St. Anton in the Montafon

St. Anton in the Montafon
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bludenz
License plate :	BZ
Surface:	3.39 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 6 '53 "  N , 9 ° 51' 49"  E
Height :	651  m above sea level A.
Residents :	699 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	206 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6771
Area code :	05552
Community code :	8 01 19
Address of the municipal administration:	Hno. 124 6771 St. Anton im Montafon
Website:	www.sanktantonimmontafon.at
politics
Mayor :	Raimund Schuler ( ÖVP )
Local council : (2015) (12 members)	12 ÖVP
Location of St. Anton im Montafon in the Bludenz district
View from Vandans
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

St. Anton im Montafon is a municipality in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Bludenz district with 699 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

St. Anton im Montafon is located in the westernmost state of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the Bludenz district. St. Anton is located at the entrance to the Montafon Valley, which is embedded between the Rhätikon massif and the Davennastock ( Verwall group ). 52.9 percent of the area is forested.

There is only the cadastral community of St. Anton.

history

The place was founded at the time of ore mining on Kristberg and Bartholomäberg and was first mentioned in 1412 .

St. Anton had its chapel and a chaplain as early as 1419. The chapel is said to have been built as early as 1376 by a "noble von Zalans".

The little village that was once called “Prazalanz” got its name from Saint Anthony the Great (also Antonius the Hermit ).

The place belonged to Bludenz for a long time until it became an independent municipality in 1776 . Like all places in Vorarlberg, St. Anton was ruled by the Habsburgs alternately from Tyrol and Upper Austria (Freiburg im Breisgau).

From 1805 to 1814 the place belonged to Bavaria , then again to Austria . St. Anton im Montafon has belonged to the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since it was founded in 1861.

Decorated train set for the opening of the station on December 18, 1905

The "Bremsbergbahn" built in 1902 for gypsum mining

Since 1905 St. Anton has been connected to the Montafonerbahn line that was in operation at the time .

In June 1910 the place was hit by a devastating flood of the century - heavy rains and the delayed snowmelt combined. In the process, more than half of the railway line in the Montafon was destroyed and between July 1910 and September 1911 a rail replacement service with horse-drawn vehicles had to be set up between Lorüns and St. Anton.

The place was part of the French occupation zone in Austria from 1945 to 1955 . In 1947 the parish amalgamation with Vandans , which had existed since 1943, was lifted again.

Gypsum was mined in St. Anton until the 20th century. The first evidence of this dates back to the early 18th century. The construction of a Bremsbergbahn made it easier to transport gypsum - until then, the gypsum rock had to be brought to the processing site in the valley by horse and cart. In 1950 the narrow-gauge tracks were replaced by a material ropeway. The dismantling had to be stopped in 1977 because no further concession for the dismantling was granted.

Population development

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 9.7 percent.

From 1981 to 1991, both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive. After that, emigration increased, but was offset by the birth rate until 2011.

politics

The community council consists of twelve members. After the municipal council election in 2015 , the list “St. Antön People's Party and Free Candidates ”as the only party to take over all twelve municipal council mandates. In the direct mayor election 2015, Raimund Schuler was elected mayor to succeed Rudolf Lerch .

coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by Konrad Honold . It represents a church and the two crossed papal keys and is crowned by an upside-down mountain of three . This refers to the tradition of the landslide that is said to have buried the legendary town of Prazalanz .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in St. Anton im Montafon

• Parish Church of St. Anthony the Hermit

The baroque church was built in 1647 and consecrated in 1651. In 1792, under Landammann Johann Josef Batlogg , it was expanded again. Anthony the Great (St. Anton), the Hermit, is the patron of the church. In this predominantly baroque church with later Nazarene works, the high altar bears a painting by the Swiss painter Melchior Paul von Deschwanden . In 1989/90 the church was modernized on the north side.

• Waterfall on the Gravesertobel with a height of about 30 meters
• Wooden bridge with double suspension over the Ill , built in 1912.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were seven commercial enterprises with 61 employees and 12 apprentices on site. There were 207 employees subject to wage tax. Tourism and tourism are important. In the 2001/2002 tourism year there were a total of 18,848 overnight stays.

traffic

St. Anton is connected to the railway network with one stop on the Montafonerbahn .

education

There are (as of January 2003) 39 students on site. There is also a kindergarten in St. Anton im Montafon.

Personalities

• Ignaz Battlogg (1925–1981), mayor and member of the state parliament
• Siegmund Stemer (* 1951), mayor from 1981 to 1997, former member of the state parliament and member of the state council

and display information about the image

180 ° panoramic view from the foot of the "Mutt".
In the foreground the town of Vandans, in the back St. Anton in the Montafon. The left mountain range with the Elsspitze 1980 m, Stierkopf 1801 m and the Gams Freiheit 2211 m belong to the Lechquellen Mountains in the middle the Itonskopf Group in the western Verwall Mountains v. l. No. 1st Davennakopf 1708 m, 2nd Davenna 1881 m, 3rd Zwölferkopf 1843 m, 4th Wannakopf 2032 m, 5th Rellseck 1487 m. In the right half of the picture the Hochjoch ski area, Zamang with the v. l. No. 1. Vorderkapell 1874 m, 2. Wormser Hütte 2307 m, 3. Hochjoch 2520 m, 4. Kreuzjoch 2380 m, 5. Zamangspitze. To the right of the white peak is the Valschavieler Maderer 2769 m, also in the Verwall group.

Web links

Commons : St. Anton im Montafon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 80119 - St. Anton in the Montafon. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Community of St. Anton im Montafon - Mayor Rudolf Lerch in conversation VOLnews / YouTube, September 10, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Montafoner Heimatbuch
2. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of St. Anton, population development. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Cornelia Albertani, Ulrich Nachbaur: Vorarlberg municipal coat of arms registry . Ed .: Vorarlberger Landesarchiv. 3. Edition. Bregenz 2011, ISBN 978-3-902622-17-4 , pp. 41 ( vorarlberg.at [PDF]).
4. ↑ Montafon - A Short Guide to Cultural History (by Andreas Rudigier )