- Hohenems
Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Stadt
Name = Hohenems
Wappen =
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 22 | lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 09 | lon_min = 40 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Vorarlberg
Bezirk = Dornbirn
Höhe = 432
Fläche = 29.18
Einwohner = 15200
Stand = 2007-06-01
PLZ = 6845
Vorwahl = 05576
Kfz = DO
Gemeindekennziffer = 8 03 02
NUTS = AT342
Straße = Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4
Website = [http://www.hohenems.at www.hohenems.at]
Bürgermeister = Richard Amann
Partei = ÖVP
Gemeinderatanzahl = 33
Gemeinderat = 19ÖVP , 4SPÖ , 4FPÖ , 3 Die Emsigen, 2 Grüne, 1 Unabhängige Liste
Wahljahr = 2005Hohenems is a town in the westernmost
Austria n province ofVorarlberg , in the Dornbirn district.Hohenems' attractions include a palace dating back to the
16th century , where parts of theNibelungen Saga (seeNibelungen ) were foundFact|date=January 2008, a Jewish museum and cemetery, andStoffel's Saw Mill Museum .Other cities and towns in the area include
Dornbirn ,Diepoldsau (Switzerland) andLustenau .Important persons
*
Jean Améry
*Salomon Sulzer ,hazzan and composer
*Michael Köhlmeier , Austrian writer
*Christian Klien ,Formula One Racing Driver
*Rudolf von Ems ,medieval poet
*Markus Sittikus ,renaissance churchmanExternal links
* [http://www.hohenems.at/ Town of Hohenems]
* [http://www.jm-hohenems.at/ Jewish Museum of Hohenems]
* [http://www.museum-stoffels-saege-muehle.at/e-index.html Stoffel's Saw Mill]
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