Lustenau
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| Lustenau | |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Vorarlberg |
| District | Dornbirn |
| Mayor | Hans-Dieter Grabher (FPÖ) |
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| Area | 22.55 km2 (8.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 404 m (1326 ft) |
| Population | 21,081 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 935 /km² (2,421 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DO |
| Postal codes | 6890, 6893 |
| Area code | 05577 |
| Website | www.lustenau.at |
| Location of Lustenau within Vorarlberg | |
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Lustenau is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies on the Rhine River, which forms the border with Switzerland. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth largest town in terms of inhabitants (20 806 in the year 2004).
Lustenau has a long and successful history in sports. The town's two soccer teams SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau play in major Austrian soccer leagues. The well-known and successful skier Marc Girardelli was born in Lustenau and the Lustenau ice-hockey team (EHC Lustenau) is part of Austria's national hockey league. The town used to be a major center of the embroidery industry in the past and is now a center for new technologies industry.
[edit] History
Until 1830 Lustenau was an independent county reigned by the counts of Waldburg-Zeil-Lustenau-Hohenems. After 1830 Lustenau became part of Austria. The name Lustenau derives from a document signed by the Carolingian king Charles the Fat with the title "Lustenauua curti regali", meaning "Royal Court Lustenau"
FC Lustenau 07 and SC Austria Lustenau play in the Austrian Football First League in seasons 2007-08 and 2008-09. Among football there are two very good athletic and gymnastic clubs in Lustenau, the TS (Turnerschaft) Lustenau and the TS (Turnerschaft) Jahn Lustenau. Both have achieved top results national and international. They also have survived the superiority of the football clubs which has led to a total demolition of the athletic track in the Reichshofstadion in the year 1998. Sadly to say, but the rebuild project of the county, which is running since 1999, has not been realised until 2009. Although it should have been finished in the year 2005.
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