Sulz (Vorarlberg)
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| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Vorarlberg | |
| Political District : | Feldkirch | |
| License plate : | FK | |
| Surface: | 3.01 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 17 ' N , 9 ° 39' E | |
| Height : | 495 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 2,591 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 861 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 6832 | |
| Area code : | 05522 | |
| Community code : | 8 04 20 | |
| NUTS region | AT342 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hummelbergstrasse 9 6832 Sulz |
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| Mayor : | Karl Wutschitz | |
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Local council : (2015) (21 members) |
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| Location of Sulz in the Feldkirch district | ||
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Sulz is an Austrian municipality in the state of Vorarlberg ( Feldkirch district ) with 2591 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).
geography
Sulz is located in the westernmost state of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the Feldkirch district at an altitude of 495 meters. 5.0% of the area is forested.
Neighboring communities
The municipality of Sulz shares a municipal boundary with three other Vorarlberg municipalities that, like Sulz, are in the Feldkirch district. In the north, Sulz borders the municipality of Röthis , in the east on the municipality of Zwischenwasser and in the south and west on the market town of Rankweil .
history
In the Rhaetian list of goods (around 850) the place with the name "Sulles" is first mentioned in a document. On the Jergenberg hill, the location of today's parish church, there was already a chapel in the Middle Ages, which at that time belonged to the Rankweil mother parish. Sulz was raised to an independent parish in 1843. At that time Sulz had about 630 inhabitants. Today's parish church, which is consecrated to St. George, was built in the years 1903–1904 under Pastor Anton Dönz.
Through the establishment of the Rankweil-Sulz double court, Sulz was the place of jurisdiction until 1784. The place of jurisdiction was the hill Müsinen, today's Sulnerberg.
For a long time Sulz was a large municipality, which until its gradual dissolution between the 16th and 18th centuries also included the municipalities of Zwischenwasser, Röthis, Weiler, Klaus, Viktorsberg and Fraxern.
From 1637 to 1748 Sulz was also an important residence of Jewish families in Vorarlberg. In 1748 there were riots that led to the expulsion of the Jews from Sulz.
In the 16th century the noble residences of Jergenberg and Sulzhofen were established as branches of Feldkirch patrician families. The Jergenberg mansion now serves as a vicarage. The Sulzhofen mansion, which last housed the municipal office, was demolished in 1975.
After centuries of extremely cautious settlement development, the municipality was hit by a very large population and settlement growth with the economic upswing after the Second World War . Between 1951 and 1981 the population doubled, the expansion of the building area nearly tripled.
During the construction work for the new children's campus on the Jergenberg near the parish church, around 200 historical graves were discovered in July 2018, the age of which is estimated to be around 1000 years.
Population development
The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 13.3%.
Culture and sights
Architectural monuments
- Parish church Sulz , neo-Romanesque
- Old court , restaurant, the building of which is (essentially) a medieval courthouse (13th century)
Sports
The FFC Vorderland is a successful Vorarlberg women's soccer club based in Sulz. After winning the Vorarlbergliga in the 2012/2013 season, he played in the 2nd Austrian Bundesliga, in which he finished third last season. The FFC Vorderland was the first ever women's club to make it into the ÖFB CUP semi-finals in the 2016/2017 season. Since the 2017/18 season, the FFC Vorderland has been the first Vorarlberg club to play in the 1st Bundesliga again in 17 years.
economy
In 2003 there were 53 commercial enterprises with 842 employees and 64 apprentices on site. There were 993 employees subject to wage tax. Agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 56.1 percent. One of the largest employers is the Baur company , which develops and produces special measuring devices for cable fault location in electrical power supply networks .
traffic
The place is divided with Röthis the stop Sulz-Röthis. Trains of the S1 stop .
education
There are (as of January 2003) 294 students on site. In Sulz there is also a kindergarten, a primary school and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring communities of Röthis and Viktorsberg.
politics
The Sulz municipal council consists of 21 members. After the municipal council and mayoral elections in 2015, all members of the municipal council came from the Sulz municipal list, which was the only party to run for election.
- mayor
- since 2005 Karl Wutschitz
coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms was created in 1968 based on a design by the Schruns artist and heraldist Konrad Honold .
On a green coat of arms, it shows a silver count as a judge, who holds a judge's baton in his hand and sits on an armchair in court. The design of the coat of arms reminds that Sulz was once a place of court. The green background means that the court was held “in the field”, that is, in the open air.
literature
- Bernhard Purin: The Jews of Sulz. A rural Jewish community in Vorarlberg 1676–1744. Studies on the history and society of Vorarlberg 9, Bregenz: Vorarlberger Autorgesellschaft 1991; ISBN 3-900754-11-X .
Web links
- 80420 - Sulz (Vorarlberg). Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Surprising grave find from the Middle Ages in Vorarlberg (July 26, 2018)
- ↑ Vorarlberg: Sulner graves are an archaeological sensation (October 17, 2018)
- ↑ Karl Frick: Sulz municipal coat of arms ( Memento of the original from April 2, 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. in the parish chronicle of the parish Sulz.
