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'''Dornbirn''' ({{IPA|de-AT|ˈdɔrnbɪrn|-|LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller-Dornbirn.wav}}) is a city in the westernmost [[Austria]]n state of [[Vorarlberg]]. It is the administrative centre for the district of [[Dornbirn (district)|Dornbirn]], which also includes the town of [[Hohenems]], and the market town [[Lustenau]].

Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg and the [[List of cities and towns in Austria|tenth largest]] city in Austria. It is an important commercial and shopping centre.

==Geography==
===Location===
Dornbirn is located at 437 metres [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] in the [[Alpine Rhine Valley]], at the foot of the [[Karren (mountain)|Karren mountain]], part of the [[Bregenz Forest Mountains|Bregenz Forest Mountain]] chain at the edge of the [[Eastern Alps]]. It is near the borders to [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]] and [[Liechtenstein]]. The [[Dornbirner Ach]] river flows through the town and later into [[Lake Constance]].

===Municipal structure===
[[File:Marktplatz012.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Marktplatz]]
Dornbirn once consisted only of four "quarters" or precincts: Markt, Hatlerdorf, Oberdorf and [[Haselstauden]]. By the 20th century, two new precincts to the west were formed: Rohrbach (formerly a part of Markt) and Schoren (formerly a part of Hatlerdorf), thus bringing the total number of precincts to six.

===Neighbouring municipalities===
The town of Dornbirn itself constitutes almost 70% of the surface of the district Dornbirn and borders on numerous other municipalities: Hohenems and Lustenau, 15 municipalities of the [[Bregenz District]]: ([[Lauterach]], [[Wolfurt]], [[Schwarzach, Vorarlberg|Schwarzach]], [[Bildstein]], [[Alberschwende]], [[Schwarzenberg, Austria|Schwarzenberg]], [[Reuthe]], [[Mellau]], [[Damüls]]), and four of the [[Feldkirch District]]: ([[Laterns]], [[Zwischenwasser]], [[Viktorsberg]], [[Fraxern]]).
[[File:Dornbirn asv2022-10 img07 Karren-Seilbahn Blick von der Bergstation.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dornbirn, St.-Leopold-church]]

==History==
The earliest evidence of human presence in the Dornbirn area dates from the [[Mesolithic]] era. The name "Dornbirn" derives from 'torrin puirron', meaning the 'Settlement of Torro' (the name of an [[Alamanni|Alemannic]] farmer living there), and thus has nothing to do with "pears" (German "Birnen"), although this fruit [[canting arms|is prominently portrayed]] on the town emblem. 'Torrin puirron' is mentioned for the first time in 895, in a document from [[St. Gallen]] ([[Switzerland]]).

Dornbirn became part of the [[Habsburg]] Monarchy in 1380. In 1793 it was elevated to a market community. It was not given municipal status until 1901. In 1932 the mountain village of [[Ebnit]] was annexed. In 1969 Dornbirn became the seat of the new Dornbirn district administrative authority.

===Historic marginalia===
1881: the first telephone service in the K&K empire was inaugurated by Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] on August 10, 1881.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1869|8707
|1880|9464
|1890|10810
|1900|13193
|1910|16320
|1923|14481
|1934|16650
|1939|17572
|1951|22532
|1961|28075
|1971|35113
|1981|38641
|1991|40735
|2001|42301
|2011|45605
|2014|46883
|2017|49090
|source={{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
}}
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{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+Largest groups of foreign residents
|-
! Nationality || Population
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} || 1,813
|-
|{{flag|Germany}} || 1,209
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia & Herzegovina}} || 460
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}} || 347
|-
|{{flag|Russia}} || 239
|-
|}

==Politics ==
=== Municipal Council ===
[[File:Raedermacher.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Dornbirn Rädermacher]]
The Dornbirn Municipal Council has 36 seats and the following party mandates:
* 17 [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP)
* 7 [[The Greens – The Green Alternative]] (Die Grünen)
* 5 [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ)
* 4 [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ)
* 3 [[NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum]] (NEOS)

The current mayor (since 2013) is [[Andrea Kaufmann]] (ÖVP). The current vice-mayor is Julian Fässler (ÖVP). 
The city council consists of 9 council members (including mayor and vice-mayor). and the following party mandates:
* 5 [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP)
* 2 [[The Greens – The Green Alternative]] (Die Grünen)
* 2 [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ)
* 1 [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ)

===International relations===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria}}

Dornbirn has [[Town twinning|town partnerships]] with
* [[Kecskemét]], Hungary
* [[Sélestat]], France
* [[Dubuque, Iowa]], United States

==Culture==
=== Museums ===
The '''City Museum Dornbirn''' is Dornbirn's local museum, specialized in the city's history, early photography, traditional crafts, agriculture and the formerly flourishing textile industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stadtmuseum.dornbirn.at/dauerausstellung/|title=Stadtmuseum - Dauerausstellung|website=stadtmuseum.dornbirn.at|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref>

