Götzis

Götzis

Coat of arms
Götzis
Location within Austria
Location in the district

Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°E / 47.33306; 9.63333Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°E / 47.33306; 9.63333
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Feldkirch
Government
 • Mayor Christian Loacker (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 14.64 km2 (5.65 sq mi)
Elevation 448 m (1,470 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 11,287
 • Density 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
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
YearPop.±%
18692,534—    
18802,701+6.6%
18902,982+10.4%
19003,370+13.0%
19104,013+19.1%
19233,773−6.0%
19344,052+7.4%
19394,171+2.9%
19515,435+30.3%
19617,034+29.4%
19718,292+17.9%
19818,735+5.3%
19919,512+8.9%
200110,097+6.2%
201110,627+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 (born 1952), lives in Götzis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Götzis.
  2. ↑ "Rindsvögel von Elfi Graf". Radio Vorarlberg. ORF. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
church: Pfarrkirche hl. Ulrich


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