Wolfurt

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Wolfurt (Austria)
Wolfurt
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Vorarlberg
Political District : Bregenz
License plate : B.
Surface: 10 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 28 '  N , 9 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '23 "  N , 9 ° 45' 14"  E
Height : 434  m above sea level A.
Residents : 8,579 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density : 858 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 6922, 6960 (Wolfurt train station)
Area code : 05574
Community code : 8 02 40
NUTS region AT342
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Schulstrasse 1
6922 Wolfurt
Website: www.wolfurt.at
politics
Mayor : Christian Natter ( ÖVP )
Local council : (2015)
(30 members)
19th
5
3
3
19th 5 3 3 
A total of 30 seats
Location of Wolfurt in the Bregenz district
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View from Langener Strasse
View from Langener Strasse
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wolfurt is a market town in the Bregenz district in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg with 8579 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Wolfurt is located in the westernmost state of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the Bregenz district southeast of Lake Constance at an altitude of 434 meters. The market town is part of the Rhine Valley conurbation and lies between the cities of Bregenz and Dornbirn. 23.5% of the area is forested.

Community structure

Wolfurt is a typical street village and extends on both sides of the main street in the direction of Dornbirn. Wolfurt is noticeable for its high level of urban sprawl . With a few exceptions, the place consists of single-family houses. The urban sprawl means that Wolfurt has grown together with Schwarzach today, although the two town centers are around four kilometers apart. The situation is similar with the neighboring municipality of Lauterach to the west, which in turn is heavily sprawled.

There are no cadastral communities in Wolfurt.

Wolfurt is a stage on the Maximiliansweg , part of the European long-distance hiking trail E4 .

Neighboring communities

Wolfurt shares its municipality boundary with six other Vorarlberg municipalities. Five of these six are located in the Bregenz district, as is the market town, and one in the Dornbirn district . In a clockwise direction (starting in the north) these are the communities of Kennelbach , Buch , Bildstein and Schwarzach , the district capital Dornbirn and the market town of Lauterach .

history

In the year 15 BC The Romans conquered the Lake Constance region and subjugated the local Celts and Raetians . They soon built an important military and trade route that crossed the raging Bregenz Ach near Wolfurt at the foot of the Steussberg .

Around the year 500 the Alemanni built two courtyards in what is now the municipality, the "Kellnhof" and the "Hof zur Steig" (later Hofsteig ), both of which later expanded as market cooperatives and became independent courts. The name Wolfurt appears for the first time around 1226 as that of a rich and warlike knight dynasty that had a great influence in southern Germany and Switzerland. In addition to pious abbots and nuns, the Lords of Wolfurt also produced warriors. The brothers Konrad and Ulrich von Wolfurt led Hungarian mercenary armies to Italy. In 1349 they swung themselves to governors of Naples and Apulia and later settled in Hungary, where their families ruled over five counties for another 100 years and accumulated wealth.

The well-known Wolfurt chalice , which he donated to the Pfäfers monastery, comes from the knight Konrad . The original is now in the National Museum in Zurich ; the original of the deed of foundation is kept in the St. Gallen monastery archive. A copy of the chalice is on display in the municipality's town hall.

The family died out in the 15th century, and Wolfurt Castle came to the Leber family from Bregenz as an Austrian fief for 200 years .

The old Wolfurt castles Kuien and Veldegg have burned and disappeared, Kuien Castle is mainly attributed to the realm of legends. The Wolfurt castle but was rebuilt after each fire and is now with its massive walls as a symbol of Wolfurt, it is in the possession of the market town.

When the independent community of Wolfurt was founded in 1808, Wolfurt had 1,143 inhabitants, 183 houses and 266 cows.

Workforce at the Zuppinger company in 1897
Villa Zuppinger

As pioneers, the Swiss family of Zupping brought ideas, work, money and diversified industrialization to Rickenbach as early as 1900 . The Zuppingers operated a textile industry, a grain mill and the first and only cold store in Vorarlberg at the time, which is still in operation at the same location today. The Zuppingers obtained the ice they needed for the cold store from the 100 acres of the mill pond, which later served as a rest stop and home for rare bird species for decades. The Zuppingers built an important canal and today's Bahnhofstrasse through their two square kilometer property. In 1900 they had the "Villa Zuppinger" built in Art Nouveau style. This building, unique in Wolfurt and the entire region, with its gardens and remarkable trees, is still family-owned today.

After the Second World War, Wolfurt was part of the French zone of occupation in Austria from 1945 to 1955 . After 1950, the farming village quickly transformed into a residential area with hundreds of new single-family houses, and soon also into an industrial community with efficient businesses. In the years 1970 to 1982 the ÖBB built Austria's most modern freight yard in Wolfurt. Because of its supraregional importance, Wolfurt was raised to a market town on May 1, 1982 .

Population development

The proportion of foreigners in 2011 was 15.4 percent.

politics

Municipal council election 2015
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20th
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61.31%
(-10.87  % p )
16.05%
(+ 5.59  % p )
12.30%
(+ 3.53  % p )
10.34%
(+1.74  % p )
 

The community council consists of 30 members. After the municipal council elections in 2015, the mandates are divided into:

Christian Natter has been the mayor since 2009.

The municipal income from taxes and other charges was € 9,943,932 in 2006, the municipal expenditure was € 13,769,317. The debt level in 2006 was € 2,506,533.

Culture and sights

Wolfurt parish church

economy

In 2003 there were 159 commercial enterprises in Wolfurt with 2,733 employees and 191 apprentices. There were 3,673 employees subject to wage tax. Agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 47.8%.

