Vehicle registration B Elevation 688 m Population 1,305 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 6881 | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.mellau.at Area 40.55 km² Local time Saturday 1:17 PM Area code 05518 | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz.
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Map of 6881 Mellau, Austria
History
From 1805 to 1814 Mellau belonged to Bavaria but then again to Austria. After the Second World War the municipality was in the French zone of occupation for 10 years. In 1870 there was a great fire in Mellau. The church, the school, the rectory and 18 other houses were razed.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was designed by Hubert Dietrich, a well-known artist, in 1962. It shows an uprooted fir tree which symbolises the affiliation to the Bregenz Forest and three crosses which remind the population of the plague.
References
Mellau Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA