Lochau

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Lochau
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Bregenz
Mayor	Xaver Sinz
Basic statistics
Area	10.27 km² (4 sq mi)
Elevation	416 m (1365 ft)
Population	5,323 (31/12/2005)
- Density	518 /km² (1,342 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal code	6911
Area code	05574
Website	www.lochau.at Coordinates: 47°31′00″N 09°45′00″E / 47.516667, 9.75

Lochau is a municipality in the federal state of Vorarlberg, Austria. It is located on Lake Constance, in the Bregenz district near the border to Germany.

50.3% of the municipality's area is forest. The Pfänder mountain is part of the municipality, also being the main mountain above Bregenz. In the west, the Leiblach river forms the border to the German town of Lindau.

[edit] History

The Habsburgs reigned over their Vorarlberg lands alternately from Tyrol and Further Austria. From 1805 to 1814 the municipality belonged to Bavaria, then again to Austria. In 1861 it became part of the Austrian Federal State of Vorarlberg. During World War II, a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp was located here.^[1] Between 1945 and 1955 the municipality was part of the French occupation zone.