Schwarzenberg, Austria

Schwarzenberg

Coat of arms
Schwarzenberg

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.41667°N 9.85000°E / 47.41667; 9.85000Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.41667°N 9.85000°E / 47.41667; 9.85000
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Bregenz
Government
  Mayor Armin Berchtold
Area
  Total 25.76 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Elevation 696 m (2,283 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 1,850
  Density 72/km2 (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
YearPop.±%
18691,300    
18801,105−15.0%
18901,214+9.9%
19001,233+1.6%
19101,209−1.9%
19231,181−2.3%
19341,258+6.5%
19391,262+0.3%
19511,333+5.6%
19611,282−3.8%
19711,430+11.5%
19811,470+2.8%
19911,576+7.2%
20011,669+5.9%
20111,805+8.1%

Personalities

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

External links

Media related to Schwarzenberg (Vorarlberg) at Wikimedia Commons

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