Mellau

Mellau
Mellau
Location in the district
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Bregenz
Mayor	Elisabeth Wicke
Area	40.55 km2 (16 sq mi)
Elevation	688 m  (2257 ft)
Population	1,313 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	32 /km² (84 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal code	6881
Area code	05518
Website	www.mellau.at Coordinates: 47°21′04″N 09°52′55″E / 47.35111°N 9.88194°E / 47.35111; 9.88194

Mellau is a town in the Bregenzerwald, Vorarlberg, Austria, part of the district Bregenz. As of 2008 it had a population of 1,298.

History

From 1805 to 1814 Mellau belonged to Bavaria but then again to Austria. After the Second World War the municipality was French zone of occupation for 10 years. 1870 there was a big fire in Mellau. The church, the school, the rectory and 18 more houses burnt down.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was founded from Hubert Dietrich, a well-known artist, in 1962. It shows an uprooted fir tree which symbolises the affiliation to the Bregenzerwald and three crosses which commemorate the population to the plague.

See also

• Horizon Field

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.

External links

• Mellau Homepage