'Lochau' is a municipality in the federal state of
Vorarlberg,
Austria. It is located at , on
Lake Constance, in the
Bregenz district near the border to
Germany. Lochau has a population of 5,713 (
December 312002).
50.3% of the municipality's area is
forest. The
Pfänder mountain is part of the municipality, also being the main mountain above
Bregenz. In the west, the
Laiblach river forms the border to the
German town of
Lindau.
History
The
Habsburgs reigned over their Vorarlberg lands alternately from
Tyrol and
Further Austria. From
1805 to
1814 the municipality belonged to
Bavaria, then again to
Austria. In
1861 it became part of the Austrian Federal State of
Vorarlberg. During
World War II, a subcamp of
Dachau concentration camp was located here.
[1] Between
1945 and
1955 the municipality was part of the
French occupation zone.
External links
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Town of Lochau