Lorüns

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Vorarlberg

Political District :

Bludenz

License plate :

BZ

Surface:

8.35 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 8 ' N , 9 ° 51' E Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '53 " N , 9 ° 51' 0" E

Height :

583 m above sea level A.

Residents :

296 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

35 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6700

Area code :

05552

Community code :

8 01 14

NUTS region

AT341

Address of the
municipal administration:

Lorüns 1
6700 Lorüns

Website:

www.loruens.at

politics

Mayor :

Lothar Ladner ( ÖVP )

Local council : (2015)
(9 members)

7 Lorünser People's Party and Independents
2 FPÖ and non-party members

Location of Lorüns in the Bludenz district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

BW

The tourist resort Lorüns is a municipality in the Bludenz district in Vorarlberg , Austria with 296 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Lorüns is 583 meters above sea level in Vorarlberg, the westernmost state in Austria. The village is nestled between the Rätikon and Verwall mountain ranges . 74.8% of the area is forested.

history

View from Diebsschlößle to Lorüns and the Montafon

The plain at the entrance to the Montafon was already settled in the Middle Ages.

In old documents the place was called “Aruns” in 1430, “Arüns” in 1423, “Laruns” in 1442 and 1490, “Larüns” in 1522 and “Lorüns” from 1630 onwards.

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 . Lorüns has belonged to the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since it was founded in 1861.

Already around 1500 there was a chapel in Loruns, which was enlarged in 1820. Today's little church was built between 1956 and 1960 and consecrated to the patron saint of water, St. John Nepomuk.

The place was part of the French occupation zone in Austria from 1945 to 1955.

Population development

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 9.2 percent.

From 1981 to 2001, both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive. In the years that followed, emigration increased, but could be offset by the birth rate.

coat of arms

Blazon: In blue a silver wave bar, accompanied by a golden sun above, and below by two golden six-pointed stars.

The coat of arms was awarded to Lorüns in 1967 by the Vorarlberg state government. The coat of arms is taken from the coat of arms of the medieval Arünser family, which dates back to the 15th century.

The place name Arüns was preserved until the beginning of the 17th century, as did the families "von Arüns". With the change of the place name from “Arüns” to “Lorüns”, the family name has also changed accordingly. In fact, the arms of the von Arüns and the later Lorünser are identical.
This old coat of arms is not of the type of most family crests, which usually suggest a peculiarity of the wearer. The coat of arms of the von Arüns rather describes the place.
Even Friedrich Wilhelm Lorinser wrote in 1868 that, in the arms of Illfluss is tagged, that of midday (sun - south) after midnight (star - north) flows. Dr. Bilgeri writes: "So there is a real town coat of arms of unusual age."

(Original text from the application for the award)

politics

The community council has a total of 9 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg in 2005, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP.
With the municipal council and mayor elections in Vorarlberg 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 7 ÖVP, and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

1966–1990 Otto Ladner
since 1990 Lothar Ladner (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Branch church Lorüns

Alfenz Bridge

Diebsschlössle , a medieval hilltop castle .
Catholic branch church St. Johannes Nepomuk
Alfenz Bridge: The new bridge over the Alfenz , built in 2010 in an unusual concrete construction near Lorüns according to plans by the architects Marte / Marte , has already been awarded several international architecture prizes.

economy

In 2003 there were 6 commercial businesses with 26 employees and 2 apprentices on site. There were 119 employees subject to income tax. Tourism and tourism are important.

traffic

Lorüns is connected to the railway network with a stop on the Bludenz – Schruns railway line operated by the Montafonerbahn .

education

There are (as of January 2003) 14 students on site. There is no kindergarten in Lorüns.

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

Otto Ladner, former mayor

Web links

Commons : Lorüns - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

80114 - Lorüns. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

↑ Montafoner Heimatbuch
^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Lorüns, population development. Accessed March 31, 2019 .
^ History of Lorüns on the website of the municipality of Lorüns, accessed on December 2, 2015.
↑ Alfenz Bridge (360 ° panorama)
↑ Award-winning "Gateway to the Montafon"

[1] Montafoner Heimatbuch

[2] Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Lorüns, population development. Accessed March 31, 2019 .

[3] History of Lorüns on the website of the municipality of Lorüns, accessed on December 2, 2015.

[4] Alfenz Bridge (360 ° panorama)

[5] Award-winning "Gateway to the Montafon"