Hörbranz

market community Hörbranz
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bregenz
License plate :	B.
Surface:	8.74 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 33 '  N , 9 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '19 "  N , 9 ° 45' 10"  E
Height :	426  m above sea level A.
Residents :	6,512 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	745 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6912
Area code :	05573
Community code :	8 02 18
Address of the municipal administration:	Lindauer Strasse 58 6912 Hörbranz
Website:	www.hoerbranz.at
politics
Mayor :	Karl Hehle ( ÖVP )
Local council : (2015) (27 members)	11 7th 6th 2 1 11 7th 6th 2 1  A total of 27 seats ÖVP : 11 FPÖ : 7 GREEN : 6 SPÖ : 2 NEOS : 1
Location of Hörbranz in the Bregenz district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Hörbranz is a market town with 6512 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Bregenz district .

geography

Hörbranz is located in the westernmost state of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the Bregenz district north of Lake Constance at an altitude of 426 meters. 23.6% of the area is forested.

Neighboring communities

Clockwise, Hörbranz surround the communities of Hohenweiler , Möggers , Eichenberg , Lochau and Bregenz and (in Germany) Lindau and Sigmarszell .

history

In the late antique period there was a Burgus in the Betzentobel . Located on the Roman road from Brigantium to Cambodunum , it served to protect the border. The Leiblach parcel was first mentioned in a document as Liubilunaha in 802, the first documented mention of the current place name dates back to 1226 as Herebrandeswiler . In 1523 Hörbranz came with part of Bregenz to Austria. 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. For Austrian province of Vorarlberg Hörbranz heard since its founding in 1861. The place was 1945-1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria. On July 6th, 2008 Hörbranz was appointed market town.

For the history of the spa see Bad Diezlings .

Population development

Including the second residences, there were 6,481 inhabitants on December 31, 2002, the proportion of foreigners being 11.6%. On January 1st, 2016 there were a total of 6317 inhabitants.

politics

The local council of Hörbranz consists of 27 members. After the municipal council elections in 2015 , 11 of these belong to the ÖVP, 7 to the FPÖ, 6 to the Greens, 2 to the SPÖ and 1 to the NEOS.

Mayor of the community is Karl Hehle (ÖVP). He had to run in a runoff election against the FPÖ candidate Josef Siebmacher in the mayor's direct election in 2015, after neither of the two could win an absolute majority of the votes in the first ballot. In the runoff election, Hehle was clearly confirmed in office with 56.25 percent of the vote.

coat of arms

The Hörbranz community had no coat of arms until 1935. On October 28, 1935, the municipality of Hörbranz received a municipal coat of arms from the Vorarlberg state government. The name of the first Alemannic settler in this area, Herebrand , was chosen as the historical basis for the new municipal coat of arms , who suggested in his name: "Army sword". This became the heraldic dominant figure for the coat of arms. It shows the coat of arms a silver sword with a golden hilt in a red diagonal bar on a golden, damascus shield. The coloring was determined by general heraldic and aesthetic considerations. The red and the sword thus do not express an earlier right of blood jurisdiction in the community . The reference to the name Herebrand is also intended to refer to the repeated warlike events that have taken place over the centuries on the soil of the municipality of Hörbranz.

Culture and sights

Halbenstein Castle and Ruggburg ruins, drawing by Johanna Isser von Großrubatscher, approx. 1827

Parish Church of Hörbranz

Salvatorkolleg

See also:  List of listed objects in Hörbranz

• Halbenstein Castle : In the Backenreute district, the minimal remains of the former castle can be found on the access path to Ruggburg.
• Catholic parish church Hörbranz hl. Martin
• Salvatorian College: In 1893, Father Franziskus Maria vom Kreuz Jordan founded the Order of Salvatorians as a College of Mary. The Swiss architect August Hardegger built the main building of the Salvatorkolleg between 1896 and 1906 in the style of historicism . The campanile- like tower and the two corner tower projections give the building a Mediterranean accent. The facility was used from 1896 to 1979 as a grammar school with a student dormitory or boarding school and is today a church educational center and meeting place. Since 1981 the boarding school for the students of the state vocational school for the hospitality industry in Lochau has been housed here. Used as a military hospital during the First World War, it was barracks from 1938 to 1945, most recently a collection camp for prisoners of war.

economy

In 2003 there were 101 commercial enterprises with 763 employees and 58 apprentices on site. There were 2,686 employees subject to wage tax.
Agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 55.9%.

traffic

The village shares the Lochau-Hörbranz train station with Lochau . It is on the Lindau – Bludenz railway line and is the last stop before the German border . Both S1 and REX trains stop in the direction of Lindau and Bludenz .

education

There are (as of January 2003) 652 students on site. There are also five kindergartens in Hörbranz.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Georg Haltmeyer (1803–1867), natural scientist , geoscientist , university professor , university director and rector
• Josef Anton King (1922–1945), resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Oswald Loretz (1928–2014), theologian and ancient orientalist
• Egon Rusch (* 1928), amateur boxer
• Meinrad Pichler (* 1947), historian
• Linda Achberger (* 1992), author

Personalities associated with the community

• Peter Moosbrugger (1924–2007), ÖVP politician

literature

• Benedikt Bilgeri: Hörbranz. A study of the history of the land and settlement. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 67th year 1940, pp. 197–255 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Hörbranz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 80218 - Hörbranz. Community data, Statistics Austria .

and display information about the image

Panorama from the Pfänder

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hörbranz was raised to a market town (July 6, 2008)
2. ↑ Hehle was able to hold his own in Hörbranz . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at from March 29, 2015.
3. ↑ Source: Hörbranz municipality - from history - coat of arms .