Schwarzenberg, Austria

Schwarzenberg
Coat of arms
Schwarzenberg Location within Austria
Location in the district
Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.41667°N 9.85000°ECoordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.41667°N 9.85000°E
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Bregenz
Government
• Mayor	Armin Berchtold
Area
• Total	25.76 km^2 (9.95 sq mi)
Elevation	696 m (2,283 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
• Total	1,850
• Density	72/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6867
Area code	05512
Vehicle registration	B
Website	www.schwarzenberg.at

Schwarzenberg is a municipality in the Bregenz Forest in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz. The village center is heritage-protected for its clapboard houses.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,300	—
1880	1,105	−15.0%
1890	1,214	+9.9%
1900	1,233	+1.6%
1910	1,209	−1.9%
1923	1,181	−2.3%
1934	1,258	+6.5%
1939	1,262	+0.3%
1951	1,333	+5.6%
1961	1,282	−3.8%
1971	1,430	+11.5%
1981	1,470	+2.8%
1991	1,576	+7.2%
2001	1,669	+5.9%
2011	1,805	+8.1%

Personalities

• Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) grew up in Schwarzenberg.

Events

Here annually the world-famous lied- and chamber-music-festival Schubertiade Schwarzenberg takes place, with performances of artists like Alfred Brendel, Emerson String Quartet, Michael Schade, Robert Holl, Angelika Kirchschlager, Thomas Quasthoff.

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.

External links

Media related to Schwarzenberg (Vorarlberg) at Wikimedia Commons

• Schubertiade Festival Schwarzenberg
• Community of Schwarzenberg

Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal during an intermission of a recital at the annual Schubertiade Lieder festival