Warth (Vorarlberg)

Warth is the second smallest village in Vorarlberg, the westernmost Austrian province, with 153 inhabitants (December 31, 2013). Of special importance is the location in the region Bregenzerwald community as a winter sports as well as a connection site between the Bregenz Forest and the neighboring Tyrol's Lech Valley (via the Hochtannbergpass ).

2.1 Middle Ages and Walser settlement
2.2 Modern Times
2.3 20th and 21st centuries

3.1 Demographics

4.1 Parish Council
4.2 Coat of Arms

6.1 Tourism
6.2 traffic
6.3 Public bodies
6.4 Education

7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
7.2 associated with the place people

Geography

Warth is located in the district of Bregenz, about 42 km south-east of Lake Constance at 1495 m altitude at Tannberg in the region Bregenzerwald. There, the village is just south of the Haldenwanger gon. With the official altitude of 1495 m above sea level. A. Warth is the highest Vorarlberg community. Warth is the easternmost community, which is still attributed to the Bregenzerwald region and is actually already in the valley of the Lech, held in the Valley of Bregenzerach.

With a 19.34 km ² large municipality, the municipality has Warth via a Vorarlberg average corresponding area, but heard simultaneously in comparison with other municipalities of the Bregenz Forest of the smaller communities in the region. 19.8 % of the municipality is forested, 62 % is held by mountains in the Alps. The quarters are the hillfort Hochkrumbach and the actual settlement Warth.

Neighboring communities

The community Warth divides their municipal boundary with five other municipalities. These are the German market Oberstdorf in the Bavarian district of Upper Allgäu, the community Steeg in the district Reutte in the neighboring province of Tyrol, the Lech in Vorarlberg Bludenz District and the municipalities Schröcken and Mittelberg in the district of Bregenz. There is, despite the geographical proximity no traffic technical possibility Mittelberg in the Kleinwalsertal Oberstdorf in Germany or directly accessible from Warth from.

Climate

History

Medieval and Walser settlement

For the first time the area of the municipality is called Warth in 1059 in a deed. This document gave King Henry IV a large hunting area around the Great Widdersteinblick the Bishop of Augsburg, Henry II, was in the ecclesiastical territory of the region until 1816. Took place around the years 1280-1300 the settlement of emigrants from the Swiss Valais Walser on Tannberg. These were given the land as a fief of the Swabian lords of Red Mountain for a small natural interest. In addition, the Walser were equipped with extensive rights, such as self-management and the exercise of the lower courts. The Walser court Tannberg included in further consequence the villages of Lech, Warth, Hochkrumbach, Schröcken and Mittelberg.

Modern Times

1451 conquered Titularerzherzog Sigismund of Austria on the Walserbesitzungen Tannberg with violence and dissolved the far-reaching rights to Walser. The Walser were henceforth placed under Austrian rule Bregenz. Only after the Appenzell Wars beginning of the 16th century, the Walser their original rights were given back. In 1602 Warth became a separate parish after parish church was first created by the enlargement of the existing chapel. Previously Warth had heard to the parish Lech. From 1805 to 1814, the town belonged to Bavaria, then back to Austria. For the Austrian state of Vorarlberg Warth heard since the foundation in 1861. Warth in 1885 was merged with the previously independent community Hochkrumbach the new community Warth- Hochkrumbach.

20th and 21st centuries

It was only in 1924, the community changed its name back to Warth, where Hochkrumbach became a part of the community. From 1945 to 1955, the Bregenzerwald community as all of Vorarlberg part of the French zone of occupation in Austria.

On 31 December 2002 the community had 261 inhabitants (including second homes). The proportion of foreigners in 2002 was 19.5%. After a general ban on the construction of the entire municipality was imposed in 2008 because of an acute shortage of water in the community, there was subsequently a hotel closure. Following this, the Municipality of Warth came with the neighboring Lech agreed that a water line from the neighboring community should be relocated to Warth in order to guarantee the supply of drinking water can. After this water line was completed in the fall of 2011, the construction ban was lifted in further consequence of the community.

Population

Demographics

Policy

The municipal council consists of nine members. After the February 8, 2012 Mayor Fritz Gebhard and the entire community council had closed resigned as a result of threats, had to be re-elected on 17 June 2012, the municipal council.

In the local council elections on 17 June 2012, the "Procedure for election to the local council in the absence of nominations " was applied after any lists were up for election. The elected nine members of the municipal council voted in the sequence Stefan Strolz mayor who could unite the greatest number of votes shall be in the local council elections by 63 votes. For Vice Mayor Markus Strolz was chosen.

