Dornbirn




Place in Vorarlberg, Austria



































































Dornbirn
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Coat of arms of Dornbirn
Coat of arms


Location of Dornbirn within Vorarlberg
Location of Dornbirn within Vorarlberg



Dornbirn is located in Austria

Dornbirn

Dornbirn



Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°24′50″N 09°44′40″E / 47.41389°N 9.74444°E / 47.41389; 9.74444Coordinates: 47°24′50″N 09°44′40″E / 47.41389°N 9.74444°E / 47.41389; 9.74444
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Dornbirn
Government

 • Mayor

Andrea Kaufmann (ÖVP)
Area
[1]

 • Total 120.93 km2 (46.69 sq mi)
Elevation

437 m (1,434 ft)
Population
(2018-01-01)[2]

 • Total 49,278
 • Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6850
Area code 05572
Vehicle registration DO
Website www.dornbirn.at

Dornbirn [ˈdɔʁnbɪʁn] is a city in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau.


Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg and the tenth largest in Austria. It is an important commercial and shopping centre.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


    • 1.1 Location


    • 1.2 Municipal structure


    • 1.3 Neighbouring municipalities




  • 2 History


    • 2.1 Historic marginalia




  • 3 Population


  • 4 Politics


    • 4.1 Municipal Council


    • 4.2 International relations




  • 5 Well-known citizens of Dornbirn


  • 6 Notable architecture


  • 7 Economy


  • 8 Transport


  • 9 Education


  • 10 Sports


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





Geography



Location


Dornbirn is located in western Vorarlberg at 437 metres above sea level in the Alpine Rhine Valley, at the foot of the Karren mountain, part of the Bregenz Forest Mountain chain at the edge of the Eastern Alps. It is near the borders to Switzerland, Germany and Liechtenstein. The Dornbirner Ach river flows through the town and later into Lake Constance.



Municipal structure




Marktplatz


Dornbirn once consisted only of 4 "quarters": Markt, Hatlerdorf, Oberdorf and Haselstauden. By the 20th century Dornbirn had annexed two formerly independent communities to the west: Rohrbach and Schoren, thus bringing the total number of districts to 6.



Neighbouring municipalities


The Town of Dornbirn constitutes almost 70% of the surface of the district Dornbirn and has numerous borders to other municipalities. As well as bordering on the two other municipalities in the Dornbirn district (Hohenems and Lustenau), the town shares borders with 15 municipalities of the Bregenz District: (Lauterach, Wolfurt, Schwarzach, Bildstein, Alberschwende, Schwarzenberg, Reuthe, Mellau, Damüls) and four with the Feldkirch District: (Laterns, Zwischenwasser, Viktorsberg, Fraxern).




Dornbirn, St.-Leopold-church



History


The earliest evidence of human presence in the Dornbirn area can be dated from the Mesolithic era. The name "Dornbirn" derives from 'torrin puirron', meaning the 'Settlement of Torro' (the name of an Alemannic farmer living there) and thus has nothing to do with "pears" (German "Birnen"), although this fruit is prominently portrayed on the town emblem. This name is mentioned for the first time in 895, in a document from St. Gallen (Switzerland).


Dornbirn became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1380. In 1793 it was elevated to a market community. It was not given municipal status until 1901. In 1932 the mountain village of Ebnit was annexed. In 1969 Dornbirn became the seat of the new Dornbirn district administrative authority.



Historic marginalia


1881: the first phone in the K&K empire was inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 8/10/1881



Population































































































Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1869 8,707 —    
1880 9,464 +8.7%
1890 10,810 +14.2%
1900 13,193 +22.0%
1910 16,320 +23.7%
1923 14,481 −11.3%
1934 16,650 +15.0%
1939 17,572 +5.5%
1951 22,532 +28.2%
1961 28,075 +24.6%
1971 35,113 +25.1%
1981 38,641 +10.0%
1991 40,735 +5.4%
2001 42,301 +3.8%
2011 45,605 +7.8%
2014 46,883 +2.8%
2017 49,090 +4.7%
Source:[citation needed]





























Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population

 Turkey
1,813

 Germany
1,209

 Bosnia & Herzegovina
460

 Croatia
347

 Russia
239


Politics



Municipal Council




Dornbirn Rädermacher


The Dornbirn Municipal Council has 36 seats and the following party mandates:



  • 21 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)

  • 8 Social Democratic Party of Austria

  • 4 Die Grünen

  • 3 Freedom Party of Austria


The current mayor (since 2013) is Andrea Kaufmann (ÖVP).



