Sonntag, Austria

Sunday is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria with 690 inhabitants (December 31, 2013). The place belongs to the Great Walser Valley.

Geography

Sunday is the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, the district of Bludenz to 888 meters. 27.4 % of the area is forested, 43 % of the area Alps. At Sunday heard the village book ground. The municipality is located in the Great Walser Valley Biosphere Reserve.

History

The first settlers in the area from Sunday were in the 14th century Walser, who had immigrated from the area that is now the Swiss canton of Valais.

The Habsburgs ruled the areas in Vorarlberg changing of Tyrol and Further Austria from ( Freiburg im Breisgau). No later than 1457 a parish was established in Tuesday. Add Book floor there were 1710 an independent parish. From 1805 the town belonged to Bavaria. In 1806 he became an independent municipality. In 1814 he came back to Austria. For the Austrian state of Vorarlberg heard Sunday since its inception in 1861. The place was from 1945 to 1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria.

Due to its hillside location, the place is always threatened by avalanches. Severe damage occurred in the years 1526, 1689, 1731, 1806 and 1954.

• See also: avalanche disaster of 1954 in Vorarlberg

Population

Demographics

In the proportion of foreigners was 2.8 percent.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was created in 1967 after a design by the artist and Schrunser heraldist Konrad Honold. The illustrated on the sign erected Capricorn reminds us of the settlement by the Walser ( Walser character of the free dating from 1408 ).

Policy

The municipal council consists of 12 members. The 2010 election was not by party lists, but by a majority vote. Mayor is Franz -Ferdinand Türtscher (ÖVP ) of beech floor.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

At the site there were in 2003 14 companies in the industrial sector with 66 employees and 5 apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 272 tourism and tourism are economically important. In the tourism year 2001/2002 there were a total of 19,037 nights.

In Sunday is in the school year 2009/2010 a two-class Volksschuke for grades 1-4 with a total of 26 students. There is also a children's garden, where 15 children are cared for.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Franz Rützler (1923-1986), Member of Parliament (ÖVP )
• Viktor Schwarzmann (1912-1990), Member of Parliament and the Federal Council (SPO )
• Maria Simma (1915-2004), spiritual healer