Lustenau

Lustenau is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the 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 football teams SC Austria Lustenau and FC Lustenau play in major Austrian football leagues. The well-known and successful skier Marc Girardelli was born in Lustenau and the Lustenau ice-hockey team, EHC Lustenau, is part of the Austrian National 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.

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