International relations



Dornbirn has town partnerships with




  • Kecskemét, Hungary


  • Sélestat, France


  • Dubuque, Iowa, United States



Well-known citizens of Dornbirn




  • Karl Cordin (born 1948), ski racer


  • Francis Martin Drexel (1792–1863), Philadelphia banker and artist


  • Margret Dünser (1926–1980), journalist


  • Artur Doppelmayr (9/16/1922 - 5/12/2017) ski lift pioneer


  • Ingrid Eberle (born 1957), ski racer


  • Elfi Graf (born 1952), singer


  • Yvonne Meusburger (born 1983), WTA tennis player


  • Tamira Paszek (born 1990), WTA tennis player

  • Aaron Pilsan (born 1995), pianist

  • Gerold Ratz (1919–2006), former Landesstatthalter of Vorarlberg

  • Wolfgang Rümmele (born 1946), Mayor of Dornbirn 1999-2013

  • Karl Aubert Salzmann (1876–1934), president of Federal Council (Austria)

  • Johann Georg Waibel (1828–1908), Mayor of Dornbirn 1869-1908, member of Reichsrat and Landtag



Notable architecture


The Messestadion is an indoor sporting arena located in Dornbirn, and home to the local ice hockey team.



Economy


Vorarlberg's regional studio of the ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) is located in Dornbirn.


Zumtobel Lighting Group is an ATX traded company based in Dornbirn.
Many other large companies are situated there. The town was formerly a major centre of the textile industry, which has been in decline since the 1980s.



Transport


Located in the middle of the Rhine valley, Dornbirn is an important junction of regional and interregional bus lines, connecting Bregenz to the north, Feldkirch to the south, and the Bregenz Forest to the east. The A14 Rheintal freeway/motorway (Autobahn) passes by to the west. The Achrain tunnel, opened in 2009, directly connects Dornbirn/Haselstauden with the Bregenz Forest - Alberschwende region. The town has an excellent network of municipal buses.


Dornbirn's railway station connects is an important stop for all trains from west to east Austria.


A small airport is located at nearby Hohenems.



Education




University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg


Educational institutions in Dornbirn include the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, two General Education Secondary Schools, and a Higher Technical Vocational College (Höhere Technische Lehranstalt).


The Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (German: Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) was originally founded as technical school in 1989. It achieved status of an officially recognized university in 1999. To date, it is the only institution of higher education in Vorarlberg. It currently offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the fields of Business, Engineering & Technology, Design and Social Work. About 1350 students have enrolled for the term 2018/19.[3]



Sports


One of the most important sportive institutions in Dornbirn is the RHC Dornbirn, one of the most powerful Austrian Rink Hockey teams. In 2010 it hosted the 2010 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship.


Baseball & Softball Club Dornbirn was founded in 1990, and has won the Austrian title twice. BSC Dornbirn consists of one youth team, two men's teams, and two women's teams.


Dornbirn hosted the World Gymnaestrada event in 2007 and will do so again in 2019.[4]



References





  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


  3. ^ "FH Vorarlberg – University of Applied Sciences". www.fhv.at. Retrieved 2019-02-07.


  4. ^ http://www.gymnaestrada.fi/uutiset/vuoden-2019-gymnaestradan-isantamaa-on-selvilla/




External links















  • Dornbirn

  • College of Applied Sciences

  • Natural History Museum (Inatura)

  • Rolls Royce Museum

  • Roller Hockey Dornbirn Club

  • Tiscover Dornbirn

  • Spielboden Cultural Events


  • PhotoGlobe - Dornbirn offers high quality photos together with GPS coordinates














Preceded by
Lisbon, Portugal (2003)

World Gymnaestrada host city
2007
Succeeded by
Lausanne, Switzerland (2011)
Preceded by
Helsinki, Finland (2015)

World Gymnaestrada host city
2019

Succeeded by
TBA







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