Fraxern

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Vorarlberg

Political District :

Feldkirch

License plate :

FK

Surface:

8.86 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 19 ' N , 9 ° 41' E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '0 " N , 9 ° 40' 30" E

Height :

817 m above sea level A.

Residents :

714 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

81 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6833

Area code :

05523

Community code :

8 04 06

NUTS region

AT342

Address of the
municipal administration:

In the village 3
6833 Fraxern

Website:

www.fraxern.at

politics

Mayor :

Steve Mayr

Local council : (2015)
(12 members)

9 Fraxern community list
3 Fraxern Democratic Forum

Location of Fraxern in the Feldkirch district

Fraxern to the cherry blossom

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Fraxern is a municipality in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Feldkirch district with 714 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Fraxern is located in the westernmost state of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the Feldkirch district at an altitude of 817 meters. 54.6% of the area is forested, 26.7% of the area is Alps. There are no other cadastral communities in Fraxern. The summit of the 1645 m high Hohe Kugel mountain is located in the municipality of Fraxern.

Neighboring communities

Fraxern shares its municipality boundary with two municipalities in the Dornbirn district and 4 municipalities in the Feldkirch district. Starting clockwise from the north, these are the cities of Hohenems and Dornbirn , the communities of Viktorsberg , Weiler and Klaus and the market town of Götzis .

history

Fraxern was first mentioned in 1127 as "Fraxnara".

In 1502 the "Frachsneren" belonging to the Rankweil-Sulz double court came to Austria together with the Feldkirch rulership.

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. Fraxern has belonged to the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since it was founded in 1861. The place was part of the French occupation zone in Austria from 1945 to 1955.

Fraxern experienced several major fire disasters in the course of its history, some of which almost completely wiped out the village. A fire disaster in Fraxern is documented for the first time in 1525, when the entire rest of the village burned to the ground with the exception of a house and a granary. Fraxern fell victim to a major fire for the second time on September 10, 1760, when 20 houses were destroyed. On April 18, 1934, history was repeated a third time: In one of the worst fire disasters in Vorarlberg's history, 32 houses and a stable were destroyed by flames within two hours.

During the time of National Socialism , Fraxern was accepted as one of 85 municipalities in the support program for community building in the mountains . Five million Reichsmarks were invested in the expansion of the place into an "agricultural model village" .

Population development

At the end of 2002 the proportion of foreigners in the municipality was 6.2%.

In the years before 2001 a positive birth balance and a positive migration balance ensured population growth. Since then, emigration has increased, but the birth rate has remained positive.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. James the Elder in Fraxern. Inside. Neo-Gothic church

Family chapel, designed by the architects Walter Klasz and Georg Kleeberger

Parish church Fraxern : A chapel and parish were mentioned here in a document in 1502. In place of the 17th century church, a new building was carried out between 1900 and 1911 by Anton Wilhelm and Michael Keckeis together with the master carpenter Simon Ebenhoch .
Fraxern family chapel: Near the road from Weiler to Fraxern, in an idyllic location, there has been a modern family chapel since 2010, designed by architects Walter Klasz and Georg Kleeberger, with a picture by Katharina Kiechl on the inside. Outside with space to linger and play. The chapel is supported by a chapel association and is popularly called Kappele . An old chapel in the same place was demolished in 1971.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were eight commercial businesses with 10 employees on site. There were 280 employees subject to wage tax.

There is a kindergarten in Fraxern. There are (as of January 2003) 47 students on site.

Fraxern is the Austrian cherry village . There are around 2,800 cherry trees in the parish. Fraxern is known for its fruit schnapps, especially kirsch .

politics

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The community council has a total of 12 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 12 Fraxern community list with Mayor Josef Summer.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg in 2005, the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 Fraxern parish list with mayor Friedrich (Fritz) Amann and 5 Fraxern Democratic Forum.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 Fraxern municipal lists and 3 Fraxern Democratic Forum.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 9 Fraxern community list and 3 Fraxern Democratic Forum.