Warth was, according to the Local Government Finance Report 2010 the municipality with the third highest per capita debt in Austria. In any Warther converted 16,285 euro debt community came. At the same time, however, was seen Warth Austria far the municipality with the highest reserves per capita ( 7,450 euros ) and the second highest financial strength per capita ( 5,923 euros ). This relatively very high numbers are due to the low number of inhabitants in the municipality of Warth.

Parish Council

The parish council is faced with the Mayor as Chairman, but is not itself a member of the town council. For the first community board member for the second community board member and vice mayor Markus Strolz the third parish council member Florian Huber was in the current legislature Isolde Strolz, elected by the municipal council.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Warth is evidence of a connection with both the Walser past the settlement, as well as with the region Bregenzerwald. So shows the coat of arms in a divided shield in the right red box Walser two silver stars and silver in the left field on a green Dreienberg a green fir forests with ascending branches. The coat of arms was awarded on July 21, 1970 by the Provincial Government of Vorarlberg.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

In Warth, there were, according to a survey by the Economic Chamber Austria in 2010 a total of 243 employees in 28 farms. In addition to four companies of the sector trade, four craft, an operating sector banks and insurance companies, as well as a transport mode, the remaining 15 companies were from the commercial tourism, which accounted for 165 of these employees.

To maintain the local local amenities in the community, the local grocer, a SPAR supermarket, financially supported by both the municipality and the province of Vorarlberg. These encouraging smaller regional local provider sees the regional development concept of land Vorarlberg explicitly.

Tourism

The lines of business tourism and tourism are of particular importance for the economy of the community Warth. In particular, the winter ski tourism is economically important as the slopes near Warth and Schröcken are considered very snow -sure ski area. In the winter season 2011/12 there were a total of 115 188 overnight stays in Warth, of which more than 70 % on local hotels, inns and guesthouses, so all working even tourist facilities, accounted for. Together with the neighboring community Schröcken ski area Warth was established at the nearby south-west of Warth mountain slopes.

Summer tourism enjoys total in Vorarlberg a rather less prominent position, but the country was increasingly marketed as hiking and relaxing holiday destination around since the early 1990s. Warth recorded in the 2009 summer season (May to October) a total of 33 116 overnight stays at 10.082 registered guests. These benefits Warth especially from its ideal base for walkers and climbers who commit tours in the area of Lechquellen Mountains and the rear Bregenzerwald Mountains.

Traffic

In the field of belonging to Warth hillfort Hochkrumbach during the Hochtannbergpasses the Bregenzerwaldstraße (L 200) connects the valley of Bregenzerach with the upper Lech Valley. The Hochtannbergpass is a major link road between the city, in the Bregenz Forest community Schröcken and lying in the Warth Lech Valley community. From Warther district Hochkrumbach the wooden floor tunnel leads with a length of 168 m and an associated gallery of 1153 m in length, the Bregenzerwaldstraße the village center of Warth. In addition, usually only in the summer passable Lech valley road (L 198) leads from the neighboring Lech to Warth Tyrolean Lech Valley. The two state roads meet in the center of Warth, making a continuous connection from the Bregenzerwald in Tyrol's Lech Valley or over Lech and the Flex Pass is the Klostertal possible.

In the context of public transport Warth is connected to the line 40 of the country bus Bregenzerwald on the rear and middle Bregenzerwald (with hold, among other things in Bezau and Egg) with the city of Dornbirn in the Rhine Valley. While this connection is continued in the summer to Lech, line 40 terminates in the winter months at the stop Warth village square.

Public institutions

In addition to a municipal office exists in Warth a multi-purpose building, which is used by both the volunteer fire department and the mountain rescue and the waste management of the municipality. In addition, Warth, due to its exposed location on a small private wastewater treatment plant. Located right on the village square there is the police station Warth, which is not open throughout the year and is run as a branch of the Police Inspection Au. The closest and responsible for Warth Ortsstelle the Austrian Red Cross ambulance with emergency vehicle is located in Au. The means of rescue helicopter fastest access to public hospital is the Hospital Dornbirn in the eponymous town in the Rhine Valley.

Education

The community Warth decreed by the school year 2010/11, both a primary school (including high school) as well as a kindergarten. After the student numbers had declined massively, the elementary school in Warth in 2011 has been closed. Since the school year 2011/12, therefore, the Warther primary school children attend primary school in Schröcken, while the main pupils are taught in Au. The closest high school is located in Egg, more high schools, such as a trading academy or a tourism school located in the main town of the Bregenz Forest, in Bezau.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Werner Grabher ( b. 1948 ), author and director of the Vorarlberg Cultural Office
Luise Jaretz (* 1931), alpine skier
Hubert Strolz (born 1962 ), Olympic champion in 1988 in the Alpine combined

Associated with the place people

Wiltrud Drexel ( born 1950 ), Olympic bronze medalist in the giant slalom in 1972 and Downhill World Cup Champion 1969

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