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{{Infobox Ort in Österreich
|Art = Marktgemeinde
|Name = Lustenau
|Wappen =
|lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 25 | lat_sec = 47
|lon_deg = 09 | lon_min = 39 | lon_sec = 35
|Lageplan = Vorarlberg Lustenau.svg
|Lageplanbeschreibung = Location of Lustenau within Vorarlberg
|Bundesland = Vorarlberg
|Bezirk = Dornbirn
|Höhe = 404
|Fläche = 22.55
|Einwohner = 21081
|Stand = 2006-12-31
|PLZ = 6890, 6893
|Vorwahl = 05577
|Kfz = DO
|Gemeindekennziffer = 8 03 03
|NUTS = AT342
|Adresse = Rathausstraße 1<br />6890 Lustenau
|Website = [http://www.lustenau.at www.lustenau.at]
|Bürgermeister = Hans-Dieter Grabher
|Partei = FPÖ
|Gemeinderatanzahl = 36
|Gemeinderat = 15 [[Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs|FPÖ]] u. Parteifreie, </br>14 [[ÖVP]], 4 [[Die Grünen (Österreich)|Grüne]],</br> 2 [[SPÖ]] u. Unabhängige,</br> 1 Halil Ilgec
|Wahljahr = 2005
}}
'''Lustenau''' is a town in the westernmost [[Austria]]n province of [[Vorarlberg]], in the [[Dornbirn (district)|Dornbirn district]]. It lies on the [[Rhine River]], which forms the border with [[Switzerland]]. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth largest town in terms of inhabitants (20 806 in the year [[2004]]).
Lustenau has a long and successful history in sports. The town's two [[soccer]] teams [[SC Austria Lustenau]] and [[FC Lustenau]] play in major Austrian soccer leagues. The well-known and successful skier [[Marc Girardelli]] was born in Lustenau and the Lustenau ice-hockey team (EHC Lustenau) is part of Austria's national hockey league. The town used to be a major center of the embroidery industry in the past and is now a center for new technologies industry.
==History==
Until [[1830]] Lustenau was an independent county reigned by the ''counts of Waldburg-Zeil-Lustenau-Hohenems.'' After [[1830]] Lustenau became part of [[Austria]]. The name Lustenau derives from a document signed by the carolingian king [[Karl III]] with the title "Lustenauua curti regali", meaning "Royal Court Lustenau"
==External links==
*[http://www.lustenau.at Market Community of Lustenau]
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