Bizau

Bizau
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bregenz
License plate :	B.
Surface:	21.09 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 22 '  N , 9 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '8 "  N , 9 ° 55' 24"  E
Height :	681  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,125 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6874
Area code :	05514
Community code :	8 02 06
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchdorf 340 6874 Bizau
Website:	www.bizau.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Bischofberger
Local council : (2015) (15 members)	Majority vote
Location of Bizau in the Bregenz district
Bizau municipality
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Vorarlberg children's village

Hirschbergbahnen

Bizau is a municipality with 1125 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Bregenz district in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg .

geography

Bizau is located in the Bregenz Forest , southeast of Lake Constance at an altitude of 681 meters. 42.7% of the area is forested, 23.8% of the area are mountain parts of the Alps . There are no other cadastral communities in Bizau.

• Schönenbach Pass : The Schönenbach Pass, located about 8 kilometers from Bizau in the municipality of Bezau , is mainly known for the Schneckenloch Cave and its holiday home. This Vorsäß, which actually belongs to Bezau, is of particular importance for Bizau, as it can only be reached by traffic via the Bizau municipal area.

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Bizau shares a municipal boundary with four other Vorarlberg municipalities, which, like Bizau, are all in the political district of Bregenz . Bizau has the longest joint municipality border in the north with the market town of Bezau , and the municipalities of Au , Schnepfau and Reuthe also border Bizau. (Indication of the municipalities in clockwise direction, starting in the north)

history

The name " Bizau " ( mhd : " Bützow ", dialect: " Büzau " or " Büza ") is divided into two parts. The first part of the name " Biz " should be derived from the mhd. "Bütze" for "Lache" / " Pfütze ". The second part of the name " au " has its roots in the alluvial forest . Bizau would therefore be understood as the Puddle Au .

The place was first mentioned in a document by Goswin von Ems from 1297. The Habsburgs ruled the places in Vorarlberg alternately from Tyrol and Upper Austria ( Freiburg im Breisgau ). From 1805 to 1814 the place belonged to Bavaria, then again to Austria. For Austrian province of Vorarlberg Bizau heard since its founding 1861 . The place was part of the French occupation zone in Austria from 1945 to 1955.

Population development

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 6.7 percent. From 1991 to 2001 both the migration balance and the birth balance were positive. In the following decade, emigration was stronger than immigration, but the deficit was offset by the birth balance.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Bizau was awarded by the Vorarlberg state government on February 16, 1929 and shows three natural fir trees rising from the green lawn on a shield divided by silver over red. The middle fir is slightly higher than the two outer ones. In the original version, the shield is surrounded by an ornamented bronze-colored border. The (uprooted) fir was a symbol that used to lead almost all of the Bregenzerwald communities.

politics

The Bizau municipal council consists of 15 members. In the 2015 municipal council election, the election was not made by lists, but by majority vote. Mayor of the community is Josef Bischofberger.

Culture and sights

Bizau parish church

Bildbühl chapel

See also:  List of listed objects in Bizau

• Catholic parish church Bizau hl. Valentin: The parish church is located in the church village and dates back to 1472. The former chapel has been expanded into a church over the centuries and has a bell.
• Bildbühl chapel : The 17th century chapel is located about 750 m from the center of Bizau on the Bildbühl ( 710  m above sea level ).

• Wetzsteinhöhle : The cave is located in the quarry parcel (in the middle of the forest at about 700 m above sea level) near the barefoot path in the Bizauer Moos. The Hüttbach flows below the whetstone cave.
• There is the Bizauer Moos barefoot path , which can be reached from the village. The different types of soil and grass can be hiked on and the habitats of various aquatic plants and aquatic life can be explored in the adjacent bed of the Ulvenbach.
• Hirschbergbahnen Bizau: In 1970, the tourist boom also arrived in Bizau with the construction of the Hirschbergbahnen. Leopold Kaufmann planned and built a panorama restaurant at 1,436 m. The circular motion associated with the path was used as the basis for the design. In the following years, the Bizauer Schiliftgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG built three more drag lifts and the summer toboggan run. Due to bankruptcy proceedings, the railways are currently out of service.

economy

In 2003 there were 23 commercial enterprises with 123 employees and 8 apprentices on site. There were 407 employees subject to income tax. Tourism and tourism - in particular the summer toboggan run on the Hirschberg - are important for the place. In the 2001/2002 tourism year there were a total of 31,084 overnight stays.

education

In Bizau there is a kindergarten and a school with (as of January 2003) 60 students.

Personalities

• Gebhard Wölfle (1848–1904), writer
• Herbert Meusburger (* 1953), sculptor

Web links

Commons : Bizau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website municipality
• 80206 - Bizau. Community data, Statistics Austria .

and display information about the image

360 ° panorama of Bizau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Josef Zehrer in “Bersbuch, Bezau, Bizau”, in “Montfort quarterly journal for the past and present of Vorarlberg”, 35th year, 1983, issue 2, p. 185 f, online .
2. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Bizau, population development. Retrieved March 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Cornelia Albertani, Ulrich Nachbaur: Vorarlberg municipal coat of arms registry . Ed .: Vorarlberger Landesarchiv. 3. Edition. Bregenz 2011, ISBN 978-3-902622-17-4 , pp. 19 ( vorarlberg.at [PDF]).