Vandans

Vandans
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bludenz
License plate :	BZ
Surface:	53.75 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '43 "  N , 9 ° 51' 56"  E
Height :	648  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,693 (Jan 1, 2020)
Postal code :	6773
Area code :	05556
Community code :	8 01 29
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 26 6773 Vandans
Website:	www.vandans.at
politics
Mayor :	Florian Küng ( FPÖ )
Local council : (2015) (24 members)	Together for Vandans 15 At frischa Loft 8 Greens and non- party Vandans 1
Location of Vandans in the Bludenz district
Vandans
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Vandans is a municipality in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Bludenz district with 2693 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Vandans is located in the Montafon at an altitude of 648 meters. 26.2 percent of the area is forested and 34 percent is in the Alps .

Community structure

Vandans consists of a single cadastral parish and village of the same name . Other districts are Ausserervens, Daleu, Innerbach, Innervens, Rellstal, Rodund and Zwischenbach.

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Vandans Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3.1 4.9 9.8 14.3 19.2 21.6 23.6 22.9 18.9 14.7 7.5 3.4 O 13.7 Min. Temperature (° C) -4.1 -3.5 -0.1 3.1 7.3 10.1 12.1 11.9 8.8 5.1 0.1 -3.0 O 4th Temperature (° C) -1.1 -0.2 3.7 7.9 12.7 15.3 17.2 16.5 12.8 8.7 3.0 -0.3 O 8.1 Precipitation ( mm ) 96 88 105 93 116 156 173 171 129 89 104 109 Σ 1,429 Humidity ( % ) 73.8 65.0 56.0 50.5 52.4 56.4 57.6 60.4 64.0 66.3 74.2 77.8 O 62.9 T e m p e r a t u r 3.1 -4.1 4.9 -3.5 9.8 -0.1 14.3 3.1 19.2 7.3 21.6 10.1 23.6 12.1 22.9 11.9 18.9 8.8 14.7 5.1 7.5 0.1 3.4 -3.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: ZAMG average climate values ​​1981 - 2010

history

The name "Vandans" comes from ad fontanas - that means by the waters . The four torrents

• Aualatsch from Golm
• Almustrik from the Rellstal
• Mustergiel from the Valkastiel Gorge and the
• Ladritschbach from the Vensertobel

have shaped the village character and in earlier years made the population harder to deal with with mudslides and damage.

The first inhabitants of Vandans in the 10th century were the Rhaeto-Romans from the province of Raetia - which is still attested today by many Romanic field names . Further settlement was carried out by the Celts and the various tribes of German Alemanni . It was not until around 1300 that the German Walsers from the Swiss canton of Valais settled on what was still German soil.

Around 1405, during the Appenzell Wars , Montafon Castle in the Schlosstobel near Vandans was destroyed.

Decorated train set of the Montafonerbahn for the opening on December 18, 1905

Houses and fields buried in the ground after the “flood of the century” in June 1910

In 1613 and again in 1630 the plague raged in Vandans. Until 1651 Vandans belonged to Tschagguns , but the place had its own chaplain since 1519 .

In 1799 the Austrian military and the “Montafoner Schützen” under Bernhard Riedmiller marched through the Rellstal against Napoleon's troops located in neighboring Switzerland. In 1800 it was occupied by the French and from 1803 to 1809 Vandans and the whole of the Montafon belonged to Bavaria.

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 Vandans heard since the founding of the 1861st

Since 1905 Vandans has been connected to the Montafonerbahn line that was in operation at the time.

Flood 1910

In June 1910, the place was hit by a devastating flood of the century: There were heavy rains and the delayed snowmelt after an extremely snowy winter. The fertile valley floors were graveled and unusable for agriculture.

Vandans was particularly badly affected by the raging of the Ill , the Aualatschbach and the Rellsbach (Almustrik), while the otherwise dreaded Ladritschbach from the Vensertobel and the Mustergielbach were rather harmless this time.

At that time, more than half of the railway line in the Montafon was destroyed and between July 1910 and September 1911 a rail replacement service with horse-drawn vehicles had to be set up between Lorüns and St. Anton . The place was part of the French occupation zone in Austria from 1945 to 1955.

View down over 1600 meters of Vandans from the Vandanser Steinwand. On the left in the foreground Mutt (1401 m), in the middle the Mustergielbach, on the right the reservoirs of the Rodundwerke

Population development

In 2002 the proportion of foreigners was 9.9 percent.

