Riefensberg
Riefensberg is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria in 1026 inhabitants (December 31, 2013).
- 3.1 Demographics
- 5.1 The Juppe, the Bregenzerwald party dress
- 6.1 Education
Geography
Riefensberg is located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the district of Bregenz south of Lake Constance to 781 meters. 35.8 % of the area is forested, 12.3 % of the area Alps. There are no other local villages in Riefensberg. The town is a member of the German - Austrian joint project Nagelfluhkette National Park.
Neighboring communities
The municipality borders with Riefensberg their area at three Austrian and a German community. These are the lying also in the Austrian district of Bregenz communities Sulzberg, Krumbach and Hittisau and the German market Oberstaufen in the district of Bavaria Upper Allgäu region.
History
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 Riefensberg 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 10.4 percent.
Policy
The municipal council consists of 12 members. Mayor Herbert Dorn. The municipality revenue from taxes and other charges in 2001 were at € 910,213, the municipal expenditure at € 1,312,014. The debt was 2001 773.927 €.
Culture and sights
- Parish Riefensberg
The Juppe, the Bregenzerwald party dress
The " Juppe " - it is called the Bregenzerwald women's costume - accompanied their wearers often for a lifetime.
The individual parts of the ornate robes are made individually by hand up to the present day. The Juppenwerkstatt in Riefensberg, a unique manufactory for the preservation and maintenance of the Juppe, provides insight into the production and history of the Juppe.
Go to church on Sundays and public holidays and at celebrations such as weddings forests inner proudly wear their custom-made or inherited for generations costume.
"In the garb of Wälderin whole heart hangs, she is proud of the same, she finds herself nice and has it absolutely right " Andreas Oppermann wrote in his 1859 published " trip report from the Bregenzerwald ".
A variety of accessories: belts, " Bändel ", " Schnürle ", etc., or the colorful sleeves and especially the headgear - from Brämenkappe from Sable and later otter skin up to the " Schappelle ", the ornate crown of gold nuggets and gold thread for unmarried girls - make the Bregenzerwald women's costume to an equally simple and elegant dress.
If then, but since " eating away " the modern era very much of the tradition, the "right" hairstyle - namely two braids with interwoven velvet ribbons - crowns the costume wearer is the Wälderin "a schtelligs Wib ", as the in a poem dialect poet Othmar Mennel is called - that is, the equivalent of a " seasoned man picture".
Economy and infrastructure
At the site there were in 2003 22 companies in the industrial sector with 92 employees and 13 apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 359 tourism and tourism are important. In the tourism year 2001/2002 there were a total of 28 263 nights. Agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 44.6 percent.
Education
At the site there are (as of January 2003) 51 students. In Riefensberg there is also a kindergarten.
Sports & Leisure
In Riefensberg located
- An 18- hole golf course with summer greens - the Bregenzerwald Golf Park
- As well as a football club, FC Riefensberg, the current (07 / 08) in the first class country (Sixth Austrian League ) plays.