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Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg and the tenth largest city in Austria. It is an important commercial and shopping centre. Geography. Location. Dornbirn is located at 437 metres above sea level in the Alpine Rhine Valley, at the foot of the Karren mountain, part of the Bregenz Forest Mountain chain at the edge of the Eastern Alps.
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Dornbirn, town, western Austria, on the Dornbirner Stream, in the Rhine River valley at the foot of the Bregenzer Forest, just south of Bregenz. First mentioned as Torrinpuirron in 895, it belonged to the counts of Montfort from the late 12th century until it passed to Austria in 1380. It received town status in 1901.
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Dornbirn ( German pronunciation: [ ˈdɔʁnbɪʁn] ⓘ) is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Quick Facts Country, State ... Close.
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Dornbirn is the biggest city of Vorarlberg in Austria. It has almost 50,000 residents (2018) and is an important commercial and shopping centre. Understand [ edit] 1 Dornbirn Tourismus & Stadtmarketing ( Tourist Information ), Rathausplatz 1a, ☏ +43 5572 22188, fax: +43 5572 31233, tourismus@dornbirn.at. M-F 09:00-17:00, Sa 09:00-12:00.
Dornbirn Coat of arms Flag. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg, Austria. About 48,000 people are living there (2006). Dornbirn has six districts named Markt, Hatlerdorf, Oberdorf, Haselstauden, Rohrbach and Schoren.
Market town. Dornbirn District. Coordinates: 47°25′N9°45′E47.417°N 9.750°E. The Bezirk Dornbirn is an administrative district ( Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria. A rather young district, it was separated from the Feldkirch district in 1969.
Dornbirn is located in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg, about 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Bregenz at the eastern end of Lake Constance. The Ulm Campaign in October 1805 was catastrophic for Austria, with only the corps of Michael von Kienmayer and Franz Jellacic escaping envelopment and capture by the Grande Armée of Napoleon.
