Lorüns
The tourist resort of Lorüns is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria. with 280 inhabitants (December 31, 2013).
Geography
Lorüns lies on 583 meters altitude in Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. The village is nestled between the mountains of the Rätikon and Verwall. 74.8 % of the area is forested. There are no other local villages in Lorüns.
History
The level at the input of the Montafon valley has been inhabited since the Middle Ages.
In old documents the place in 1430 " Arun ", 1423 " Arüns ," 1442 and 1490 " Laruns " 1522 " Larüns " and 1630 " Lorüns " was called
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 Lorüns heard since the foundation in 1861.
Already in 1500 stood in Loruns a chapel was enlarged in 1820. The present church was built in 1956-1960 and dedicated to water patron, Saint John of Nepomuk. 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 9.2 percent.
Policy
The municipal council consists of 9 members. Mayor Lothar Ladner. The municipality revenue from taxes and other charges in 2001 were at € 277,226, the municipal expenditure at € 1,740,205. The debt was 2001 906.319 €.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Azure, a silver wave beams, accompanied above by a golden sun, down from two golden six-pointed stars.
The coat of arms Lorüns was awarded in 1967 by the Provincial Government of Vorarlberg. The coat of arms image is the coat of arms of the medieval family of Arünser taken, which falls back to the 15th century.
This old coat of arms is not of the nature of most family coat of arms, which usually indicate a peculiarity of the wearer. The coat of arms of the von Arüns rather refers to the place. Even Friedrich Wilhelm Lorinser wrote in 1868 that, in the arms of the Illfluss is tagged, the range of noon ( sun - south) after midnight ( Star - North) flows. Dr. Bilgerie writes: " There is therefore a real local arms of not everyday ages ago."
Attractions
Above Lorüns, on Lorünser lock head - almost entirely on the municipality Stallehr - there are ruins of a medieval building with four clearly recognizable wall coatings, which have been dated to the early 14th century. The thief Schlossle is also called " Lorünser Schlossle ".
Little is known about the history of this plant. A note is a Merian engraving of the town of Bludenz from the 17th century: In the background, the remains of two castles in the Montafon are in this picture can be seen, in which the thief Schlossle and the castle Valcastiel were suspected. In 2001 an archaeological survey of the ruins remains above Lorüns. The ruins of the plant have with seven courses on nearly all the same height and this led to the assumption that the plant was never completed.
The 2010 exceptional concrete construction with Lorüns by architects Marte / Marte newly built bridge over the Alfenz has already won several international architecture awards.
Economy and infrastructure
At the site there were in 2003 six companies in the trade and industry with 26 employees and 2 apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 119 tourism and tourism are important. In the tourism year 2001/2002 there were a total. Nights.
Traffic
Lorüns is connected with a stop at the operated by the Montafonerbahn railway Bludenz- Schruns to the railway network.
Education
At the site there are (as of January 2003) of 14 students. In Lorüns there is no kindergarten.
Personalities
Honorary Citizen of:
- Otto Ladner, former mayor