Innerbraz

Innerbraz
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bludenz
License plate :	BZ
Surface:	19.92 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 9 '  N , 9 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '43 "  N , 9 ° 55' 1"  E
Height :	708  m above sea level A.
Residents :	997 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6751
Area code :	05552
Community code :	8 01 11
Address of the municipal administration:	Arlbergstrasse 90 6751 Innerbraz
Website:	www.innerbraz.at
politics
Mayor :	Hans Peter Pfanner
Local council : (2015) (12 members)	Majority vote
Location of Innerbraz in the Bludenz district
Aerial view of Innerbraz from the west
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Nicholas and Gasthof Rössle

Innerbraz is a municipality in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Bludenz district with 997 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Innerbraz is located in the Klostertal on the Alfenz river at an altitude of 708 meters. 58.5% of the area is forested, 10.3% of the area of ​​the Alps . There are no other cadastral communities in Innerbraz.

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Innerbraz is surrounded by four other Vorarlberg municipalities, all of which, like Innberbraz, are in the Bludenz district. Starting from the north, clockwise, these are the communities Raggal in the Großer Walsertal , Dalaas , which, like Innerbraz, is in the Klostertal, Bartholomäberg in the Montafon and the district capital Bludenz at the beginning of the Walgau . Due to its location in the west-east running Klostertal, there are only direct traffic connections from Innerbraz to the neighboring communities with Dalaas, which is in the valley, and the Bludenz district of Auserbraz, which is out of the valley in the direction of Walgau.

history

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 . Innerbraz 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 .

The name Braz comes from the Latin “prates” - meadow.

The place became known nationwide on August 11, 1995 due to the 1995 railway accident in Braz , in which three people were killed and 17 people were seriously injured. The accident was a Mure triggered that had torn the railway bridge over the Mason Bach.

Population development

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 8.4 percent.

politics

The municipal council of Innerbraz consists of 12 members who were elected in the 2015 municipal council election as part of the special election process in the absence of nominations , i.e. by majority vote. The mayor of the community is Hans Peter Pfanner.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Innerbraz

• Parish Church of Braz

sport and freetime

Innerbraz has an outdoor pool and offers a cross-country ski run in winter . A golf course is available in Ausserbraz . Numerous hiking trails lead to the surrounding mountains of the Klostertal.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were 14 commercial enterprises with 159 employees and 6 apprentices on site. There were 444 employees subject to wage tax. Social center opened on October 22, 2005

education

There are (as of January 2003) 267 students in the village. There is also a kindergarten in Innerbraz.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Alois Dietrich (1860–1938), farmer and politician, member of the Vorarlberg state parliament and mayor of Innerbraz

Web links

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

• Community website
• Braz Tourist Office
• 80111 - Innerbraz. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jakob Lorenzi: Hans Peter Pfanner has recently been mayor of Innerbraz. In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten . April 7, 2019, accessed April 29, 2019 .