Sulzberg (Vorarlberg)

Sulzberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bregenz
License plate :	B.
Surface:	23.04 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '14 "  N , 9 ° 54' 44"  E
Height :	1013  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,836 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6934
Area code :	05516
Community code :	8 02 38
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorf 1 6934 Sulzberg
Website:	www.sulzberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Helmut Blank (Sulzberg citizens' list)
Local council : (2015) (18 members)	11 4th 3 11 4th 3  A total of 18 seats Citizen list Sulzberg: 11 Future Sulzberg: 4 Thaler list: 3
Location of Sulzberg in the Bregenz district
Sulzberg community, view from books
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Sulzberg is a municipality in the Bregenz district in the Bregenzerwald region in Austria in Vorarlberg and has 1836 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

The community Sulzberg is located on the back of the 1041  m high mountain of the same name , in the far north of the Bregenzerwald (Bregenzerwald shown in red in the sketch). The highest point of the Sulzberg is just outside the municipality.

The village of Thal, located further north, belongs to the municipality of Sulzberg . As the name suggests, it is located in a valley and also borders the Bavarian West Allgäu .

Sulzberg is a member of the German-Austrian joint project Naturpark Nagelfluhkette .

Community structure

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

• Sulzberg (1451)
• Thal (385)

The community consists of the cadastral community Sulzberg.

Neighboring communities

Sulzberg borders in the northeast on the German neighboring communities Oberreute (in the district of Lindau (Bodensee) ) and Oberstaufen ( district of Oberallgäu ). The center of the community Sulzberg is at an altitude of 1013  m . Surrounding areas of Sulzberg are at heights of 530 to 1041  m above sea level. A.

view

From Sulzberg, on a clear day, you can see the entire Bregenzerwald towards the south, with the higher mountains in the south of the state of Vorarlberg in the background . When looking to the north, you can see far over the neighboring Allgäu and Upper Swabia.

Weather station

The ZAMG operates a weather station in the village at an altitude of 1014 m, the values ​​of which can be read permanently on the Internet. Due to the hilltop location of the place, high wind speeds are measured there again and again, for example on February 4 and 10, 2020 during the passage of two cold fronts, gale-force gusts of about 115 km / h.

history

The place name "Sulzeberg" was first mentioned in 1249. Around 1400 "Smaltzhuben uff dem Sultzberg" were mentioned, which had to deliver lard and cheese to the Count of Bregenz. In the late Middle Ages Sulzberg became an independent parish and place of jurisdiction for the Sulzberg-Doren, Riefensberg and Ober Langeegg area .

With a desertification campaign carried out in 1772, closed farm estates were created and the peasant ownership and management conditions improved significantly. In addition to this extended scattered settlement, the village center, which is characteristic of Sulzberg and mainly consists of inns, developed on the heights of the ridge.

In the Biedermeier period there was a brief bathhouse and a sulfur spring was used. The healing spring is said to have helped primarily with gout .

The Habsburgs ruled the places in Vorarlberg alternately from Tyrol and Upper Austria (Freiburg im Breisgau). From 1805 to 1814 the place belonged to Bavaria , then again to Austria . The municipal border opposite the neighboring Allgäu towns has been the state border since 1814. The village of Thal belonged to Scheffau from 1785 to 1820, and to Sulzberg from 1820 to 1881 and has been its own parish ever since. Sulzberg has belonged to the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since it was founded in 1861. The place was part of the French zone of occupation in Austria from 1945 to 1955.

Population development

Strong population growth in the 18th and 19th centuries made the municipality with the area of Doren, which was part of Sulzberg until 1847, the most populous municipality in the Bregenzerwald (1754: 1,200 inhabitants, 1837: 2,539 inhabitants).

Since the beginning of this century, and especially since 1950, the population development has been explained by the progressive improvement of road connections in all directions and by the construction of goods roads. The reason for the increase in the population since 1981 is a strongly positive birth balance, while the migration balance fluctuates around zero.

politics

The Sulzberg municipal council consists of 18 members. In the 2015 municipal council elections , the Sulzberg citizens' list reached 11, the Zukunft Sulzberg list 5 and the Thaler list 3 seats. Mayor is Helmut Blank from the Sulzberg citizens' list.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community Sulzberg shows in a silver shield a black, forward-turned ox head over a green three-mountain. The coat of arms was awarded by the Vorarlberg state government on February 1, 1929. The coat of arms designed by church archivist Andreas Ulmer can probably be traced back to the agricultural expansion of the Sulzberg.

