Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
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Schools

  • Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Feldkirch (founded in 1649)
  • Bundeshandelsakademie und Bundeshandelsschule Feldkirch
  • Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Schillerstrasse (GYS)
  • Bundeshandelsakademie und Handelsschule Feldkirch
  • Institut St. Josef
  • Musikschule der Stadt Feldkirch
  • Vorarlberger Landeskonservatorium
  • Pädagogische Hochschule des Bundes in Vorarlberg

Notable people

  • Bartholomäus Bernhardi (1487–1551), Lutheran theologian
  • Wolf Huber
    Wolf Huber
    Wolf Huber was an Austrian painter, printmaker, and architect, a leading member of the Danube School.-Life:Records show that Huber was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, but that by 1515 he was living in Passau. His relationship with other painters of that name living in Feldkirch is unknown,...

     (c. 1485-1553), painter (Danube school
    Danube school
    The Danube School or Donau School is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria . Many also were innovative printmakers, usually in etching...

    ) and architect
  • Georg Joachim Rheticus
    Georg Joachim Rheticus
    Georg Joachim von Lauchen, also known as Rheticus , was a mathematician, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric tables and as Nicolaus Copernicus's sole pupil...

     (1514–1574), mathematician and astronomer
  • Karl Bleyle (1880–1969), musician and composer
  • Elmar Fischer (* 1936), bishop of the Feldkirch diocese
  • Bernhard Leitner (* 1938), artist
  • P. Georg Sporschill SJ (* 1946), pastor known for his social engagement for orphans and street children in Romania and Moldova and work with the homeless in Vienna.
  • Wiltrud Drexel
    Wiltrud Drexel
    Wiltrud Drexel is an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.-External links:* - Results - Wiltrud Drexel...

     (* 1950), ski racer
  • Günther Freitag (* 1952), novelist
  • Herbert Bösch
    Herbert Bösch
    Herbert Bösch is an Austrian social democratic politician. He is Member of the European Parliament since 1995....

     (* 1954), politician and MEP
    Member of the European Parliament
    A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...

  • Natalie Uher (* 1968), Playmate
    Playmate
    A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month . The PMOM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, as well as a short biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and...

     (Playboy
    Playboy
    Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

     September 1984) and actress (Emmanuelle
    Emmanuelle
    Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French softcore erotic movies based on a character created by Emmanuelle Arsan in the novel Emmanuelle...

     6 (1988))
  • Hans Weingartner
    Hans Weingartner
    Hans Weingartner is an Austrian author, director and producer of films. He attended the Austrian Association of Cinematography and earned a diploma as a camera assistant. Later, he did a postgraduate at the Academy of Media Arts KHM in Cologne, Germany...

     (* 1970), author, director and film producer (famous for the international hit The Edukators
    The Edukators
    The Edukators is a German-Austrian film made by the Austrian director Hans Weingartner and released in 2004. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it stars Daniel Brühl, Stipe Erceg and Julia Jentsch....

     starring Daniel Brühl
    Daniel Brühl
    Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo is a Spanish/German actor. He is best known as Daniel Brühl.-Personal life:Brühl was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His father was the late German stage director Hanno Brühl and his mother was a Spanish professor. He also has a brother and a sister...

     and Julia Jentsch
    Julia Jentsch
    Julia Jentsch is a Silver Bear, two-time European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress. She is best known as the title character in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, Jule in The Edukators and, Liza in I Served the King of England.-Career:Jentsch was born to a family of lawyers in Berlin and...

    ).

Feldkirch Festival

Feldkirch is the home of an annual Summer Festival, founded in 2002 by Thomas Hengelbrock
Thomas Hengelbrock
Thomas Hengelbrock is a German violinist, musicologist, stage director and conductor.- Biography :Thomas Hengelbrock studied the violin with Rainer Kussmaul and started his career in Würzburg and Freiburg im Breisgau...

 and directed since 2007 by Philippe Arlaud.

Sport clubs

  • VEU Feldkirch
    VEU Feldkirch
    VEU Feldkirch is a professional ice hockey team from Feldkirch, Austria at Vorarlberghalle. The team currently plays in the Austrian National League . VEU Feldkirch were nine-time Austrian ice hockey champions when they played in the higher level Austrian Hockey League, before being relegated....

  • TC-ESV Feldkirch
  • Tennisclub Swietelsky Blau-Weiss Feldkirch
  • TSV Altenstadt
  • SC Tisis
  • FC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch
  • Baseball- and Softballclub Feldkirch Cardinals
  • Metafund Baskets Feldkirch (Basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  • HC Blau-Weiß Feldkirch
  • Sportbillardclub Feldkirch
  • Schiverein Tisis
  • Volleyballclub SSK Feldkirch
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