Until 2001, the municipality had a positive birth balance and a positive migration balance , which led to rapid population growth. From 2001 to 2011 the birth rate fell sharply and there was more emigration than immigration.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed properties in Vandans

Interior of the old baroque church in Vandans

Altar of the chapel "Venser Bild"

• Valcastiel castle ruins
• Old parish church and cemetery
• New parish church of John the Baptist
• Vensian pilgrimage chapel
• Rellser Mariahilfkapelle
• Old Crown of Vandans
• Numerous farms

Site design

In the context of the European competition " Entente Florale Europe ", Vandans was named "Most Beautiful Flower Village in Europe" in 1988.

societies

Vandan's harmony music

There has been a brass band in Vandans since 1898, the "Harmoniemusik Vandans". As of November 2013, the band had 66 musicians. During the year, various obligations such as open concerts, competitions or morning pints are performed. In the club year 2012/13 there were 21 events, which were musically framed.

Vandans costume group

The Vandanser Trachtengruppe has existed since 1953 and is an association whose main purpose is the care and wearing of the Montafon costume , as well as the care and maintenance of folk songs , folk dance and alpine folk music . In summer there are regular folk evenings for locals and tourists with folk songs, folk dance, folk music and Schuhplattler .

Vandans local fire department

The local fire brigade Vandans is not a club but a public corporation . It does its job on behalf of the community and was founded on October 1, 1880. In 2017, an active team of 44 men and two women, 15 honorary and passive members and 12 fire brigade youth members can be recorded. The vehicle fleet consists of a command vehicle (KDOF), a tank fire engine (TLFA), a small fire engine (KLF) and a supply vehicle with rescue equipment (VF-B). The Vandans local fire brigade handles an average of 46 technical and fire missions every year, with the technical share from door openings and traffic accidents to floods and mudslides including everything and is increasing.

Vandanser Aktiv Club

This, called VAC for short, tries to organize a meaningful leisure time. Among other things, he organizes the annual open air on the Scheibenkopf via ferrata. The “standing break festival” takes place on Friday and Saturday at the beginning of August. Rock music is mainly played.

Mountain rescue Vandans / St. Anton in the Montafon

Mountain rescue has existed since 1954 and is a rescue organization that helps people in alpine emergencies. As of November 2013, the mountain rescue team counted 39 mountain rescuers and one candidate.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were 35 commercial businesses with 350 employees and 22 apprentices. There were 1201 employees subject to wage tax. Tourism and tourism are important for the place and in the 2001/2002 tourism year there were a total of 108,654 overnight stays.

Established businesses

The largest company in Vandans is the international automotive supplier ELB-Form with around 250 employees (2015).

Rodund I and II power plants

The Rodund I and II power plants of the illwerke vkw with their reservoirs are also located in the area of ​​the municipality of Vandans .

traffic

Vandans is connected to the railway network with a stop on the Montafonerbahn and has a local bus.

education

In 2003 there were 239 pupils at the site, who were divided between a curative education center and the elementary school.

There is also a kindergarten in Vandans, which is run in three groups.

sport and freetime

The Vorarlberger Illwerke built a toboggan run between Latschau and Vandans for year-round use, the brakable sledges are guided on metal tubes. The Heinrich Hueter Hut is a popular hiking destination for Vandans and the starting point for climbing the Zimba .

and display information about the image

220 ° panoramic view from Jetzmunt to St. Anton in Montafon and Vandans. The mountain range in the center of the picture is the Vandans stone wall . The two snow-covered peaks on the left are the Tschaggunser Mittagspitze ( 2168  m above sea level ) and the Tilisuna-Schwarzhorn ( 2460  m above sea level ) in the Rätikon.

politics

In 2012, the non-party (until 2012 FPÖ) Burkhard Wachter, who had held the office since 1985, was re-elected mayor with 58.3 percent of the votes in the direct mayor election.

Wachter resigned from office in 2020 after 35 years and Florian Küng was appointed the new mayor in April 2020.

The community council consists of 24 members. After the municipal council election in 2015 , this was made up of:

• 15 mandataries on the list Together for Vandans
• 8 members of the list An frischa Loft Party-independent list Markus Pfefferkorn
• 1 member of the list of Greens and non-party Vandans

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by Markus Bachmann and the coat of arms was awarded by the Vorarlberg state government on January 26, 1965.