Attractions

See also:  List of listed objects in Sulzberg (Vorarlberg)

Saint Lawrence - Parish Church

Old rectory in Sulzberg, next to it the Marienlinde

• The parish church of St. Laurentius was expanded from 1828 to 1829 according to the plans of Alois Negrelli von Moldelbe with the use of older components in the state Empire style. In the years 1988 to 1991 the church was renovated with the dean Herbert Hehle.
• St. Leonhard Chapel: Of the 13 chapels in Sulzberg, the St. Leonhard Chapel from 1497 , which is remarkable in terms of art history, should be emphasized. It is not far from today's Sulzberg parish church on the road to Doren . The little church originally belonged to the Kempten monastery (Allgäu) . During the Thirty Years War the Swedes used the chapel as a stable for horses in 1647. The unique frescoes of the chapel as well as the altars and wooden ceilings from the early Baroque period have been preserved. The chapel has long been a popular place of pilgrimage. From 1980 to 2006 the chapel was unusable. Since November 2006 the St. Leonhard Chapel has shone in new splendor.
• Parish church Sulzberg-Thal

Natural monuments

• Marienlinde : A natural monument of Sulzberg is the more than 400 years old Marienlinde. In its trunk it houses a statue of the Virgin Mary with the inscription: "Mary of victory, end the war and protect us with your child from the Marienlinde."

Regular events

• Corpus Christi: Day of the traditional shooters
• November 25th: Kathrine (patronage)

Sports

The local soccer club FC Sulzberg plays in the second highest league in the country, the national league. Cross-country skiers are successful, especially the youngsters. In 2003 the Austrian Cross-Country Championships for schoolchildren and youth were held in Sulzberg, and in 2004 the Austrian Cross-Country Championships in the general class.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were 31 commercial enterprises with 178 employees and 18 apprentices on site. There were 616 employees subject to wage tax. Tourism and tourism are important. In the 2001/2002 tourism year there were a total of 37,114 overnight stays. Agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 61.8%.

Public institutions and associations

• Library, reading room
• Citizen shooter Sulzberg
• Sulzberg football club
• Sulzberg volunteer fire brigade
• Citizens Music Association Sulzberg
• Sulzberg ski club
• Sulzberg tennis club
• Rowing club Sulzberg

education

There is a primary school on site which (as of January 2007) is attended by 81 students. The Sulzbergers have to attend the secondary school in neighboring Doren. In Sulzberg there are also 2 kindergartens and a play group for small children.

View in south direction from Sulzberg

View of the Schönenbühl

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

• Johann Conrad Blank (* 1757 in Sulzberg (Vorarlberg), † 1827 in Vienna); Austrian Abbé, kk councilor and mathematician.
• Konrad Blank (* 1931), Austrian politician ( ÖVP ), former regional councilor and member of the state parliament

People related to the place:

• Alois Negrelli, Knight of Moldelbe (* 1799 in Fiera di Primiero ; † 1858 in Vienna ) an Austrian engineer and pioneer of transport construction, who played a decisive role in the planning phase for the construction of the Suez Canal, was also the architect for the new parish church of Sulzberg (1828–1829) in the Empire style.

Web links

Commons : Sulzberg (Vorarlberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 80238 - Sulzberg (Vorarlberg). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• ZAMG weather station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
2. ^ Hansjörg Dongus: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 187/193 Lindau / Oberstdorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1991. → Online map (PDF; 6 MB)
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ↑ TAWES history graphics - ZAMG. Retrieved February 10, 2020 . 
5. ^ Christoph Vallaster: Kleines Vorarlberger Heilbäderbuch , S. 143.
6. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Sulzberg, population development. Retrieved March 25, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Cornelia Albertani, Ulrich Nachbaur: Vorarlberg municipal coat of arms registry . Ed .: Vorarlberger Landesarchiv. 3. Edition. Bregenz 2011, ISBN 978-3-902622-17-4 , pp. 47 ( vorarlberg.at [PDF]).