Thüringen, Austria
The municipality of Thuringia with 2121 inhabitants ( 31 December 2013 ) is located in the district of Bludenz, Vorarlberg ( Austria ), at the output of the Great Walser Valley on the northern side of the Walgau. It belongs to the Blumenegg communities.
Geography
Thuringia is located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, the district of Bludenz to 573 meters. 41.8 % of the area is forested. There are no other local villages in Thuringia. The district capital is approximately 9 km southeast of Bludenz.
History
The place including parish church was as " Turingos cum ecclesia " ( in German " Thuringia with a church "), first mentioned in 842. The present building of the church was built in 1712-1714.
Among the Count of Montfort in the 13th century was the Veste Blumenegg. 1405 it was destroyed in a peasant uprising. After her recovery she fell in 1650 and 1774 fires in. After the last fire it was not rebuilt.
With the acquisition of rule Blumenegg, which was formerly owned by the monastery vineyard, by the Habsburgs in 1804, Thuringia became part of Austria.
In 1837 founded the Scotsman John Douglass, the grandfather of the writer Norman Douglas, a textile factory and thus brought economic boom to the town. In the years 1836-1837 he was on a hill built the Villa Falk Horst.
1849, the separation of the hitherto united places Thuringia and Bludesch was completed in two separate communities.
Population
Demographics
On 31 December 2002 the municipality had 2,272 inhabitants including second homes. The proportion of foreigners was placed at 10.2 per cent.
Policy
The council consists of 21 members. After the municipal elections of 2010, he sits down together following: List of Thuringia ( ÖVP close list) 9 seats, SPO 2 seats, 3 seats, the Greens, FPÖ 1 seat, list Berno widower 6 seats. Mayor Harald widower.
The municipality revenue from taxes and other charges in 2001 were at € 1,946,597, the municipal expenditure at € 3,497,382. 2001, the debt was € 3,531,860.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Thuringia first appeared in George Wegelin, the abbot of the Reich pin Weingarten ( 1613-1627 ) and modeled on the coat of arms of imperial rule Blumenegg, whose former official residence was the place.
The church was built in 1929 awarded by the state government a coat of arms, which is based on the above: It consists of a divided five times of silver and blue shield, where the three blue stripes each have four stylized gray clouds. This element seems to be in the arms of the other Blumenegg communities Bludesch, Ludesch and Thuringian mountain.
Culture and sights
- Parish Church of St.. Stephan
- Church of the Holy. Ann
- Villa Falk Horst:
- Linde Place: Natural Monument
- Montjola waterfall: Natural Monument
Economy and infrastructure
The economy is dominated by metal-working industry (among a Hilti plant), carpet weaving, woodworking and some summer tourism.
At the site there were in 2003 32 companies in the industrial sector with 604 employees and 60 apprentices. Taxable wage -employed, there were 911 agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 42.3 percent.
Education
In the village there is a primary, middle and Polytechnic School with a total of 560 students (as of January 2003). There is the option of visiting a Music School with extra music and instrumental teaching at the middle school Thuringia. Two classes of this school type are performed per year. In addition, Thuringia has a children's garden.
Personalities
- John Douglass, the 14th Lord of Tilquhillie ( 1804-1870 ), producer
- Gabriel Ludwig Seeger (1831-1893), physician and dialect poet
- John Sholto Douglass, the 15th Lord of Tilquhillie ( 1838-1874 ), producer and important patron of alpinism
- Norman Douglas (1868-1952), Scottish writer
- Kaspar Winkler (1872-1951), manufacturer and inventor
- Purtscher Martin ( b. 1928 ), former Governor of Vorarlberg