Kennelbach

Kennelbach
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bregenz
License plate :	B.
Surface:	3.22 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 29 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '59 "  N , 9 ° 46' 0"  E
Height :	430  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,935 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	601 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6921
Area code :	05574
Community code :	8 02 20
Address of the municipal administration:	Ms. Schindler Str. 1 6921 Kennelbach
Website:	www.kennelbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Peter Halder (Kennelbach People's Party and non-party members)
Local council : (2015) (18 members)	18th 18th  A total of 18 seats ÖVP : 18
Location of Kennelbach in the Bregenz district
View of the parish church of St. Joseph
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kennelbach is an Austrian municipality with 1935 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Bregenz district in Vorarlberg .

geography

The community of Kennelbach is located south of Lake Constance at an altitude of 430 meters. 54% of the area is forested. There are no other cadastral communities in Kennelbach.

View from the Känzele

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. For Austrian province of Vorarlberg Kennelbach heard since its founding in 1861. Kennelbach is an independent municipality only since 1911, after the place from the town of vineyards , which later became the city of Bregenz , had split off was incorporated. From 1938 to 1946, however, Kennelbach lost this independence again when the community was incorporated under the National Socialists together with Lochau , Eichenberg and Fluh to form the city of Bregenz. Only with the end of National Socialist rule and the regaining of Austrian sovereignty did the incorporated communities become independent again and Kennelbach was reappointed an independent community together with numerous other communities that were incorporated during the Nazi era.

In the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century, the place was strongly influenced by the industrial family Schindler and their cotton mill, which was closed in 1968. The former seat of the Schindler family, the Villa Grünau , has belonged to the community since 1992 and is the seat of the community administration. The place was part of the French occupation zone in Austria from 1945 to 1955.

Population development

The proportion of foreigners in 2002 was 13.3 percent.

politics

Peter Halder has been Mayor of Kennelbach since April 19, 2018.

In 2001, the municipal income from taxes and other charges was € 2,361,184, and the municipal expenses € 3,333,885. The debt level in 2001 was € 1,657,068.

Town twinning

• Scurelle , Italy

Culture and sights

In 1952 a cooperative home-building project of the community with the participation of the textile company Schindler was documented by the Austrian photographer Stefan Kruckelhauser. The title of the photo book is "Ein Dorf wird".

See also:  List of listed objects in Kennelbach

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were 33 commercial enterprises with 955 employees and 27 apprentices on site. There were 863 employees subject to wage tax. Tourism and tourism are important branches of the economy.

Established businesses

The world-famous ski and tennis racket manufacturer HEAD , including the ski manufacturers of Bode Miller and Hermann Maier .

The company SUFAG, which manufactures snow cannons , was founded in 1979 in Kennelbach. The company began to gradually outsource production to Sweden in 2013. In 2015, the last parts of the company were outsourced with the product service and the spare part dispatch. Innsbruck became the new Austrian location. This meant a considerable minus for the economic budget of the community of Kennelbach.

Since 2008 the previous Bug Alu building has been reactivated. The production hall has been used by the international automotive supplier Faurecia for part of its production since summer 2008 . The office building was completely renovated and has been occupied by around 135 employees from the international logistics group Gebrüder Weiss since July 24, 2009 .

traffic

Kennelbach is located on one of the two important access roads to the Bregenzerwald , the Langener Straße (L 2).

education

• kindergarten
• Elementary school (There are 89 pupils on site (as of January 2003).)

Personalities

• Friedrich Wilhelm Schindler (1856–1920), Austrian entrepreneur and inventor, died in Kennelbach.
• Hans Purin (1898–1989), Austrian painter and art teacher, was born in Kennelbach.
• Egon Sinz (1928–2008), politician and local researcher, was born in Kennelbach.
• Kathina Kaiser (* 1945), Austrian actress, was born in Kennelbach.
• Lucas Bundschuh (* 1996), soccer goalkeeper, was born in Kennelbach.

Web links

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

• 80220 - Kennelbach. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ulrich Nachbaur : Vorarlberg municipalities 1849 to 2008 . (PDF, 177 kB) In: 200 years of community organization - Almanac for the Vorarlberg community year 2008 . Bregenz, 2009. ISBN 978-3-902622-10-5
2. ^ Alfons J. Kopf: New mayor for Kennelbach. In: Vorarlberg Online (VOL.at). April 19, 2018, accessed May 5, 2019 .