Götzis | ||
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Location within Austria | ||
Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°ECoordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°E | ||
Country | Austria | |
State | Vorarlberg | |
District | Feldkirch | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Christian Loacker (ÖVP) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 14.64 km2 (5.65 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) | |
Population (1 January 2016) | ||
• Total | 11,287 | |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Postal code | 6840 | |
Area code | 05523 | |
Vehicle registration | FK | |
Website | www.goetzis.at |
Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the 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 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.
The singer Elfi Graf (born 1952), lives in Götzis.