St. Gerold

St. Gerold
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bludenz
License plate :	BZ
Surface:	12.57 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '17 "  N , 9 ° 49' 11"  E
Height :	920  m above sea level A.
Residents :	400 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6722
Area code :	05550
Community code :	8 01 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Faschinastrasse 100 6722 St. Gerold
Website:	www.st-gerold.at
politics
Mayor :	Alwin Mueller
Local council : (2015) (9 members)	Majority vote
Location of St. Gerold in the Bludenz district
St. Gerold, view from Raggal
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Benedictine Provostry St. Gerold

St. Gerold is a municipality in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Bludenz district with 400 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

St. Gerold is located in the westernmost state of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the Bludenz district at an altitude of 920 meters in the Großer Walsertal . 35.8 percent of the area is forested and another 46.0 percent are Alps .

Districts of the community are Innerberg and Ausserberg, which are separated by the Hölltobel.

In the east, St. Gerold borders on Blons , in the south on Raggal and in the west on Thüringerberg , all in the Bludenz district. In the north, St. Gerold borders the municipality of Laterns in the Feldkirch district .

history

The first settler was the hermit Gerold von Großwalsertal around 950 . A monastery was built over his grave, the Provostry Sankt Gerold , in the vicinity of which Romansh soon settled. The pilgrimage church was consecrated in 1313. In the 14th century, German-speaking Walser displaced the Romansh population. Until 1648 the provost was under the sovereignty of Blumenegg and from then until 1802 it was imperial provost of the prince abbey of Einsiedeln .

Through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 St. Gerold came to Nassau-Oranien-Fulda , which sold it to Austria in 1804. In 1805 the place became part of Bavaria . During this time (1808) the place became an independent municipality. From 1814 it belonged again to Austria and thus to Vorarlberg, whose fortunes it has shared since then. The provost's office, which was a monastery until 1958 and a church educational establishment since then, is still the property of Einsiedeln Monastery.

• See also: Avalanche catastrophe of 1954 in Vorarlberg

Population development

The proportion of foreigners (22 people) at the end of 2002 was 6.2 percent.

From 1991 to 2001 the birth balance and migration balance were positive. After that, emigration increased so much until 2011 that it could not be compensated by the birth rate and there was a decline in the population.

politics

The municipal council of St. Gerold consists of nine members. In the 2015 municipal council election, the election was not made by party lists, but by majority vote.

Mayor is Alwin Müller. Before that, Bruno Summer was the mayor for two decades.

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was created in 1971 based on a design by the Schruns artist and heraldist Konrad Honold . It refers to the settlement history of the community. The ibex is the symbol of the Walser.

Blazon : The coat of arms is split in white and blue. On the right the hermit Gerold with a red cloak holding the golden orb in his left hand, the pilgrim's staff in the other and gold-nimbed. On the left is an erect silver ibex .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in St. Gerold

economy

In 2017 there were seven commercial businesses in the village with around 36 employees and 2 apprentices. There were 156 employees subject to wage tax. A guest company and the provost's office offer conditions for gentle tourism.

education

In St. Gerold there were (as of January 2017) 19 pupils in the elementary school. There is also a kindergarten and a children's play group.

Web links

Commons : Sankt Gerold  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 80121 - St. Gerold. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Sankt Gerold, population development. Retrieved April 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ https://www.vn.at/lokal/vorarlberg/2015/05/17/war-ein-normaler-spitzbub.vn
3. ↑ Ulrich Nachbaur : Capricorn and Stars. Walserism and municipal coat of arms . In: Montfort. Quarterly magazine for the past and present of Vorarlberg . 65th Volume, Volume 1, 2013, pp. 29–66 ( full text as PDF on the Vorarlberger Landesarchiv website).