[[File:Inaturateich.jpg|thumb|Inatura]]
'''[[Inatura]]''' is an interactive [[natural history museum]]. The museum includes a documentation center about nature in Vorarlberg, along with an interactive exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vorarlberg.travel/en/activity/inatura-interactive-nature-exhibition-in-dornbirn/|title=inatura - interactive Nature Exhibition in Dornbirn|website=Urlaub in Vorarlberg|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref>

The '''[[Mohren Biererlebniswelt]]''' is a beer museum of Vorarlberg's oldest brewery [[Mohrenbrauerei]]. It shows traditional brewery equipment and gives insights in the history of beer brewing. Additionally, it hosts workshops on beer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mohrenbrauerei.at/de/erlebniswelt-mohren/mohrenbiererlebniswelt|title=Mohrenbrauerei Vertriebs KG>|last=KG|first=Mohrenbrauerei Vertriebs|website=Mohrenbrauerei Vertriebs KG|language=de|access-date=2019-09-10|archive-date=2019-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421165906/https://www.mohrenbrauerei.at/de/erlebniswelt-mohren/mohrenbiererlebniswelt|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The '''[[Rolls-Royce Museum]]''' is a privately owned [[automobile museum]]. It is said to have the world's largest collection of [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] cars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiaheritagemuseums.com/121-vonier-rolls-royce-museum.html|title=FIA Heritage Museums: Historic Vehicles around the World|website=www.fiaheritagemuseums.com|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref>

'''ART BODENSEE''' is an annual meeting point for artists, art collectors, and connoisseurs. Since 2001, it has included exhibits of works by international artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artbodensee.messedornbirn.at/themen-aussteller/|title=ART BODENSEE – Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst|website=artbodensee.messedornbirn.at|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref>

The '''[[FLATZ Museum]]''' sees itself as a forum concerned with artistic impulses and contemporary cultural positions. It shows changing exhibitions designed by international guest curators, with a focus on [[Fine-art photography|photographic art]]; it organises readings, lecture series, discussions and performances.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FLATZ Museum Dornbirn|url=https://museenvorarlberg.at/museum.php?s=flatz-museum-dornbirn|access-date=2019-09-10|website=museenvorarlberg.at}}</ref>

===Architecture===
Dornbirn's [[Messestadion]] is an [[indoor arena|indoor sporting arena]], and home to the local [[ice hockey]] team.

An example of modern Vorarlberg architecture is the [[Building life cycle|LifeCycle]]-Tower ONE (LCT ONE), an innovative architectural project concerned with environmental and energy efficiency. With its eight floors, it is the first modular wooden hybrid complex; it was built in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hkarchitekten.at/en/projects/lct-one/|title=LCT ONE – LifeCycle Tower, Dornbirn|website=HKArchitekten}}</ref>

Also the public library shows various architectural details, such as ceramic bricks reminding us of book shelves, or a path, which is reminiscent of the existing "beaten track" between Schulgasse and Jahngasse, and leads through the building allowing it to be experienced as a public space. The public swimming pool was renovated in 2005 and received various prices for its architecture.

==Economy==
Vorarlberg's [[ORF regional studios|regional studio]] of the [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) is located in Dornbirn.

[[Zumtobel Group]] is an [[Austrian Traded Index|ATX traded]] company, one of many firms based in Dornbirn. The town was formerly a major centre of the [[textile]] [[Industry (economics)|industry]], which suffered a serious decline beginning in the 1980s.

The [[Mohrenbrauerei|Mohrenbrauerei August Huber]] is Vorarlberg's oldest brewery and market leader in the gastronomy and retail sectors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vorarlberg.wirtschaftszeit.at/unternehmen-detail/article/marktfuehrer-mohrenbrauerei|title=Marktführer Mohrenbrauerei|website=Marktführer Mohrenbrauerei|language=de|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Höchsterstraße in Dornbirn.jpg|thumb|right|A view of Höchsterstraße in Schoren. The Dornbirn Schoren railway station is visible in the background on the right.]]
Located in the middle of the [[Rhine]] valley, Dornbirn is an important junction of regional and interregional [[bus]] lines, connecting [[Bregenz]] to the north, [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch]] to the south, and the [[Bregenz Forest]] to the east. The A14 ''Rheintal'' motorway ([[Autobahn]]) passes by to the west. The ''Achrain'' tunnel, opened in 2009, directly connects Dornbirn/Haselstauden with the Bregenz Forest - Alberschwende region. The town has a network of municipal buses.

There are four railway stations in the [[municipalities of Austria|municipality]] of Dornbirn: {{rws|Dornbirn}}, {{rws|Dornbirn-Schoren}}, {{rws|Hatlerdorf}} and {{rws|Haselstauden}}, all situated on the [[Vorarlberg railway]] line of [[ÖBB]]. Dornbirn railway station is an important stop for trains between western and eastern Austria.

[[Hohenems-Dornbirn Airfield]], a small [[airport]], is located at nearby [[Hohenems]]. The nearest passenger airports are [[St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport]], located {{convert|27|km|0|abbr=on}} north west and [[Zurich Airport]], located {{convert|125|km|0|abbr=on}} west of Dornbirn.

