Coordinates: 47°24′50″N 09°44′40″E / 47.41389°N
9.74444°E / 47.41389; 9.74444Coordinates: 47°24′50″N
09°44′40″E / 47.41389°N 9.74444°E / 47.41389; 9.74444
Country
Austria
State
Vorarlberg
District
Dornbirn
Government
• Mayor
Andrea Kaufmann

Andrea Kaufmann (ÖVP)
Area
• Total
120.97 km2 (46.71 sq mi)
Elevation
437 m (1,434 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total
48,067
• Density
400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone
CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)
CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
6850
Area code
05572
Vehicle registration
DO
Website
www.dornbirn.at
Dornbirn

Dornbirn [ˈdɔʁnbɪʁn] is a city in the Austrian state of
Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of
Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market
town Lustenau.
Dornbirn

Dornbirn is the largest city in
Vorarlberg
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Vorarlberg and the tenth largest in
Austria. It is an important commercial and shopping centre.
Contents
1 Geography
1.1 Location
1.2 Municipal structure
1.3 Neighbouring municipalities
2 History
2.1 Historic marginalia
3 Population
4 Politics
4.1 Municipal Council
4.2 International relations
5 Well-known citizens of Dornbirn
6 Notable architecture
7 Economy
8 Transport
9 Education
10 Sports
11 References
12 External links
Geography[edit]
Location[edit]
Dornbirn

Dornbirn is located in western
Vorarlberg
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Vorarlberg at 437 metres above sea
level in the Alpine
Rhine

Rhine Valley, at the foot of the Karren mountain,
part of the
Bregenz

Bregenz Forest Mountain chain at the edge of the Eastern
Alps. It is near the borders to Switzerland,
Germany

Germany and
Liechtenstein. The
Dornbirner Ach

Dornbirner Ach river flows through the town and
later into Lake Constance.
Municipal structure[edit]
Marktplatz
Dornbirn

Dornbirn once consisted only of 4 "quarters": Markt, Hatlerdorf,
Oberdorf and Haselstauden. By the 20th century
Dornbirn

Dornbirn had annexed
two formerly independent communities to the west: Rohrbach and
Schoren, thus bringing the total number of districts to 6.
Neighbouring municipalities[edit]
The Town of
Dornbirn

Dornbirn constitutes almost 70% of the surface of the
district
Dornbirn

Dornbirn and has numerous borders to other municipalities. As
well as bordering on the two other municipalities in the Dornbirn
district (
Hohenems

Hohenems and Lustenau), the town shares borders with 15
municipalities of the
Bregenz

Bregenz District: (Lauterach, Wolfurt,
Schwarzach, Bildstein, Alberschwende, Schwarzenberg, Reuthe, Mellau,
Damüls) and four with the Feldkirch District: (Laterns,
Zwischenwasser, Viktorsberg, Fraxern).
Dornbirn, St.-Leopold-church
History[edit]
The earliest evidence of human presence in the
Dornbirn

Dornbirn area can be
dated from the
Mesolithic

Mesolithic era. The name "Dornbirn" derives from
'torrin puirron', meaning the 'Settlement of Torro' (the name of an
Alemannic farmer living there) and thus has nothing to do with "pears"
(German "Birnen"), although this fruit is prominently portrayed on the
town emblem. This name is mentioned for the first time in 895, in a
document from
St. Gallen

St. Gallen (Switzerland).
Dornbirn

Dornbirn became part of the
Habsburg

Habsburg Monarchy in 1380. In 1793 it was
elevated to a market community. It was not given municipal status
until 1901. In 1932 the mountain village of Ebnit was annexed. In 1969
Dornbirn

Dornbirn became the seat of the new
Dornbirn

Dornbirn district administrative
authority.
Historic marginalia[edit]
1881: the first phone in the K&K empire was inaugurated by Emperor
Franz Joseph I of
Austria

Austria on 8/10/1881
Population[edit]
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1869
8,707
—
1880
9,464
+8.7%
1890
10,810
+14.2%
1900
13,193
+22.0%
1910
16,320
+23.7%
1923
14,481
−11.3%
1934
16,650
+15.0%
1939
17,572
+5.5%
1951
22,532
+28.2%
1961
28,075
+24.6%
1971
35,113
+25.1%
1981
38,641
+10.0%
1991
40,735
+5.4%
2001
42,301
+3.8%
2011
45,605
+7.8%
2014
46,883
+2.8%
2017
49,090
+4.7%
Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality
Population
Turkey
1,813
Germany
1,209
Bosnia & Herzegovina
460
Croatia
347
Russia
239
Politics[edit]
Municipal Council[edit]
Dornbirn

Dornbirn Rädermacher
The
Dornbirn

Dornbirn Municipal Council has 36 seats and the following party
mandates:
21
Austrian People's Party

Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
8 Social Democratic Party of Austria
4 Die Grünen
3 Freedom Party of Austria
The current mayor (since 2013) is
Andrea Kaufmann

Andrea Kaufmann (ÖVP).
International relations[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria
Dornbirn

Dornbirn has town partnerships with
Kecskemét, Hungary
Sélestat, France
Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Well-known citizens of Dornbirn[edit]
Karl Cordin (born 1948), ski racer
Francis Martin Drexel

Francis Martin Drexel (1792–1863), Philadelphia banker and artist
Margret Dünser (1926–1980), journalist
Artur Doppelmayr (9/16/1922 - 5/12/2017) ski lift pioneer
Ingrid Eberle

