Gisingen (Feldkirch)
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Gisingen parliamentary group |
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| Pole. District , state | Feldkirch (Fk), Vorarlberg | ||
| Judicial district | Feldkirch | ||
| Pole. local community | Feldkirch ( KG Altenstadt ) | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 '32 " N , 9 ° 35' 48" E | ||
| height | 442 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the stat. An H. | 8972 (May 31, 2016) | ||
| surface | 8 km² | ||
| Post Code | 6800 Feldkirch | ||
| prefix | + 43/5522 ( Feldkirch ) | ||
| Mayor | Peter Stieger | ||
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| fraction | 1 Gisingen | ||
| Counting district / district | Gisingen (80404 03) | ||
 Gisingen, view from Veitskapf |
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| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; VoGIS | |||
Gisingen is the most populous district of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg , Austria . Gisingen borders the Ill in the west, the Rhine in the northwest and the Ardetzenberg ( 639 m above sea level ) in the south-east.
history
Place name
The name Gisingen is reminiscent of the Alemannic descent. Places with the final syllable -ingen are considered to be bases of Alemannic settlement and indicate the descent from a certain gender head.
The old documented form of Gisingen is: Giso - Gisinte - Gisingasca - Giesingen - Gisingen. In the local Alemannic dialect, the place name is pronounced as "Giesiga". The earliest mention can be found in a document from the year 825.
The name change from "Giesingen" to "Gisingen" was not taken into account in the American map archives and so Gisingen is still misspelled in all US-based maps and US-based GPS systems.
Local history
The settlement of Gisingen began in the Middle Ages. From the Middle Ages until 1896, Gisingen belonged to the Altenstadt mother parish . A first chapel in Gisingen itself was built in 1634. The church patrons, Saints Sebastian and Rochus, both helpers against the plague, refer to the reason for the construction of this chapel: the plague epidemic in 1629. The current parish church was built in 1864/1865, Gisingen only became a separate parish in 1896.
Until 1926, Gisingen (Giesingen) was part of the Altenstadt cadastral community together with Nofels, Fresch, Bangs and Matschels. In the same year, all communities bordering Feldkirch were incorporated into the city of Großfeldkirch.
Gisingen experienced a tremendous upswing after 1945 and completely changed the appearance of the village. The former “parts of the community” became popular building sites. Since 1950 there has been a building boom that continues today. The population increased from 2,589 in 1950 to 6,762 in 1990.
Sports
- Feldkirch forest pool
- Feldkirch forest stadium
- Clay hole course
Economy and Infrastructure
Public facilities
- Catholic parish church of St. Sebastian
- Gisingen volunteer fire department
- Elderly care house Gisingen
Culture and club life
Education and culture
- Oberau secondary school
- Elementary school Oberau
- Sebastianplatz elementary school
- Gisingen public library
societies
- Gisingen volunteer fire department
- Acolytes and parish youth in Gisingen
- Gisig'r milk soup
- Gisingen Music Association
- Gisingen rifle company
- Economic Community Gisingen
- USG Gisingen-Nofels-Tosters
literature
- Karl Walser: Gisingen through the ages . Stocker-Druck, Feldkirch-Gisingen 1989.
- Josef Güfel, Willi Schmidt: Gisingen, our village in the past few days . Hecht Druck, Hard 2005 ISBN 3-85298-133-6
Web links
- District homepage of Gisingen as part of the website of the city of Feldkirch.
- Gisingen from above in the summer film (aerial view) by Vorarlberg Tourismus