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Hohenems-Dornbirn Airfield
Hohenems-Dornbirn Airfield (, ) is a public aerodrome located southwest of Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria. It is used for general aviation as well as air police and air rescue operations. See also * Transport in Austria * List of airports in Austria This is a list of airports in Austria, sorted by location Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. , - valign=top , Bad Vöslau , , LOAV , , Vöslau Airfield , } , - v ... References External links * * Airports in Austria Transport in Vorarlberg {{Europe-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dornbirn
Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost 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 is the largest city in Vorarlberg and the tenth largest city in Austria. It is an important commercial and shopping centre. Geography Location Dornbirn is located at 437 metres above sea level in the Alpine Rhine Valley, at the foot of the Karren mountain, part of the Bregenz Forest Mountain chain at the edge of the Eastern Alps. It is near the borders to Switzerland, Germany and Liechtenstein. The Dornbirner Ach river flows through the town and later into Lake Constance. Municipal structure Dornbirn once consisted only of four "quarters" or precincts: Markt, Hatlerdorf, Oberdorf and Haselstauden. By the 20th century, two new precincts to the west were formed: Rohrbach (formerly a part of Markt) and Schoren (formerly a part of Hatlerdorf), thus bringing the tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol (state), Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have List of cities and towns in Austria, larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria where the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian dialects, Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialects, Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Police (Austria)
The Directorate General for Public Security (, "GD" or "GDföS") is the governing body of general law enforcement in Austria and a division of the Ministry of the Interior. It oversees the # Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service (DSN), # Criminal Intelligence Service Austria (BK), # Directorate for Special Units/Special Intervention Unit Cobra (DSE), # Directorate Organisation, Resources and Crisis Management GD (ORK), # Federal Police Directorate (BPD). The Directorate General is headquartered in the Palais Modena, Vienna. History The Directorate General was first established in 1930 as a division of the Chancellery. After the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, Heinrich Himmler ordered the organization's dissolution. The Directorate General was restored following the end of Nazi rule, but did not gain back control of most police forces until the Transition of Authorities Act 1945, when the authorities, offices and other institutions of the German Reich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Austria
This article provides an overview of the transportation infrastructure in the country of Austria. Railways ''Total network length'': ( electrified), of which: * are standard gauge ( of which are electrified). * are narrow gauge: ** are gauge ** are gauge ** are gauge ( of which are electrified) ** are gauge The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB. Besides, there are a few other railway companies in Austria. U-Bahn * Serfaus: see Serfaus U-Bahn, complete ban on cars in the village center * Vienna: see Vienna U-Bahn S-Bahn * Klagenfurt: Carinthia S-Bahn * Graz: Styria S-Bahn * Linz: Upper Austria S-Bahn * Innsbruck: Tyrol S-Bahn * Salzburg: Salzburg S-Bahn * Vienna: Vienna S-Bahn * Vorarlberg state: Vorarlberg S-Bahn Cable transport ;Aerial tramways / aerial lift, cable cars ;Gondola lifts ;Funiculars ;Funitels Motorways ''total'': 200,000 km (100% paved, including 1700 km of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Austria
This is a list of airports in Austria, sorted by location Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. , - valign=top , Bad Vöslau , , LOAV , , Vöslau Airfield , } , - valign=top , Dobersberg , Lower Austria , LOAB , , Dobersberg Airport , } , - valign=top , Dornbirn , Vorarlberg , LOIH , HOH , Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport , } , - valign=top , Eferding , Upper Austria , LOLE , , Eferding Airport , } , - valign=top , Feldkirchen in Kärnten , Carinthia , LOKF , , Feldkirchen-Ossiacher See Airport , } , - valign=top , Ferlach , Carinthia , LOKG , , Ferlach-Glainach Airport , } , - valign=top , Freistadt , Upper Austria , LOLF , , Freistadt Airport , } , - valign=top , Friesach , Carinthia , LOKH , , Friesach/Hirt Airport , } , - valign=top , Fürstenfeld , Styria , LOGF , , Fürstenfeld Airport , } , - valign=top , Gmunden , Upper Austria , LOLU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
