Gütle (Dornbirn)
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Dornbirn (DO), Vorarlberg | ||
| Judicial district | Dornbirn | ||
| Pole. local community | Dornbirn | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 23 '23 " N , 9 ° 46' 39" E | ||
| height | 532 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the stat. An H. | 294 (January 1, 2016) | ||
| Building status | 134 (May 15, 2001 ) | ||
| Post Code | 6850 Dornbirn | ||
| prefix | + 43/5572 ( Dornbirn ) | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Counting district / district | Gütle (80301 052) | ||
 Dornbirn-Gütle in an old view |
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| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; VoGIS | |||
The Gütle (also Güetle , 505 m above sea level ) is a district of the city of Dornbirn in Vorarlberg ( Austria ).
Before the entrance to the Gütle itself, the Ebniterstraße , built between 1921 and 1927, branches off into the mountain village of Ebnit, which also belongs to the city of Dornbirn . This street and the Gütle became known nationwide when the Rappenloch Bridge , built in 1951 and about 700 meters as the crow flies from Gütle, collapsed on May 10, 2011 .
Origin of name
In the Alemannic dialect, Gütle denotes a small place, a small good. The name occurs in several places in Vorarlberg, such as B. also in the places Alberschwende , Andelsbuch , Bezau , Egg , Hohenems , Mäder , in Sibratsgälle , Viktorsberg or in Weiler .
The Gütle itself was originally assigned to the Rotte Beckenmann and it was not until 1867 that the industrial buildings were referred to as being in the "Gütle".
topography
The district is about 3.4 km as the crow flies from the center of Dornbirn and can only be reached by car or public transport (bus) via one street (Gütlestraße).
Behind the district Gütle the combined Gunzenach / Kobe laughing with Ebnit Oh , and from there flows out of the valley as Dornbirner Ach on. Access to the Rappenloch Gorge is also nearby . Before the district of Gütle is the Rotte Salzmann and slightly above the Rotte Beckenmann , which topographically form a unit with the Gütle.
Hydrology
There are strong regional differences in the frequency and intensity of precipitation in the area of the city of Dornbirn. The city of Dornbirn has an average precipitation of 1,451 millimeters per year, in Gütle, about 3.4 km as the crow flies, precipitation in the same period is 1,896 millimeters and in Ebnit, about 5 km as the crow flies from Gütle, 2107 millimeters / year.
religion
The branch church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Fatima Church) in Gütle (built in 1949/50) is also looked after by the parish in the Oberdorf (Church of St. Sebastian) (see: List of parishes in the dean's office in Dornbirn ).
Above the altar there is a clay painting by Martin Häusle , above this a statue by Jakob Summer ( Fraxern ).
tourism
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Gütle has been the starting point and destination for hikes to the Rappenloch, the Staufensee reservoir , the Alploch or the Ammannsbrücke and the surrounding mountains.
The industrial infrastructure built in the Gütle in the 19th century has been used for tourist purposes for around three decades . The Dornbirn Nativity Scene Museum and the Rolls Royce Museum are located here . There are currently plans to build a textile / industrial museum in Dornbirn, through which the technical history of Dornbirn is to be processed and documented. The Gütle is repeatedly mentioned as a location in this regard.
A fountain is installed in front of the workers' dormitory in the middle of the former industrial site, which was connected to the newly built high-pressure hydropower plant in 1869. This is said to have been the highest fountain in Europe at its time with a water fountain of 57 m.
The giant sequoia planted next to the fountain, presumably on behalf of Victor Hämmerle, at the turn of the 20th century, with a height of over 55 m and a trunk diameter of 1.55 m, is still a special attraction and a natural monument and at the same time the tallest giant sequoia in Austria. See also: List of natural monuments in the Dornbirn district .
Nearby, under the confluence of the Gunzenach / Kobelach, on the right bank there is a granite block ("Habkerngranit") with coarse red feldspar crystals. It is said to be the " oldest stone in Dornbirn ". Otherwise, granites cannot be found in Dornbirn and the surrounding area.
Craft, trade, industry, traffic
Due to the water supply of the Gunzenach / Kobelach and the Ebniter Ach / Dornbirner Ach, sawmills had already been built in Gütle / Beckenmann and, in addition to the few farmhouses, there were also charcoal burners . Industrial buildings were later built by FM Hämmerle (from 1862). A large part of the industrial buildings still exist today, and water power is also used as part of a small electric power plant with two generators. For the Wetzsteinerzeugung in Schwarzach was in the plot Salzmann temporarily Wildflysch dismantled and brought from there to Schwarzach, ground and as abrasives (abrasive grit, known Saluiersand.) Used to treat the surface of the raw whetstones to smooth (see: Wetzsteinerzeugung in Schwarzach Tobel ).
Yarn production
In the Gütle company, Hämmerle spun raw yarns until 1898. Colored spinning was started in 1898 (machine spinning of dyed cotton flakes ). The spinning mill ceased operations on July 26, 1992.
Mechanical drives of the textile machines
The textile machines were first driven mechanically via transmissions and belts. From 1905 there were also electric drives in Gütle.
