Schwendebach (Dornbirn)
Schwendebach is a pack in the Schwendebach plot in the municipality of the Austrian city of Dornbirn , in the state of Vorarlberg . Schwendebach and the nearby Schauner are part of the oldest Dornbirn settlement area. The Rotte is mentioned in a fiefdom tax register from 1431.
Name derivation
Schwenden refers to clearing by burning down trees and bushes in order to gain new usable land.
geography
overview
Schwendebach is part of the Oberdorf district in the southeast of the Dornbirn settlement area at about 790 m above sea level. A. and is about 2.5 km as the crow flies from the city center of Dornbirn. Schwendebach is on the road from the mountain parcel Watzenegg to Schwende-Alpe and the hamlet of Schauner .
In “ Schematismus für Tirol und Vorarlberg ” (1839) Schwendebach is mentioned as an independent hamlet and part of Dornbirn. Also in the " Provinzial-Handbuch von Tirol und Vorarlberg for the year 1847 ".
Neighboring parcels / locations
| Rickatschwende (Dornbirn) | ||
| Watzenegg (Dornbirn) |
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Schauner (Dornbirn) |
| Kehlegg (Dornbirn) |
The Gims mountain parcel to the west, slightly below Schwendebach and above Watzenegg , was first mentioned in a document in 1333 ("Gims" / "Sims", sometimes also "Ebnet") and has been undeveloped since the only farm that stood there burned down in 1962.
Population and development
Current population figures are no longer published. Today there are seven residential buildings, a chapel and various farm buildings.
The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Mary is liturgically supervised by the parish in Oberdorf (Church of St. Sebastian) (see: List of parishes in the dean's office in Dornbirn ).
The chapel is a wood-shingled , largely rectangular block construction on a brick base with a southeast-northwest orientation. To the northwest (altar) the walls are sloping. The gable roof carries a bell rider with a gabled helmet at the entrance on the southeast side . The only entrance with a simple wooden door with a viewing window can be reached via a stone staircase and is protected by a small canopy.
The prayer room is painted white, has a flat ceiling without paintings or decorations and a neo-Romanesque altar with a portrait of Saint Mary with the baby Jesus in the middle and dating from the end of the 19th century. On the left and right of the altar there are figures of saints and on the age itself two angel figures . The 14 stations of the cross along the walls also date from this time.
The chapel was donated by the Dornbirn citizen and well-known wine merchant Matthäus Thurnher (* August 28, 1792; † April 11, 1878; see: Johannes Thurnher ) and built between 1875 and 1877.
traffic
The steep road to Schwendebach and on to Rotte Schauner has in sections the character of a ravine. Schwendebach has no connection to public transport.
Craft, trade
Due to the traffic situation and the limited space in Schwendebach, no special handicrafts or commercial operations emerged. Agriculture still dominates the area today .
Waters
In the Schwendebach plot, the north-west flowing Eulenbach (at 1.88 mile) and the south-flowing waters: Grafenbach (at 0.69 mile) and the Schwendebächle (at 0.36 mile) and the Buchholzgraben, which also rises here and flows south-west (at water kilometers 0.51), which all drain into the Dornbirner Ach via other waterways .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dornbirn Lexicon entry Schwendebach ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Dornbirn Lexicon entry Schwendebach III ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Dornbirn Lexicon ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ From 1839, p. 159.
- ↑ Schematism for Tyrol and Vorarlberg , Google Books, p. 154.
- ^ Provincial handbook of Tyrol and Vorarlberg: for the year 1847 , Google Books, p. 413.
- ↑ Dornbirn Lexicon entry Gims ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Dornbirn Lexicon entry Gims III ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Dornbirn Lexicon ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Likewise the chapel in Rhomberg (Dornbirn) City Archive Dornbirn ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 4. Then the building application was submitted in 1875 and both chapels were inaugurated in 1877.
- ↑ Dornbirn Lexicon ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , online.
