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Buchboden ( Rotte ) village |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Bludenz (BZ), Vorarlberg | ||
| Judicial district | Bludenz | ||
| Pole. local community | Sunday ( KG Sunday) | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 14 ′ 40 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 7" E | ||
| height | 910 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 66 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 39 (2001) | ||
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| Locality code | 17116 | ||
| Counting district / district | Sunday (80 124 000) | ||
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; VoGIS | |||
Buchboden is a fraction of the community of Sonntag and is located in the westernmost state of Austria , Vorarlberg , in the Bludenz district , in the Großer Walsertal at an altitude of about 900 meters. 27.4% of the area is forested, 43% of the area is alpine terrain. The Rote Wand mountain rises to the south of the village .
history
Buchboden was called Geiersboden in the Middle Ages because of the numerous predatory game (bears, lynxes, vultures, etc.) . Year-round settlement is assumed with the construction of the chapel. Previously, the area was as a spring pasture and alpine area used.
As early as 1638, according to the local chronicle, there was a small chapel in Buchboden for the bathers of the nearby Kurhaus Bad Rothenbrunnen (see: Bad Rotenbrunnen ). In 1687 a small church was built, which was raised to a parish in 1710.
It is said that the church, the rectory and a residential building burned down in 1726 due to the carelessness of a drunk. The three bells melted. In 1726 the Buchboden parish church was rebuilt . The patronage is celebrated at the birth of Mary on September 8th.
On the Walserweg between Sonntag and Boden there are several information boards that inform hikers about the history of the valley.
population
Most of the settlement was carried out by the Walsers . In 1743, 120 people lived in Buchboden. In a census on January 25, 1815, 130 people were counted in 30 households. In 1843 there were 142. During the alpine period the number of people living here was up to 500. In 1874 there were 136 people with permanent residence and in 1910 only 108. In 1917 the population rose again to 136, while in the 1930s the population rose to around 100 sank. After the Second World War , the population dropped to about 80 people.
tourism
Tourism is of some economic importance in the Großer Walsertal. Nevertheless it is spared the disadvantages of mass tourism because of the narrowness of the valley. There are hiking and leisure opportunities in the biosphere reserve of the Great Walsertal in every season . Bad Rotenbrunnen with its iron-rich spring is a historical spa at the starting point in the Gadental.
Gadental
The Gadental has an area of 1543 ha and, as a typical mountain valley of the Northern Limestone Alps, has largely been preserved in its original and natural state. The natural monument "Kessischlucht", shaped and polished by the water of the Lutzbach, forms the entrance to the Gadental, the core zone of the Großes Walsertal biosphere reserve. It offers a habitat for diverse forest communities and rare orchid-rich Spirken forests (lady's slipper, orchid). That is why the Gadental has been protected as a nature reserve by ordinance since 1987, and in 1995 the Gadental was also registered as a Natura 2000 area (FFH directive) (see: Gadental European Protected Area ).
literature
- Great Walsertal Biosphere Park (Ed.): People, nature, environment and economy in harmony , Thüringerberg 2004.
- Monika Hehle: 's Ländlejohr . Hecht Verlag, Hard 2000, ISBN 3-85298-076-3 .
- Artur Schwarz: Local history of Vorarlberg . Eugen Russ Verlag, Bregenz 1949.
