Götzis Explained

Götzis
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Mapsize:260x260px
Coordinates:47.3331°N 9.6333°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Vorarlberg
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Feldkirch
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Christian Loacker
Elevation M:448
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:FK
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6840
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:05523
Website:www.goetzis.at

Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs to the district of Feldkirch.

Events

The town is well known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so-called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium. Past winners at Götzis include former decathlon world record holder, Olympic and world champion Roman Šebrle (who achieved the record at the 2001 Götzis meeting), world champion Bryan Clay and Olympic champion Carolina Klüft.

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Notes and References

  1. Ueli Müller: "Baur, Johannes", in: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (DHS), version of 16.05.2002, translated from German. Online: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/030971/2002-05-16/, accessed 25.02.2023.
  2. Web site: Rindsvögel von Elfi Graf . Radio Vorarlberg . ORF . 2009-03-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093820/http://vorarlberg.orf.at/magazin/studio/radiovorarlberg/stories/170133/ . 2011-07-06 .