It shows a shield split by red and green - with a gold key in the red and a silver lightning bolt in the green. The golden key stands for belonging to the Montafon ( seal since the early 15th century). The lightning bolt represents the position of the municipality as a power storage facility for illwerke vkw .

Town twinning

The official partnership with the German Maltese town of Heitersheim , which has been friends since 1958, was sealed in 1991.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann Josef Batlogg (1751–1800), Landammann and Rifle Captain
• Josef Egele (1896–1961), member of the state parliament
• Gottfried Schappler (1840–1921), mayor and member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
• Christian Schappler (1877–1961), mayor and member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
• Josef Schoder (1900–1986), member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
• Leonhard Treichl (1932–1999), member of the National Council

People related to the community

• Christoph Feurstein (* 1972), journalist and television presenter
• Karin Fritz (* 1957), member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
• Josef Henrich (1879–1943), forest engineer, hunting instructor and author; Honorary Citizen of Vandans
• Nadine Kasper (* 1980), member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
• Josef Nagler (1922–1997), surveying technician and member of the Vorarlberg state parliament
• Siegmund Stemer (* 1951), member of the Vorarlberg state parliament; residing in Vandans
• Martin Thurnher (1844–1922), member of the Vorarlberg state parliament, honorary citizen of Vandans
• Manfred Vallaster (* 1958), member of the Vorarlberg state parliament

literature

• Hans Barbisch. Vandans. A local lore from the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg. 1922. Wagner University Press, Innsbruck.

Web links

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

• 80129 - Vandans. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• vandans.at Website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alois Niederstätter: News from the "dark" Middle Ages. (PDF; 64.5 KB) Lecture in the series “New Research from the Vorarlberger Landesarchiv” held on May 21, 2003 in Bregenz. In: Verba volant - online contributions from the Vorarlberger Landesarchiv. Vorarlberger Landesarchiv, September 10, 2008, p. 3 , archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Montafoner Heimatbuch
3. ↑ Literature: "The battle for the plaice", by Alois Schoder
4. ↑ The water disaster in Vorarlberg in 1910 (PDF, 360 KB)
5. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Vandans, population development. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
6. ^ Dehio Vorarlberg 1983 , Vandans, pages 399ff
7. ^ Vandan's music for harmony
8. ↑ www.trachtengruppe-vandans.at
9. ^ Vandans fire department
10. ^ Vandanser Aktiv Club ( Memento from February 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Vandans / St. Anton mountain rescue in the Montafon
12. ↑ Major orders for ELB-Form Vandans: components for Daimler AG. vorarlberg.wirtschaftszeit.at, May 8, 2015, accessed on January 16, 2020.
13. ↑ Illwerke build alpine coasters in the Montafon. In: vol.at. July 15, 2008, accessed January 11, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Natural toboggan run (night tobogganing also possible) Latschau - Vandans (Golm). In: touren.montafon.at. Retrieved January 11, 2020 . 
15. ^ Vorarlberg mayor resigns from FPÖ. derstandard.at, September 11, 2012, accessed on May 1, 2020.
16. ^ Longest serving mayors in Austria. (PDF; 204 KB) (No longer available online.) In: nachrichten.at. June 2017, archived from the original on September 13, 2018 ; accessed on May 15, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Vandanser Greens and NEOS call for resignation from Mayor Wachter (April 9, 2019)
18. ↑ Mayor did not commit abuse of office (April 9, 2019)
19. ↑ Florian Küng becomes the new mayor of Vandans - Strong criticism of the election. vol.at, April 29, 2020, accessed on August 12, 2020.
20. ↑ Konrad Honold's “Heimatkunst” in relation to the Montafon municipal coat of arms (PDF; November 19, 2008; p. 9)
21. ^ Ulrich Nachbaur : On the creation of the Montafon municipal coat of arms from 1927 to 1967 . In: Alois Niederstätter , Ulrich Nachbaur (eds.): 200 years of community organization. Almanac for the Vorarlberg community year 2008 . Bregenz 2009, ISBN 978-3-902622-10-5 , pp. 301–312 ( full text as PDF on the Vorarlberger Landesarchiv website ). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: full text as PDF on the Vorarlberger Landesarchive website )