Lauterach
Lauterach is a market town in Austria in Tyrol in the district of Bregenz with 9638 inhabitants (December 31, 2013).
- 3.1 Demographics
- 5.1 Museums
- 5.2 Natural Monuments
- 6.1 Regular events
- 7.1 Media 7.1.1 Miscellaneous
Geography
Lauterach located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the district of Bregenz south of Lake Constance to 412 meters. 0.3 % of the area is forested. There are no other local villages in Lauterach.
Neighboring communities
The market town of Lauterach borders six other municipalities in Vorarlberg. Of these, four are located in the district of Bregenz, and two in the adjoining district Dornbirn. Clockwise ( starting in the north ), these are the district and state capital Bregenz, the Wolfurt, the district capital of Dornbirn, the market town Lustenau and the community Fußach and the market town of Hard.
History
In the located in the Rhine delta Lauter Ried ( see below under " natural monuments " ) in 1880 found a Münzdepot peat cutting. 24 Roman Silberdenare from the time of the 2nd to 4th quarter of the 2nd century BC were included, the youngest was born in 110/106 BC Three of the coins are the type Quinarius nummus ( Silberquinar ). Some of trinkets ( a bronze ring, a silver finger ring, a bracelet made of silver wire and also a silver fibula pair), which are probably from an Italian production, were also present in the depot. The silver fibulae were apparently the templates produced for north of the Alps similar items. Whether it is about trading at this depot, which was built around 100 BC, a religiously motivated votive offering or a safekeeping in a treasure hiding place, is controversial in research.
End of the 5th century, was founded, the village cooperative. The first historical mention of the name " Lutaraha " was found in the year 853 Later, the Habsburgs ruled the areas in Vorarlberg changing of Tyrol and Further Austria from ( Freiburg im Breisgau). Until 1806 Lauterach belonged to the region Hofsteig, the seat of Hofsteiggerichtes was in Lauterach.
From 1805 to 1814, the town belonged to Bavaria, then back to Austria. For the Austrian state of Vorarlberg Lauterach heard since the foundation in 1861. The place was from 1945 to 1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria. 1985 Lauterach was raised to the market town.
Population
Demographics
Policy
The municipal council consists of 30 members and is currently - after the local council elections in 2010 - as follows:
- Mayor Elmar Rhomberg - People's Party and the Party Lauterach Free: 19 Mandates
- Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ) and Free Party: 4 seats
- Freedom and independent citizens Lauterach list: 5 seats
- The Greens Lauterach: 2 mandates
Mayor Elmar Rhomberg of the ÖVP.
Culture and sights
Museums
In the center, the museum of art is in Rohnerhaus. A Private Foundation houses mainly the works of Vorarlberg artists from the 17th century.
Natural Monuments
In the southwest of Lauterach is the Natura 2000 conservation area Lauter Ried, which is an important recreational area for the people of the region with an area of about 800 hectares. For rare birds such as the curlew, black-tailed godwit, snipe, lapwing, lark, black - and Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail and the Europe endangered corncrake is the Lauter Ried an important breeding area dar.
Sports
Regular events
Every year in August the Jannersee triathlon takes place in Lauterach since 1994. With this match for "everyone " in the pure Ried a triathlon will be held on the distances 400 m swim, 16 km bike and 4 km run as Vorarlberg Triathlon national championship. In 2009, the two professional triathletes Yvonne van Vlerken and Peter Schoissengeier with at the start.
Economy and infrastructure
At the site there were in 2003 208 companies in the industrial sector with 3,410 employees and 179 apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 4,243.
Agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 74.4 %.
- Hermann Pfanner drinks
- Flatz packaging
- Gebrüder Weiss (Group Headquarters )
- Huppenkothen Construction
Media
In Lauterach ORF operates a transmission facility for VHF. The antenna substrate is a 116 meter high guyed and uses insulated against ground steel truss mast. The transmission tower is insulated from earth, as until 1 January 1995 from this transmitter, the radio program of the Vorarlberg ORF was spread on medium wave frequency 1026 kHz. Next to it is a smaller insulated against ground guyed lattice steel mast with a round roof capacity, which served as a reserve antenna for medium wave. From this transmitter were also analog TV and digital TV to handheld (DVB -H) in operation until they were switched off on 14 April 2008 and 31 December 2010. The transmitter is now a protected monument, as this has a historical significance and is possibly the oldest existing transmission system of the ORF. The station was built by the French troops after the Second World War.
Others
By 2007 the studio of local radio Ländle TV was also in Lauterach.
Education
- 2 elementary schools (VS and VS village subdivision)
- Secondary school
- BORG Lauterach
- Special Education Centre
At the site there are (as of January 2003) 1064 students, of which about 290 (as of 2007 ) to general secondary schools ( AHS ) and not at higher vocational schools. In Lauterach there are also six kindergartens.
Personalities
- Josef Kolb (1914-1994) physicist and president of the University of Innsbruck
- Bruno Pezzey (1955-1994), 84 times the national football team
- André Pilz ( born 1972 ), writer
- Julian Knowle ( born 1974 ), tennis player, U.S. Open champion in double
- Markus Weissenberger ( born 1975 ), football player
- Falko Wilms (* 1961), economists