Mittelberg

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Mittelberg
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Bregenz
Mayor	Werner Strohmaier (FPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	96.82 km² (37.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,200 m (3937 ft)
Population	5,033 (31/12/2005)
- Density	52 /km² (135 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal codes	6991, 6992, 6993 (Austria) 87567, 87568, 87569 (Germany)
Area code	05517
Website	GDE-Mittelberg.at Coordinates: 47°19′22″N 10°09′20″E / 47.32278, 10.15556

Mittelberg is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria. The municipality of Mittelberg is congruent with the Kleinwalsertal, a valley that is only accessible by road from Germany. Although it is not an exclave in strict sense (it is contiguous with the rest of Austria), its geographic position created a special situation. For instance, it has both Austrian and German postal codes. Since 1891 Kleinwalsertal enjoyed a customs union with Germany, a free border, and used the Deutsche Mark. Since Austria joined the European Union in 1995, the signing of the Schengen Agreement (1997) and the introduction of the Euro (2002), this special status no longer applies.