Egg, Austria

Egg is a municipality with 3439 inhabitants (December 31, 2013) in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district of Bregenz. It is the most populous and with an area of 65.37 square kilometers, the largest municipality of the Bregenzerwald.

3.1 Demographics

7.1 traffic
7.2 Education

Geography

Egg is located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the district of Bregenz southeast of Lake Constance to 561 meters. 37.3 % of the area is forested, 31.5 % of the area Alps. The highest point is High Ifen with the worm hole, the largest cave in Vorarlberg.

Quarters are Egg and large village.

Neighboring communities

Due to their size, the municipality Egg borders not only on eight other municipalities in Vorarlberg, but in the region of the High Ifens even to a German community. The eight Austrian neighboring communities of Egg all in the political district of Bregenz. Egg is clockwise starting in the north, surrounded by the municipalities Alberschwende, Lingenau Hittisau Sibratsgfäll, the German market Oberstdorf in the Bavarian district of Upper Allgäu and the communities Mittelberg, Bezau, Andel book and Schwarzenberg. With a total of nine neighboring communities Egg is one of the towns in Vorarlberg with most neighboring communities.

History

1275 the village " Anderegge " was first mentioned. By the end of the "Forests Republic " was held here, the high court of the Inner Bregenzerwald. The Habsburgs ruled the place changing of Tyrol and Further Austria from ( Freiburg im Breisgau).

From 1805 to 1814, the town belonged to Bavaria, then back to Austria. For the Austrian state of Vorarlberg Egg heard since its founding in 1861.

Egg was also known by the fact that the former Gauleiter of Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Wilhelm Murr, along with his wife, carried by poison vials took his own life on May 14, 1945. Both were buried in the cemetery of Egg. The place was from 1945 to 1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria.

At a momentous fire disaster occurred on February 8, 2008. In this Nursing Home, " Vinzenzheim " 11 people were killed in a building fire by smoke inhalation killed, 6 more were rescued seriously injured by the volunteer fire departments. One of the injured persons died on February 16 due to her severe injuries in hospital.

Population

Demographics

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 4.3 percent.

Policy

The municipal council consists of 24 members. Mayor of the municipality is Theresa handler of the Egger and large villages list. She was elected on 2 April 2012 by the local council as successor by Norbert Fink, who resigned for health reasons from office. The municipality revenue from taxes and other charges in 2001 were at € 2,752,567, the municipal expenditure at € 6,460,538. The debt was 2001 3.659.365 €.

Sister City

Burscheid ( Germany )

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. Nicholas in Egg
Parish Church of St. Joseph in Great Village
Egg Museum
Gschwend Tobel Bridge

Alois Negrelli ( planned the Suez Canal ), constructed in 1834, built from wooden bridge between Egg and Lingenau. This wooden covered bridge with six- reinforced hanging truss over the Subersach is today despite its age, a masterpiece of engineering and carpentry skills. She was the first by a snap plant self-supporting suspension bridge.

Suspension bridge between Lingenau and Egg

This wire bridge ( suspension bridge ) has long been the only connection between Lingenau and Egg or front and Mittelbregenzerwald. It is 57 meters long and is located approximately 15 meters above the water level of the Subersach. The bridge was built in 1901 and today, the web is used only as a hiking trail.

Bridges are of great importance, because the village can only be reached by bridges to the location.

Economy and infrastructure

At the site there were in 2003 92 companies in the industrial sector with 994 employees and 41 apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 1,485. Another important field of employment is tourism; in tourism year 2001/2002, a total of 63 219 overnight stays are recorded.

Traffic

Egg is located on the route of the Bregenz Forest Railway, which was set in 1985 and has since been managed as heritage railway. Site Manager of sections to build the Bregenzerwaldbahn around 1901 was Kaspar Knight, whose version of the Egg -based architect Johann Bertolini took over.

Education

In Egg, there are three kindergartens and two primary schools, a secondary school and an AHS. In the resort there are (as of January 2003), 793 pupils, of which 202 are in the AHS.

Personalities

Kaspar Provinding (1880-1966), Member of Parliament
Hubert Hammerer (* 1925), sport shooter and Olympic champion
Anton Sutterlüty ( born 1933), former mayor and state representative
Christoph Alster (* 1980), skier
Balthasar Schneider (* 1984), ski jumpers
Bjoern Sieber (1989-2012), alpine skier
Ulrich Sutterlüty, founder of the food chain Sutterlüty

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