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Götzis | |
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Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Vorarlberg |
District | Feldkirch |
Government | |
• Mayor | Christian Loacker (ÖVP) |
Area | |
• Total | 14.64 km2 (5.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 11,473 |
• Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 6840 |
Area code | 05523 |
Vehicle registration | FK |
Website | www.goetzis.at |
Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs to the district of Feldkirch.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 2,534 | — |
1880 | 2,701 | +6.6% |
1890 | 2,982 | +10.4% |
1900 | 3,370 | +13.0% |
1910 | 4,013 | +19.1% |
1923 | 3,773 | −6.0% |
1934 | 4,052 | +7.4% |
1939 | 4,171 | +2.9% |
1951 | 5,435 | +30.3% |
1961 | 7,034 | +29.4% |
1971 | 8,292 | +17.9% |
1981 | 8,735 | +5.3% |
1991 | 9,512 | +8.9% |
2001 | 10,097 | +6.2% |
2011 | 10,627 | +5.2% |
Events
The town is well known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so-called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium. Past winners at Götzis include former decathlon world record holder, Olympic and world champion Roman Šebrle (who achieved the record at the 2001 Götzis meeting), world champion Bryan Clay and Olympic champion Carolina Klüft.
Notable people
- Hotelier Johannes Baur was born in Götzis in 1795.[3]
- The singer Elfi Graf (born 1952) lives in Götzis.[4]
- Michael Kopf (born 1948), racing driver.
- Jürgen Loacker (born 1974), bobsledder.
References
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Ueli Müller: "Baur, Johannes", in: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (DHS), version of 16.05.2002, translated from German. Online: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/030971/2002-05-16/, accessed 25.02.2023.
- ^ "Rindsvögel von Elfi Graf". Radio Vorarlberg. ORF. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
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