Ludesch

Ludesch
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bludenz
License plate :	BZ
Surface:	11.26 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 12 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 11 '40 "  N , 9 ° 46' 54"  E
Height :	555  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,608 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	320 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6713
Area code :	05550
Community code :	8 01 15
Address of the municipal administration:	Raiffeisenstrasse 56 6713 Ludesch
Website:	www.ludesch.at
politics
Mayor :	Dieter Lauermann
Local council : (2015) (24 members)	18 Together for Ludesch 6 LUTZ
Location of Ludesch in the Bludenz district
Ludesch, view from the L88
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Ludesch ( Roman Ludasko ) is an Austrian municipality with 3608 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Walgau in Vorarlberg .

geography

Ludesch is located on the southeast bank of the Lutz , still in Walgau , but at the entrance to the Großer Walsertal . The center of the village is at 555  m above sea level. A. The municipality is bounded by the Lutz in the north and northwest and by the Ill in the south .

Community structure

The municipality includes the following two localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Ludesch (3541)
• Ludescherberg (67)

The community consists of the Ludesch cadastral community .

Together with the neighboring communities of Thuringia , Bludesch and Thüringerberg, Ludesch forms the Blumenegg communities.

Neighboring communities

Thuringian Mountain	St. Gerold	Raggal
Thuringia Bludesch
Nenzing		Nüziders

history

The community used to be a center for agriculture and vegetable growing, today there are also numerous industrial and craft businesses in the community.

Ludesch was part of the imperial direct rule of Blumenegg , was thus owned by the prince abbey of Weingarten from 1603 to 1802 and went with this to Orange-Nassau after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1802 . In 1804 the Habsburgs acquired the entire rule in exchange, since then Ludesch has been part of Austria .

The community received an upswing through the establishment of a post office and the construction of the Arlbergbahn in 1871/72. Around the turn of the century (19th / 20th century) the first commercial and trading companies developed. Since the 1980s, an increasing number of different businesses have settled here.

Population development

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 13.7%.

politics

The community council has had 24 members since 2005 (previously 21 mandataries). After the municipal council and mayoral elections in Vorarlberg in 2015, 18 of these belong to the list “Together for Ludesch” and 6 to the list “LUTZ - Ludesch Independent Transparent Future-Oriented”, founded in 2005.

mayor

• until 2008 Paul Ammann (ÖVP)
• since 2008 Dieter Lauermann (together for Ludesch)

Parish partnership

• Sankt Martin an der Raab in Burgenland

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was created in 1968 based on a design by the Schruns artist and heraldist Konrad Honold .

Culture and sights

Old parish church Ludesch

New parish church Ludesch

See also:  List of listed objects in Ludesch

• Old parish church Ludesch: The St. Martin consecrated church is the landmark of the place. The lack of cemetery space and the desire to preserve the ancestors led to an ossuary being set up there.
• New parish church Ludesch : The baroque church of St. Sebastian was built between 1637 and 1639 with the support of Bailiff Johann Rudolf von der Halden and was elevated to parish church in 1640.
• European protected area Ludescherberg .

economy

In 2003 there were 49 commercial businesses with 408 employees and 45 apprentices on site. There were 1,280 employees subject to wage tax. Agriculture plays an important role, the proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 40.6%.

The firm ball in Ludesch produces aluminum cans of Red Bull and Rauch Fruit Juices .

Martin GmbH is moving its location from Braz to Ludesch by 2020 and is investing around 14 million euros there for the production of excavator attachments.

traffic

Ludesch station is on the Lindau – Bludenz railway line , only S1 trains stop .

education

In January 2003, 180 students were counted in the village.

In Ludesch there is a kindergarten, an elementary school and a Montessori kindergarten and elementary school.

Personalities

• Antonia Matt (1878–1958), showman, born and raised in Ludesch

Web links

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

• 80115 - Ludesch. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Manfred Tschaikner: 200 years of Blumenegg near Austria. (1804-2004). Exhibition . 2nd Edition. Vorarlberger Landesarchiv, Bregenz 2004 ( PDF )
3. ^ Ludesch community: About Ludesch
4. ↑ http://www.ball.com/eu
5. ↑ Groundbreaking ceremony - new building. In: Martin GmbH. January 29, 2019, accessed March 19, 2019 .