Hittisau

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Place in Vorarlberg, Austria

Coat of arms

47°27′37″N 09°57′24″E / 47.46028°N 9.95667°E / 47.46028; 9.95667CountryAustriaStateVorarlbergDistrictBregenzGovernment

• MayorGerhard BeerArea

^[1]

• Total46.68 km² (18.02 sq mi)Elevation

798 m (2,618 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total2,032 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6952

Area code05513Vehicle registrationBWebsitewww.hittisau.at

Hittisau is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Hittisau has a surface area of 46.65 km². It lies in the Bregenzerwald in the west of the country.

Hittisau is a member of the German-Austrian community project Naturpark Nagelfluhkette.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,992	—
1880	1,842	−7.5%
1890	1,624	−11.8%
1900	1,582	−2.6%
1910	1,581	−0.1%
1923	1,550	−2.0%
1934	1,641	+5.9%
1939	1,484	−9.6%
1951	1,661	+11.9%
1961	1,565	−5.8%
1971	1,560	−0.3%
1981	1,638	+5.0%
1991	1,721	+5.1%
2001	1,802	+4.7%
2011	1,829	+1.5%

History

In 1249, "Hittinsowe" was reported for the first time in a document. In 1754, Hittisau counted 1000 inhabitants, in 1850 there were 2087 Hittisauers. In 1908 electricity came to the municipality. The water company was built in 1929.^[3]

Culture

The parish church Hl. Drei Könige was built from 1843 to 1845. The artist Josef Bucher painted the canvas (of the three kings) for the high altar around 1850. Christian Moosbrugger contributed a lot to the sculpture of the church. The organ was built in 1868 by the Rankweiler organ builder Alois Schönach.

In 1977, the Sennerei Hittisau (cheese factory Hittisau) was founded. The cheese factory concentrated mainly on the production of Emmental cheese. Since the EU membership in 1995, the production has focused on Hittisauer Bergkäse. Today, the cheese factory in Hittisau is one of the largest in the Bregenzerwald with around 5 million kilograms of milk delivered per year; it still produces cheese in the traditional Vorarlberg way. The cheese factory is part of the KäseStraße Bregenzerwald. The Alpsennereimuseum, also located in Hittisau, informs about the alpine cheese production that has been going on for centuries.

The Frauenmuseum (Women's museum) in Hittisau was opened in 2000 and is devoted to the achievements of women. It is the only museum in Austria whose goal it is to make women visible and document female representatives of art and culture.^[4]

Notable People From Hittisau

Hans Weiss (author) b.1950

External links

Website of the municipality
Website of the Women's museum Hittisau
Website of the cheese factory

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "Chronik — Hittisau im Bregenzerwald". www.hittisau.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^ "Frauenmuseum — Hittisau im Bregenzerwald". www.hittisau.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-14.