Viktorsberg
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Viktorsberg
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Vorarlberg | |
| Political District : | Feldkirch | |
| License plate : | FK | |
| Surface: | 12.49 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 18 ' N , 9 ° 40' E | |
| Height : | 879 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 415 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 33 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 6836 | |
| Area code : | 05523 | |
| Community code : | 8 04 22 | |
| NUTS region | AT342 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 36 6836 Viktorsberg |
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| Mayor : | Philibert Ellensohn | |
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Local council : (2015) (9 members) |
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| Location of Viktorsberg in the Feldkirch district | ||
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 View from Fraxern to the Viktorsberg |
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Viktorsberg is a municipality in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Feldkirch district with 415 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).
geography
Viktorsberg is located in the Vorarlberger Vorderland , in the Feldkirch district at an altitude of 879 meters. 73.0% of the area is forested, 15.2% of the area of the Alps. There are no other cadastral communities in Viktorsberg.
Neighboring communities
The municipality of Viktorsberg shares a municipal boundary with five other Vorarlberg municipalities. In a clockwise direction, starting in the north, these are the city of Dornbirn in the Dornbirn district of the same name and the communities of Zwischenwasser , Röthis , Weiler and Fraxern in the Feldkirch district.
history
Viktorsberg was named after the pope and martyr St. Viktor († approx. 202), whose skull has probably been kept in the Viktorsberg church since the 8th century. The first documentary mention can be found in the Rhaetian property register from 842. The Irish hermit Eusebius is undoubtedly one of the strangest and at the same time most interesting figures of the Vorarlberg saints . Eusebius left his home island in the middle of the 9th century - expelled by military incursions by the Danes and Norwegians - and found refuge in Viktorsberg. He was in close connection with the monastery of St. Gallen and is even said to be the Carolingian emperor Karl III. († 888) have given advice. Out of gratitude, the emperor made the maintenance of the small convent possible with a donation and placed Viktorsberg under the protection and property of the St. Gallen monastery. A St. Gallen book of the dead reports the death of Eusebius on January 31, 884.
The centuries after his death seemed to have forgotten Eusebius. Not a single historian reports on the strange Irish recollection . At the beginning of the 17th century, however, the Überlingen folk and edification writer Johann Georg Tibianus recounts that Eusebius scolded peasants who molested Sunday in the fields of Brederis and was therefore supposed to have been beheaded by them with a scythe. However, to the astonishment of his murderers, Eusebius picked up his severed head immediately after his murder and left the scene with it. After all, he is said to have laid his head to rest on the altar of the Viktorsberg church. In 1730 Eusebius was beatified by the Roman Congregation for Rites. The shamrock in the coat of arms indicates the Irish (formerly New Scottish) connection.
Little is known about the developments and fate of the monastery, as it burned down twice and a great many old writings perished. All that is known is that the Counts of Montfort later owned the Viktorsberg. In 1370 Count Rudolf III von Montfort began to restore the church and the monastery building to a better condition. On September 13, 1383, he awarded the newly built monastery to the Franciscans . In 1398 the House of Austria acquired the bailiwick of the monastery. It belonged to the Upper German (Strasbourg) Franciscan Province of Argentina and became a convent of the Franciscan Conventuals (Minorites) after the order was divided in 1517 .
In 1642 the monastery burned down completely after being struck by lightning. In January 1785 the Minorite monastery was closed by Joseph II.
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. For Austrian province of Vorarlberg Viktorsberg heard since its founding in 1861. The place was 1945-1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria.
On April 18, 2020 explored the two brothers Pascal and Elias Ammann (17, 19) has a narrow, 10-meter deep cave by cable climbing and hid a rusty object that an explosive Lore as a German model 39 grenade and a relic from the second World War identified . The cave was searched and closed with iron rails and stones because of the risk of falling for hikers.
Population development
The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 was 6.5%.
Culture and sights
- Viktorsberg Minorite Monastery
- Catholic parish church St. Viktor
Economy and Infrastructure
In 2010 there were eighteen agricultural and forestry businesses in the municipality, two of which were full-time businesses.
In 2003 there were four commercial enterprises with nine employees and eight apprentices on site. There were 181 employees subject to income tax. In Viktorsberg there is (as of 2019) a kindergarten and a primary school.
politics
The municipal council of Viktorsberg consists of nine members. In the 2015 municipal council election, the election was not made by party lists, but by majority vote. The mayor of the community is the vocational school teacher Philibert Ellensohn .
Web links
- 80422 - Viktorsberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brothers found hand grenades in a cave orf.at, April 27, 2020, accessed April 28, 2020.
- ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Viktorsberg, agricultural and forestry operations. Retrieved March 30, 2019 .
- ^ Community Viktorsberg, Social Affairs, Education. Retrieved March 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Philibert Ellensohn re-elected mayor (March 24, 2015)
