Forchach

Forchach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Reutte
License plate :	RE
Surface:	14.24 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 25 '  N , 10 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '21 "  N , 10 ° 35' 32"  E
Height :	910  m above sea level A.
Residents :	263 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6670
Area code :	05632
Community code :	7 08 10
Address of the municipal administration:	No. 41 6670 Forchach
Website:	[1]
politics
Mayor :	Karl Heinz Weirather
Municipal Council : (2016) (11 members)	11 village list
Location of Forchach in the Reutte district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Forchach is a municipality with 263 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Reutte district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Reutte in the Lechtal, on the edge of the Lechauen. The municipal area extends from the Lech (which changes its river bed, the municipal boundary does not coincide with the course of the river) to the 2227 m high Schwarzhanskarspitze in the Lechtal Alps .

geography

The place consists of only one district. The Lechtalstraße bypasses this.

Neighboring communities

• Reutte
• Stanzach
• Weißenbach am Lech

history

Forchach, Catholic branch church, Expositurkirche Saint Sebastian

Forchach 1960

Forchach was first mentioned in 1200 as "Vorhach" (Föhrenwald). The Swabian knight Konrad von Witzner owned the land around Forchach until 1294 . In the same year it was sold by him to the Füssner Stift. After the land belonged to the Lords of Starkenberg from 1326, Forchach became a sub-community of the Reutte court .

The Lech near Forchach

Municipal coat of arms

The municipality's coat of arms depicts the origin of the municipality's name with the silver pine branch.

economy

The community lives from agriculture, tourism and a small industrial settlement. There is also a branch of Urban Maschinenbau , Memmingen, in the village .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Forchach

In addition to the Expositurkirche St. Sebastian, there is also a suspension bridge in the municipality. The original suspension bridge was built in wood in 1906 and was 75 meters long. After the new construction as a longer steel structure on concrete pillars, only a bridge abutment remains from the old bridge.

Personalities

• Jakob Singer (1718–1788), master builder

Web links

Commons : Forchach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Forchach on the website of the state of Tyrol
• History Tyrol: Forchach

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tirol Atlas, Geography Innsbruck: Forchach. Retrieved June 2, 2016 .