Turbines
Low pressure turbine
In 1863/64 a low pressure turbine of the type "Waterwheel off 128 St. P." was installed by the North Moor Foundry Company ( Oldham ) (cost 180 pounds sterling ). This turbine was designed for a head of approximately 15.8 m (50 feet) and a speed of 200 rpm. It was probably a tangential wheel with a vertical shaft that was illuminated by seven jet-like devices.
The water intake of the low pressure system was rebuilt in 1882 and can still be viewed in this version on the way to the Rappenloch Gorge. The path into the Rappenloch Gorge was made accessible to the public in connection with this water intake.
In 1883 the first turbine was replaced by a Girard turbine from Rieter in Winterthur . As early as 1896, this low-pressure turbine was exchanged for a Girard turbine from J. Jg. Rüsch OHG in Dornbirn (today the Inatura site ) with an output of 250 HP (184 kW).
High pressure turbine
In 1868/1869, because more energy was required to operate the spinning machines, a so-called high-pressure turbine system was built parallel to the existing low-pressure turbine system. She worked with a Zuppinger turbine from Escher Wyss & Cie ( Zurich ). The Zuppinger turbine is a partially pressurized constant pressure turbine with a flow from the outside to the inside. The power plant with a drop height of 167 m, which was unusual for this time, and a maximum output of 220 hp (162 kW) at 300 to 310 rpm. conditional special constructive precautions. The highly variable amounts of water (36 to 145 l / sec) and the floating debris in the water caused particular difficulties.
In 1897 the turbine house for the high-pressure system was relocated to its current location (Shedbau) and a new Pelton turbine by J. Jg. Rüsch OHG was put into operation. The Pelton turbine was replaced in 1925 with a Girard turbine from Rüsch with 190 kW output, which is still in operation today.
Steam engines
Compound steam engine
As early as 1865, a horizontal compound steam engine with two steam boilers was set up as a supplement, producing around 80 to 90 hp (59 to 66 kW ). The steam engine was supplied by Escher Wyss & Cie for CHF 39,339.70. This steam engine was in operation until 1907.
Wolf's steam engine
In 1907 a used stationary steam engine from the Buckau R. Wolf machine factory ( Magdeburg-Buckau ) was relocated from a Winder factory in Eulental to Gütle. This steam engine had an output of around 120 hp (88 kW).
Electric power generation
Probably around 1890 there was an electric energy with two small DC - Generators with 110-120 volts in Gütle for the operation and later the houses of the company Hämmerle.. The direct current systems were not converted to alternating current until 1958 .
In 1905 the first three-phase generator (3 × 220 V network) with an output of 220 HP (162 kW) was installed by BBC , driven by a low-pressure double spiral Francis turbine with 204 HP (150 kW). However, Hämmerle only switched the textile machines to electric individual drives much later (after the Second World War ). Before that, parts of the existing transmissions were driven by large electric motors.
It was not until 1914 that the electrical systems in Hämmerle im Gütle were connected to the public energy network. In 1922 another three-phase generator with 185 kW output at 3 × 220 volts was attached to the high-pressure turbine.
Others
phone
Otto Hämmerle had telephones installed in-house as early as 1880. On August 10, 1881, the first interurban telephone of the Habsburg monarchy was inaugurated by Franz Joseph I in Gütle . This company telephone network from the Hämmerle company also formed the core of the later public telephone network in Dornbirn.
Local railway Gütle
In connection with the construction of a local line in the lower Rhine Valley, a local line to Gütle was also planned (only the Dornbirn – Lustenau tram was built ). A pre-license was acquired from Hämmerle for this purpose and route work was carried out for the Gütle Bahn , but the plans were not implemented any further due to the lack of profitability prospects.
literature
- Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to the Staufensee. Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2014, ISBN 978-3-99018-266-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Dornbirn Lexicon ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to the Staufensee , p. 34.
- ↑ The Ebniterach is also referred to as the Dornbirner Ach in the upper reaches of the Staufensee reservoir .
- ↑ Dornbirn Lexikon ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ This idea of building an industrial museum in Gütle has been ventilated for decades, but no (political) agreement has yet been found. See also: Museum landscape before expansion: memory of the textile industry .
- ↑ Vorarlberg Chronik ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , pp. 45, 63.
- ↑ See: Dornbirn Lexicon ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Monumentaltrees.com .
- ↑ See: Dornbirn Lexicon ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to the Staufensee , p. 23.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to the Staufensee , p. 27.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , p. 76.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to the Staufensee , p. 98.
- ^ Lectures on the theory of turbines by Gustav Zeuner , 1899, google books.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , pp. 98 ff., 155.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the spinning mill FM Hämmerle through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , p. 32 f.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the spinning mill FM Hämmerle through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , p. 33 f.
- ↑ For this paragraph see: Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: am wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , pp. 132–145.
- ↑ Vorarlberg Chronik ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to the Staufensee , p. 70 ff.
- ^ Franz Josef Huber: The Dornbirner Gütle: on the wild water; from the FM Hämmerle spinning mill through the Rappenloch to Staufensee , p. 87 ff.
