Schwarzach#

Schwarzach, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Bregenz, alt. 433 m, pop. 3,122, area 4.91 km2, industrial, commercial and trading centre situated on the River Schwarzach, at the eastern edge of the Rhine valley between Bregenz and Dornbirn. - Home and recreation centre for blind people, multi-purpose hall, young people´s home; mechanical engineering, textile industry, organ constructors, offset printing works, Vorarlberg Media House, warehouse for textiles. - Documented mention in 1249; neo-Gothic parish church (1901-1903); Einhof farmsteads (some from 18th  century).