Götzis

Götzis


Götzis
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Coat of arms of Götzis
Götzis is located in Austria
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Götzis
Country  Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Feldkirch
Mayor Werner Huber (ÖVP)
Area 14.64 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation 448 m  (1470 ft)
Population 10,882  (16 January 2007)
 - Density 743 /km² (1,925 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FK
Postal code 6840
Area code 05523
Website www.goetzis.at

Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.6333333°E / 47.33306; 9.6333333

Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.

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 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.

The singer Elfi Graf lives in Götzis.

Population: ca. 10,500;
Households: ca. 4,243;
Buildings: ca. 2,600;
Area: 14,64 km²;
Altitude: Ranges from 410 to 1,645 meters above sea level (Adria)

church: Pfarrkirche hl. Ulrich


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