Mellau

Mellau

Coat of arms
Mellau

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°21′04″N 09°52′55″E / 47.35111°N 9.88194°E / 47.35111; 9.88194Coordinates: 47°21′04″N 09°52′55″E / 47.35111°N 9.88194°E / 47.35111; 9.88194
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Bregenz
Government
 • Mayor Tobias Bischofberger
Area
 • Total 40.55 km2 (15.66 sq mi)
Elevation 688 m (2,257 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,300
 • Density 32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6881
Area code 05518
Vehicle registration B
Website www.mellau.at

Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz.

History

From 1805 to 1814 Mellau belonged to Bavaria but then again to Austria. After the Second World War the municipality was in the French zone of occupation for 10 years. In 1870 there was a great fire in Mellau. The church, the school, the rectory and 18 other houses were razed.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869650—    
1880627−3.5%
1890583−7.0%
1900616+5.7%
1910620+0.6%
1923645+4.0%
1934749+16.1%
1939704−6.0%
1951871+23.7%
1961922+5.9%
19711,058+14.8%
19811,088+2.8%
19911,171+7.6%
20011,282+9.5%
20111,308+2.0%

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by Hubert Dietrich, a well-known artist, in 1962. It shows an uprooted fir tree which symbolises the affiliation to the Bregenz Forest and three crosses which remind the population of the plague.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Mellau.
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