Lauterach is a town in the district of

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in the

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n state of

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, and the

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are located in Lauterach. The Lauterach Transmitter is a 116 m tall broadcasting facility.

European route E60 European route E 60 is the second-longest road in the International E-road network and runs , from Brest, France (on the Atlantic coast), to Irkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan (on the border with China). Route * **: Brest () **: Brest - Quimper ...

passes through Lauterach.

Population

Personalities

Bruno Pezzey Bruno Edmund Pezzey (3 February 1955 – 31 December 1994) was an Austrian professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Regarded as one of Austria's greatest defenders of all time, Pezzey started his professional career at loc ...

(1955–1994), 84-time national football player *

Julian Knowle Julian Knowle (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander, Knowle was one of the few on the ATP Tour who played his forehand, backhand, and even volleys double-handed. He was Austria's most ...

(b. 1974), tennis player * André Pilz (b. 1972), writer *

Markus Weissenberger Markus Weissenberger (born 8 March 1975) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is a younger brother of former Austria international player Thomas Weissenberger. Club career Weissenberger played for Eintr ...

(b. 1975), soccer player *

Christian Hirschbühl Christian Hirschbühl (born 19 April 1990) is an Austrian alpine ski racer. Hirschbühl specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Career Hirschbühl made his World Cup debut on 17 January 2015 in the Wengen slalom, but did ...

(b. 1990), ski racer

Transport

There are two railway stations within the municipality. Lauterach railway station is an intermediate stop on the Vorarlberg railway line () traversing Vorarlberg in a north-south direction. This railway station is called at by the S1 and R5 regional train services of

Vorarlberg S-Bahn Vorarlberg S-Bahn () is a label for regional rail services in the westernmost Austrian States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg. The S-Bahn services also connect to stations in the Germany, German town of Lindau, the Switzerland, Swiss towns of S ...

. Since June 2022, there is another station, , which is situated on the St. Margrethen–Lauterach line and served by the S3 of Vorarlberg S-Bahn. All services are operated by

Austrian Federal Railways The Austrian Federal Railways ( , formally or () and formerly the or ''BBÖ'' ), now commonly known as ÖBB (), is the national railway company of Austria, and the administrator of Liechtenstein's railways. The ÖBB group i ...

(ÖBB).

References

External links

Lauterach's Website
Cities and towns in Bregenz District {{Vorarlberg-geo-stub