Weiler, Austria

Weiler is a municipality with 2065 inhabitants (December 31, 2013) at the eastern edge of the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley at the foot of Freschenstocks.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 parish
  • 4.2 Hanenberg Schlossle
  • 4.3 Ruine Alt -Montfort
  • 4.4 Boiler Canyon

Geography

Regional counting the township hamlet of Vorarlberg front land on the west of the Rhine in the east and is bounded by the Freschenstockausläufern the north by the far the Rhine valley towering ridge Tschütsch and the Saddle Mountain.

In this climatically favorable area in Vorarlberg County Feldkirch, the community extends to an altitude 445-749 meters above the Adriatic. The center of the village is located at an altitude of 486 meters. Weiler has a community area of ​​about 309 hectares.

Neighboring communities

Weiler has a common municipal boundary with four other municipalities in the district of Feldkirch. These are the communities Klaus, Roethis, Viktor Berg and Fraxern.

Population

Demographics

Policy

After the community representative and mayoral election, 2010, the 18 -member municipal council of the hamlet of ten mandatary of the list are the components " mitnand for Hamlet " and eight mandatary of the ÖVP. When the mayor direct dial could Dietmar Summer of the list " mitnand Weiler " enforce narrowly to the previous ÖVP Mayor Mechtild Bawart ..

In addition to Mayor Dietmar Summer is also Vice- Mayor Thomas Hipp and Markus Morscher and Irmgard Tösch members of the town council.

Coat of arms

Culture and sights

Parish Church

→ Main article: Sacred Heart Church ( hamlet )

The municipality hamlet has a renovated Roman Catholic parish church, in the Gothic Revival style by the Swabian Dombaumeister Friedrich von Schmidt - was built in 1875/76 - the also built the Vienna City Hall.

Hanenberg Schlossle

The castle was built in 1600 as a stand hunting Hanenberg Feldkirch patrician on a hill above the village.

It burned down in 1850 and then was rebuilt to manor.

Ruine Alt -Montfort

This castle northeast of the town near the border with Fraxern let Hugo III. of Tübingen, who later called himself I. Hugo von Montfort, late 12th century built ( mentioned in 1206/ 08). He called the castle " Montfort ", which means as much as "strong mountain " or " strong tower ". Under this new rule means point he dubbed itself ' Count of Montfort ". In Appenzell War in 1405, the plant was completely destroyed and today few remains of walls are only get them and recognizable.

Boiler Canyon

This deeply incised gorges of the Ratzbaches is characterized by a remarkable waterfall, and is registered as worth protecting habitat.

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