Schwarzenberg, Austria

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Schwarzenberg

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Bregenz
Mayor	Armin Berchtold
Basic statistics
Area	25.76 km² (9.9 sq mi)
Elevation	696 m (2284 ft)
Population	1,900 (01/11/2006)
- Density	74 /km² (191 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal code	6867
Area code	05512
Website	www.schwarzenberg.at Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.416667, 9.85

Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal during an intermission of a recital at the annual Schubertiade Lieder festival

Schwarzenberg is a village in the Bregenzerwald, Vorarlberg, Austria, part of the district Bregenz. As of 2002 it has a population of 1,805. The village center is heritage-protected for its clapboard houses.

In Schwarzenberg Angelika Kauffmann (*1741, October 30, in Chur / Switzerland; †1807, November 5, in Rome) grew up. She is broadly acknowledged as the most important female painter in 18. Century. In Schwarzenberg her father, also a painter, taught her and helped her to create her first paintings. In the church of the village there are mural paintings of father and daughter to admire. The concert hall is named after her.

Here annually the world-famous lied- and chamber-music-festival Schubertiade Schwarzenberg takes place, with performances of artists like Alfred Brendel, Emerson-Quartet, Michael Schade, Robert Holl, Angelika Kirchschlager, Thomas Quasthoff.