Dornbirn is a city in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is the administrative
center of the district (Bezirk) Dornbirn, which also includes the city
of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau.
The largest and busiest city in Vorarlberg and the tenth largest in
all of Austria, Dornbirn is an important commercial center and shopping
mecca. The regional ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Institution), the Fachhochschule
(University of Applied Sciences), two General Education Secondary Schools,
the Higher Technical Vocational College (HTL). Many large companies
are situated there. The city was formerly a major centre of the textiles
industry, which has been in decline since the 1980s.
