Mellau
Encyclopedia
Mellau is a town in the Bregenzerwald
, Vorarlberg
, Austria
, part of the district Bregenz
. As of 2008 it had a population of 1,298.
but then again to Austria. After the Second World War the municipality was French zone of occupation for 10 years. 1870 there was a big fire in Mellau. The church, the school, the rectory and 18 more houses burnt down.
tree which symbolises the affiliation to the Bregenzerwald and three crosses which commemorate the population to the plague.
Bregenzerwald
Bregenzerwald is one of the main regions in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria. Geologically, the Bregenzerwald is a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifically the northern flysch zone. It is the drainage basin of the Bregenzer Ach river....
, Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, part of the district Bregenz
Bregenz (district)
The Bezirk Bregenz is an administrative district in Vorarlberg, Austria. It comprises the Bregenzerwald region, the Leiblach valley, and the Austrian part of Lake Constance....
. As of 2008 it had a population of 1,298.
History
From 1805 to 1814 Mellau belonged to BavariaBavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
but then again to Austria. After the Second World War the municipality was French zone of occupation for 10 years. 1870 there was a big fire in Mellau. The church, the school, the rectory and 18 more houses burnt down.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was founded from Hubert Dietrich, a well-known artist, in 1962. It shows an uprooted firFir
Firs are a genus of 48–55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range...
tree which symbolises the affiliation to the Bregenzerwald and three crosses which commemorate the population to the plague.