluence of Etsch and Eisack near Bozen in 1202, followed by several hostels along the mountain road up to the Brenner Pass, vital for the Holy Roman Emperors heading for Italy or on crusades to the Holy Land.The bailiwick lost its autonomy during the Napoleonic Wars upon the 1805 Peace of Pressburg, when Tyrol was ceded to the newly established Kingdom of Bavaria and finally incorporated into the Austrian Empire in 1814.