Editing Dornbirn (section)

==Geography==
===Location===
Dornbirn is located at 437 metres [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] in the [[Alpine Rhine Valley]], at the foot of the [[Karren (mountain)|Karren mountain]], part of the [[Bregenz Forest Mountains|Bregenz Forest Mountain]] chain at the edge of the [[Eastern Alps]]. It is near the borders to [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]] and [[Liechtenstein]]. The [[Dornbirner Ach]] river flows through the town and later into [[Lake Constance]].

===Municipal structure===
[[File:Marktplatz012.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Marktplatz]]
Dornbirn once consisted only of four "quarters" or precincts: Markt, Hatlerdorf, Oberdorf and [[Haselstauden]]. By the 20th century, two new precincts to the west were formed: Rohrbach (formerly a part of Markt) and Schoren (formerly a part of Hatlerdorf), thus bringing the total number of precincts to six.

===Neighbouring municipalities===
The town of Dornbirn itself constitutes almost 70% of the surface of the district Dornbirn and borders on numerous other municipalities: Hohenems and Lustenau, 15 municipalities of the [[Bregenz District]]: ([[Lauterach]], [[Wolfurt]], [[Schwarzach, Vorarlberg|Schwarzach]], [[Bildstein]], [[Alberschwende]], [[Schwarzenberg, Austria|Schwarzenberg]], [[Reuthe]], [[Mellau]], [[Damüls]]), and four of the [[Feldkirch District]]: ([[Laterns]], [[Zwischenwasser]], [[Viktorsberg]], [[Fraxern]]).
[[File:Dornbirn asv2022-10 img07 Karren-Seilbahn Blick von der Bergstation.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Dornbirn, St.-Leopold-church]]