Götzis
| Götzis | ||
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  Götzis Location within Austria | ||
Location in the district
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| Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°ECoordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Vorarlberg | |
| District | Feldkirch | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Werner Huber (ÖVP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 14.64 km2 (5.65 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2014)[1] | ||
| • Total | 10,994 | |
| • Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 6840 | |
| Area code | 05523 | |
| Vehicle registration | FK | |
| Website | www.goetzis.at | |
Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district Feldkirch.
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1869 | 2,534 | — |
| 1880 | 2,701 | +6.6% |
| 1890 | 2,982 | +10.4% |
| 1900 | 3,370 | +13.0% |
| 1910 | 4,013 | +19.1% |
| 1923 | 3,773 | −6.0% |
| 1934 | 4,052 | +7.4% |
| 1939 | 4,171 | +2.9% |
| 1951 | 5,435 | +30.3% |
| 1961 | 7,034 | +29.4% |
| 1971 | 8,292 | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 8,735 | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 9,512 | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 10,097 | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 10,627 | +5.2% |
Events
The town is well known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so-called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium. Past winners at Götzis include former decathlon world record holder, Olympic and world champion Roman Šebrle (who achieved the record at the 2001 Götzis meeting), world champion Bryan Clay and Olympic champion Carolina Klüft.
Personalities
The singer Elfi Graf lives in Götzis.[2]
References
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
- ↑ "Rindsvögel von Elfi Graf". Radio Vorarlberg. ORF. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
External links
church: Pfarrkirche hl. Ulrich
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