Companies
  • Cable car construction, the Doppelmayr / Garaventa Group
  • Leading manufacturer of standard parts for tool, mold and machine construction Meusburger
  • Austria's largest technical dealer Haberkorn
  • The Wolfurt parcel center from the Austrian Post with its own postcode 6965.
  • There are several local suppliers in the village. Spar operates two branches in Wolfurt. Other local suppliers are: ADEG , Weltladen , the cooperative organic store Dreierlei and a bakery with three branches in the local area.

energy

Wolfurt is one of the 24 municipalities in Austria (as of 2019) that have received the highest award of the e5 municipal energy project. The e5 community project aims to promote the implementation of a modern energy and climate policy at community level.

traffic

  • Bus: Wolfurt is conveniently located between the state capital Bregenz and the largest city in the state, Dornbirn . The following lines cross the town:
line From To Tact Remarks
11 Bregenz train station Dornbirn train station 30 minutes via industrial area
13 Bregenz train station Dornbirn train station 30 minutes via industrial area / train station / center
18th Wolfurt Center Hard 2 hours Operates in minibuses
20th Bregenz train station Dornbirn train station 30 minutes via Ach / Center
21st Bregenz train station Dornbirn train station 30 minutes via Lauterach / center
24 Alberschwende Wolfurt k. A. to Wolfurt Rathaus-Cubus
35 Bregenz train station Bezau 1 hour via Schwarzach train station
37 Bregenz train station Alberschwende 1 hour Via A14 / industrial area / Achrain tunnel

This means that there is a 10-minute cycle to Bregenz and Dornbirn at the Mähdle, Rathaus-Cubus and Dorfzentrum stops . Lines 11, 13, 20, and 21 are run by low-floor buses (some articulated buses) and carry a large part of the commuter traffic in the lowlands and in the area of ​​the Vorarlberg transport association . The route is served by Landbus Unterland buses .

  • Road: The A 14 leads past the western edge of the town . This section of the autobahn is one of the busiest sections of the A14. Particularly in business or tourist traffic, this area is often congested. Therefore, this section was built with three lanes, with the full expansion of the Pfänder tunnel two lanes towards Germany are available. There are also two connection points in town. In the direction of Germany these are Lauterach-Wolfurt and Wolfurt, in the direction of Tyrol Wolfurt and Wolfurt-Lauterach. Large areas of the village (especially the industrial area) are connected via the full connection point Dornbirn Nord. The L 3 (Bregenz – Dornbirn), L 190 (via an industrial area) and the L 41 also lead through the town.

health

The Wolfurt population enjoys a high density of doctors. There are three dentists as well as an oral surgeon, several general practitioners and various specialists. The municipal area is mainly covered by the Bregenz Regional Hospital , with the Dornbirn Hospital and the Feldkirch Regional Hospital also in the vicinity.

education

In January 2003 there were 912 students on site. These are divided between the Wolfurt Middle School, in which one class is run as a sports middle school per year, and two elementary schools (VS Mähdle and VS Bütze). There are also 7 kindergartens. Also located in Wolfurt is the “Music School am Hofsteig”, which is available as a public music school to the municipalities of the Hofsteig region.

Sports

There are several sports clubs in Wolfurt, of which the VC Wolfurt in volleyball has become the most famous in recent years . The women's team played in the 1st Bundesliga for several years. The Wolfurttrophy takes place every year, an international beach volleyball tournament with the top Austrian teams and teams from the World Tour. After the Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, the Wolfurttrophy is the second largest tournament in Austria.

The football club FC Wolfurt , founded in 1947, plays in the fourth highest Austrian league , the Vorarlberg League . In 1990 the club achieved its greatest club success when it won the Vorarlberger Cup.

The Wolfurt Gymnastics Association , which was founded in 1946, celebrated the anniversary "120 years of gymnastics in Wolfurt" in 2006, because one of the predecessor clubs that no longer exist (the Wolfurt Gymnastics Club) was founded in 1886. The Wolfurt Gymnastics Association is one of the most active and successful Vorarlberg gymnastics clubs with around 430 members (including around 200 children and young people).

Other clubs with notable participation are the roller hockey club , the inline hockey club Wolfurt Walkers, the wrestling club , the badminton club , the tennis club, the ski club , the shooting club , the scout group Wolfurt, and the cultural and leisure club "a rovermenproduction".

Regular events

Wolfurt has two event halls with the Wolfurt club house built in 1913 and the Cubus built in 1998. The Cubus is of national importance and can hold up to 800 people.

Wolfurt autumn market

The weekly Wolfurt market is expanded once a year to become the Wolfurt autumn market and traditionally opened by the mayor and pastor of Wolfurt at 11:00 with the longest apple strudel in the world, which is baked by the Fitz swan bakery .

Wolfurt Indoor Masters

From mid-December to mid-January, the Wolfurt indoor football championship takes place in the sports hall of the sports school in Wolfurt.

Flatz austria open

With over 200 wrestlers from up to 18 nations, the FILA tournament , which is held annually in February, has developed into one of the largest wrestling events in Europe for more than 20 years.

Raiffeisen Wolfurttrophy

The Raiffeisen Wolfurttrophy has been held every year since 1989. In addition to big World Tour players, local teams also have the opportunity to compete with the superstars in beach volleyball.

The Wolfurttrophy takes place every year on the 2nd weekend in August at the Beacharena on the Ach.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Wolfurt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Record by Landammann Schneider from 1808 according to Emil Gmeiner in Heimat Schwarzach , Schwarzach 1990, self-published by the community of Schwarzach, p. 83.
  2. ↑ Post AG distribution centers. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ e5 communities in Austria as of March 2019
  4. ^ Extended freight yard in Wolfurt opened on ORF-Vorarlberg on October 19, 2018, accessed on October 19, 2018