Ingrid Eberle (born 1957), ski racer
Elfi Graf (born 1952), singer
Yvonne Meusburger

Yvonne Meusburger (born 1983), WTA tennis player
Tamira Paszek
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Tamira Paszek (born 1990), WTA tennis player
Aaron Pilsan (born 1995), pianist
Gerold Ratz (1919–2006), former Landesstatthalter of Vorarlberg
Wolfgang Rümmele (born 1946), Mayor of
Dornbirn

Dornbirn 1999-2013
Karl Aubert Salzmann (1876–1934), president of Federal Council
(Austria)
Johann Georg Waibel (1828–1908), Mayor of
Dornbirn

Dornbirn 1869-1908, member
of Reichsrat and Landtag
Notable architecture[edit]
The
Messestadion

Messestadion is an indoor sporting arena located in Dornbirn, and
home to the local ice hockey team.
Economy[edit]
Vorarlberg's regional studio of the ORF (Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation) is located in Dornbirn.
Zumtobel Lighting Group

Zumtobel Lighting Group is an ATX traded company based in Dornbirn.
Many other large companies are situated there. The town was formerly a
major centre of the textile industry, which has been in decline since
the 1980s.
Transport[edit]
Located in the middle of the
Rhine

Rhine valley,
Dornbirn

Dornbirn is an important
junction of regional and interregional bus lines, connecting Bregenz
to the north, Feldkirch to the south, and the
Bregenz

Bregenz Forest to the
east. The A14 Rheintal freeway/motorway (Autobahn) passes by to the
west. The Achrain tunnel, opened in 2009, directly connects
Dornbirn/
Haselstauden

Haselstauden with the
Bregenz

Bregenz Forest -
Alberschwende

Alberschwende region.
The town has an excellent network of municipal buses.
Dornbirn's railway station connects is an important stop for all
trains from west to east Austria.
A small airport is located at nearby Hohenems.
Education[edit]
Educational institutions in
Dornbirn

Dornbirn include the Fachhochschule
Vorarlberg
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Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, two General Education
Secondary Schools, and a Higher Technical Vocational College (Höhere
Technische Lehranstalt).
Sports[edit]
One of the most important sportive institutions in
Dornbirn

Dornbirn is the RHC
Dornbirn, one of the most powerful Austrian
Rink Hockey

Rink Hockey teams. In 2010
it hosted the 2010
Rink Hockey

Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship.
Baseball & Softball Club
Dornbirn

Dornbirn was founded in 1990, and has won
the Austrian title twice. BSC
Dornbirn

Dornbirn consists of one youth team, two
men's teams, and two women's teams. www.indians.at for more
information.
Dornbirn

Dornbirn hosted the
World Gymnaestrada

World Gymnaestrada event in 2007 and will do so
again in 2019.[2]
References[edit]
^ Statistik
Austria

Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach
Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Dornbirn.
^
http://www.gymnaestrada.fi/uutiset/vuoden-2019-gymnaestradan-isantamaa-on-selvilla/
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dornbirn.
Wikisource

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article
Dornbirn.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Dornbirn.
Dornbirn
College of Applied Sciences
Natural History Museum (Inatura)
Rolls Royce Museum
Roller Hockey
Dornbirn

Dornbirn Club
Tiscover Dornbirn
Spielboden Cultural Events
PhotoGlobe -
Dornbirn

Dornbirn offers high quality photos together with GPS
coordinates
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Municipalities in the State of Vorarlberg
Bludenz

Bludenz District
Bartholomäberg
Blons
Bludenz
Bludesch
Brand
Bürs
Bürserberg
Dalaas
Fontanella
Gaschurn
Innerbraz
Klösterle
Lech am Arlberg
Lorüns
Ludesch
Nenzing
Nüziders
Raggal
Sankt Anton im Montafon
Sankt Gallenkirch
Sankt Gerold
Schruns
Silbertal
Sonntag
Stallehr
Thüringen
Thüringerberg
Tschagguns
Vandans
Bregenz

Bregenz District
Alberschwende
Andelsbuch
Au
Bezau
Bildstein
Bizau
Bregenz
Buch
Damüls
Doren
Egg
Eichenberg
Fußach
Gaißau
Hard
Hittisau
Höchst
Hohenweiler
Hörbranz
Kennelbach
Krumbach
Langen bei Bregenz
Langenegg
Lauterach
Lingenau
Lochau
Mellau
Mittelberg
Möggers
Reuthe
Riefensberg
Schnepfau
Schoppernau
Schröcken
Schwarzach
Schwarzenberg
Sibratsgfäll
Sulzberg
Warth
Wolfurt
Dornbirn

Dornbirn District
Dornbirn
Hohenems
Lustenau
Feldkirch District
Altach
Düns
Dünserberg
Feldkirch
Frastanz
Fraxern
Göfis
Götzis
Klaus
Koblach
Laterns
Mäder
Meiningen
Rankweil
Röns
Röthis
Satteins
Schlins
Schnifis
Sulz
Übersaxen
Viktorsberg
Weiler
Zwischenwasser
Preceded by
Lisbon,
Portugal

Portugal (2003)
World Gymnaestrada

World Gymnaestrada host city
2007
Succeeded by
Lausanne,
Switzerland

Switzerland (2011)
Preceded by
Helsinki,
Finland

Finland (2015)
World Gymnaestrada

World Gymnaestrada host city
2019
Succeeded by
TBA
Authority control
WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 159530754
LCCN: n86097336
GND: 4012792-8
BNF: