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Schwarzenberg, Austria

Schwarzenberg
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Coat of arms of Schwarzenberg
Coat of arms
Schwarzenberg is located in Austria
Schwarzenberg
Schwarzenberg
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.41667°N 9.85000°E / 47.41667; 9.85000Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 09°51′00″E / 47.41667°N 9.85000°E / 47.41667; 9.85000
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Bregenz
Government
 • Mayor Armin Berchtold
Area
 • Total 25.76 km2 (9.95 sq mi)
Elevation 696 m (2,283 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 1,877
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6867
Area code 05512
Vehicle registration B
Website www.schwarzenberg.at

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Schwarzenberg is a municipality in the Bregenz Forest in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz. The village center is heritage-protected for its clapboard houses.

Here annually the world-famous lied- and chamber-music-festival Schubertiade Schwarzenberg takes place, with performances of artists like Alfred Brendel, Emerson String Quartet, Michael Schade, Robert Holl, Angelika Kirchschlager, Thomas Quasthoff.


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