Laterns

Laterns is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg Austria with 679 inhabitants (December 31, 2013).

• 3.1 Demographics

• 4.1 Coat of Arms

Geography

Laterns located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the district of Feldkirch to 921 meters in the long-drawn Laternsertal and extends to the Furkajoch (1761 m). With a municipal area of ​​43.75 km ² laterns is the geographically largest municipality in the district of Feldkirch. 40.9 % of the area is forested, 45.3 % belong to the Alps. At the border of the neighboring municipality Damuels is the Hochrohkopf. Quarters are: Innerlaterns, laterns - Bonacker, laterns Valley.

Neighboring communities

Laterns is one of only two towns in Vorarlberg, which is adjacent to all political districts of the country. Lying self in the district of Feldkirch borders laterns to the city of Dornbirn in the same district Dornbirn, DAMLS in the district of Bregenz, Blons, Sankt Gerold and Thuringian mountain in the district of Bludenz and the municipalities Schnifis, Dünserberg, Übersaxen, Rankweil and intermediate water in the same district as the Walser community. Thus, there is a common municipal boundary with 10 other municipalities.

History

Already at the time of Romansh parts of the area were used for Alpine grazing and hunting economy. The main town in the valley Laternser was mentioned as Montem Clauturni documented in 1177 and still leads to the 17th century, the name Glaterns. The actual settlement was made, as with many settlements in the valleys of Vorarlberg, by the Walser at the beginning of the 14th century. The Habsburgs ruled the areas in Vorarlberg 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 Laterns heard since the foundation in 1861. The place was from 1945 to 1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria.

Population

Demographics

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 3%.

Policy

The municipal council consists of 12 members. Mayor Harald Nesensohn. The municipality revenue from taxes and other charges in 2001 were at € 743,023, the municipal expenditure at € 1,613,586. The debt was 2001 2.862.149 €.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality laterns this was awarded on 22 July 1938. It shows a split of silver and red shield, which is crossed by an inserted, ascending, incurved, extending to the main shield blue top. Then there are eleven five-pointed stars with each tinctures exchanged in vertical rows, four each in each plate field, and three - the lowermost is punctured by the tip - slightly higher, on the dividing line. At the peak rises from the raised central dome a lush green mountain is a three- rooted, golden fir fertilized.

In design the coat of arms is very similar to that of the canton of Valais, which was expressly commanded by the State Council of the selfsame well in 1936. The coat of arms was designed in 1936 by " Zimbapfarrer " Gebhard Wendelin Gunz.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

At the site there were in 2003 14 companies in the industrial sector with 73 employees and four apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 335 tourism and tourism are important. In the tourism year 2001/2002 there were a total of 23,491 nights.

At the site there are (as of January 2003) 31 students. In laterns, there is also a kindergarten.