Lustenau

Lustenau
Coat of arms
Location of Lustenau within Vorarlberg
Lustenau Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°25′47″N 09°39′35″E
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Dornbirn
Government
• Mayor	Mag. Dr. Kurt Fischer (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	22.55 km2 (8.71 sq mi)
Elevation	404 m (1,325 ft)
Population  (1 January 2016)
• Total	22,214
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6890, 6893
Area code	05577
Vehicle registration	DO
Website	www.lustenau.at

Lustenau ([ˈluːstənaʊ]; Alemannic: Luschnou) is a town in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district of Dornbirn. It lies on the river Rhine, which forms the border with Switzerland. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth largest town.

History

Until 1830, Lustenau was an independent county reigned by the counts of Waldburg-Zeil-Lustenau-Hohenems. After 1830 it became part of Austria. The name Lustenau derives from a document signed by the Carolingian king Charles the Fat with the title "Lustenauua curti regali", meaning "Royal Court of Lustenau"

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	3,903	—
1880	4,164	+6.7%
1890	5,054	+21.4%
1900	5,221	+3.3%
1910	6,221	+19.2%
1923	8,383	+34.8%
1934	8,365	−0.2%
1939	8,733	+4.4%
1951	10,292	+17.9%
1961	12,582	+22.3%
1971	15,451	+22.8%
1981	18,484	+19.6%
1991	19,709	+6.6%
2001	19,709	+0.0%
2011	21,184	+7.5%

Transport

Lustenau is served by a railway station, on the Vorarlberg Railway which runs between St. Margrethen in Switzerland and Bregenz. It is also the headquarters of the International Rhine Regulation Railway, a preserved industrial railway that was formerly used in the management of the Rhine.

Sport

Lustenau has a long and successful history in sports. The town's two football teams, SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau, play in major Austrian football leagues. The well-known and successful skier, Marc Girardelli, was born in Lustenau, and the Lustenau ice-hockey team, EHC Lustenau, is part of the Austrian National League. The town used to be a major centre of the embroidery industry in the past and is now a centre for the new technologies industry.

FC Lustenau 07 and SC Austria Lustenau played in the Austrian Football First League in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.

There are also two very good athletics and gymnastic clubs in Lustenau, the TS (Turnerschaft) Lustenau and the TS (Turnerschaft) Jahn Lustenau. Both have achieved top results nationally and internationally. They also have survived the domination of the football clubs, which led to a total demolition of the athletic track in the Reichshofstadion in 1998. Sadly, the rebuilding project by the county, in progress since 1999, has not been completed, although it should have been finished in 2005.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Manfred Schurti (born 1941), Liechtenstein racing driver
• Fredmund Malik (born 1944), economist
• Marc Girardelli (born 1963), skier
• Markus Peintner (born 1980), ice hockey player
• René Swette (born 1988), ice hockey player
• Barbara Gasser (born 1989), gymnast

External links

• Market Community of Lustenau