Götzis is a town in the western

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n state of

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. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs to the district of Feldkirch.

Population

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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.

Notable people

*Hotelier Johannes Baur was born in Götzis in 1795.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. *The singer Elfi Graf (born 1952) lives in Götzis. * Michael Kopf (born 1948), racing driver. * Jürgen Loacker (born 1974), bobsledder.

Transport

Götzis railway station is on the main west–east route connecting the Vorarlberg railway line () in the directions of

Bregenz Bregenz (; ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost states of Austria, state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the wes ...

and Feldkirch/ Bludenz, continuing eastward over the Arlberg Railway line to

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

and beyond. The railway station is served by the S1 and R5 services of Vorarlberg S-Bahn and Regional-Express (REX 1) trains.

References

External links

Town of Götzis
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gotzis Cities and towns in Feldkirch District Bregenz Forest Mountains