==Education==
[[File:Fachhochschule Vorarlberg 4.JPG|thumb|University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg]]
Educational institutions in Dornbirn include the [[Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences]], two general education secondary schools, and a higher technical vocational college (''[[Höhere Technische Lehranstalt]]'').

The ''Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences'' (German: [[Fachhochschule]] Vorarlberg) was originally founded as a school for technology in 1989. It achieved the status of an officially recognized university in 1999. It currently offers bachelor's and master's degrees in the fields of Business, Engineering & Technology, Design, and Social Work.

==Sports==
Among the most important sports institutions in Dornbirn is the RHC Dornbirn, one of the most powerful Austrian [[Rink Hockey]] teams. In 2010 it hosted the [[2010 Rink Hockey Men's B World Championship]].

The Baseball & Softball Club Dornbirn was founded in 1990, and has won the Austrian national title twice. BSC Dornbirn consists of one youth team, two men's teams, and two women's teams.

Dornbirn hosted the [[World Gymnaestrada]] event in 2007 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gymnaestrada.fi/uutiset/vuoden-2019-gymnaestradan-isantamaa-on-selvilla/ |title=Vuoden 2019 Gymnaestradan isäntämaa on selvillä - 15th WORLD GYMNAESTRADA 2015 HELSINKI |access-date=2015-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025091135/http://www.gymnaestrada.fi/uutiset/vuoden-2019-gymnaestradan-isantamaa-on-selvilla/ |archive-date=2015-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== The Mohrenbrauerei (Mohren brewery) ==
[[File:Beer in Hohenems.jpg|thumb|Glass of Mohrenbräu beer]]
The [[Mohrenbrauerei]] was founded in Dornbirn in 1834,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wirtschaftsarchiv Vorarlberg|url=https://wirtschaftsarchiv-v.at/seiten/schaulustseiten/mohrenbrauerei.php|access-date=2020-06-30|website=wirtschaftsarchiv-v.at}}</ref> which makes it the oldest operating brewery in [[Vorarlberg]].

== Notable people ==
[[File:Francis Martin Drexel - self portrait.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Francis Martin Drexel]], self portrait]]
*[[Joseph Anton Rhomberg]] (1786–1853), German painter, illustrator and graphic artist
*[[Francis Martin Drexel]] (1792–1863), Philadelphia banker and artist
*[[:de:Johann Georg Waibel|Johann Georg Waibel, (DE Wiki)]] (1828–1908), Mayor of Dornbirn 1869–1908, member of the Austrian Reichsrat and Landtag
*[[Joseph Bobleter]] (1846–1909), American newspaper editor and politician
*[[List of presidents of the Federal Council (Austria)|Karl Aubert Salzmann]] (1876–1934), president of Federal Council (Austria), 1926/1927
*[[Wolfgang Blenk]] (1926–1996), politician ([[Nazi Party]], [[Austrian People's Party]])
*[[Margret Dünser]] (1926–1980), journalist
* [[:de:Wolfgang Rümmele|Wolfgang Rümmele, (DE Wiki)]] (1946–2019), Mayor of Dornbirn 1999-2013
*[[Elfi Graf]] (born 1952), [[Schlager music]] singer
*[[Eva Maria Waibel]] (born 1953), high school teacher and former [[Austrian People's Party|ÖVP]] politician
*[[Tobias G. Natter]] (born 1961), Austrian art historian
*[[Aaron Pilsan]] (born 1995), Austrian classical pianist
*[[Günter Vetter]] (1936–2022), Austrian politician, member of the Vorarlberg state council
*[[Reinold Geiger]] (born 1947), Austrian businessman
=== Sport ===
*[[Karl Cordin]] (born 1948), ski racer
*[[Ingrid Eberle]] (born 1957), ski racer
*[[Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi]] (born 1983), WTA tennis player
*[[Eva Pinkelnig]] (born 1988), ski jumper
*[[Tamira Paszek]] (born 1990), WTA tennis player
*[[Deniz Mujić]] (born 1990), Austrian footballer of Bosnian descent with over 280 club caps

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Dornbirn is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Städtepartnerschaften Dornbirns|url=https://www.dornbirn.at/rathaus/infos/staedtepartnerschaften/staedtepartnerschaften-dornbirns|publisher=Dornbirn|language=de|access-date=2023-01-15}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]], United States
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Kecskemét]], Hungary
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sélestat]], France

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Dornbirn | volume= 8 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge|  page = 430 |short= 1}}
{{wikivoyage|Dornbirn}}
* [http://www.dornbirn.at/ Dornbirn]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051230172147/http://www.tvlbg.ac.at/ University of Applied Sciences]
*See https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Dornbirn_(AT) for an history of DORNBIRN post and postmarks.

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{{S-bef|before=[[Lisbon]], Portugal (2003)}}
{{S-ttl|title=[[World Gymnaestrada]] host city|years=2007}}
{{S-aft|after=[[Lausanne]], Switzerland (2011)}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Helsinki]], Finland (2015)}}
{{S-ttl|title=[[World Gymnaestrada]] host city|years=2019}}
{{S-aft|after=''[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands (2023)''}}
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