Taxis and transfers in the Arlberg region
DER LECHER – a class of its own
DER LECHER is THE taxi company in Lech am Arlberg and, like the resort of Lech itself, our company is in a class of its own. Anyone coming to Lech Zürs can rightly expect more from their holiday: more time, more space. The same goes for our passengers, who can relax in comfort and enjoy the ride while feeling safe. DER LECHER stands for 5-star quality, both for airport transfers to the Arlberg region and for taxi journeys in and around Lech Zürs. DER LECHER is your reliable chauffeur, in any weather and around the clock. Safety and service are our top priority.
45
Years Der Lecher
40
Chauffeurs
10.000
Passengers/year
1.000.000
Kilometer/year
Our team
Here for you
DER LECHER is a close-knit team of almost 50 people, including management, our taxi chauffeurs, the staff in our taxi control centre, our garage team and the employees in our residential building (kitchen and room cleaning). We are more heavily staffed in winter than summer, as Lech Zürs welcomes significantly more visitors during the winter months. Most of our employees have been with us for many years. This experience is particularly valuable for our chauffeurs, as it means they are used to driving on icy, snow-covered mountain roads – an essential factor in ensuring the safety of our passengers. We are friendly, helpful and always here for you.
May we introduce ourselves?
Taxi: Mario, Klaus, Thomas, Niclas, Moubarak, Andreas, Kevin, Marian, Marvin, Peter, Reinhard, Roland, Harald, Andreas, Attila, Siegfried, Thomas, Robert, Josef, Denis, Birte,
Stefan, Manuel, Kostadin, Andreas, Josef, Pierre, Hans, Karl, Klaus
Bus: Stefan, Manfred, Markus, Rene, Jens, Norbert, Dimitrios, Thomas
Office/House: Janet, Andreas, Bernhard, Denisa, Manfred, Oktay, Mario, Christin, Hanna
Manfred Ladstätter
Management
“Our service is what makes the difference. Ours is a creative company and we’re constantly thinking about ways to make our passengers’ travel experience even more comfortable and convenient.”
Stefan Walch
Management
“Although it looks back on a long history, Der Lecher has always kept its finger firmly on the pulse of time. Experience and innovation are the ideal combination.”
Stefan Bischof
Shareholder
“Only the best is good enough for our passengers. When it comes to quality, we make no compromises. And our success proves that our approach is the right one.”
A look back in history
Der Lecher – a success story
At the beginning of the 1950s, it was a Willy’s Jeep that took holiday guests, for the first time since the war, over the Flexen Pass to Lech. Local joiners made an elegant wooden seating compartment especially for the purpose. The beginning of the 1960s saw the heyday of the VW Bully, a vehicle which proved to be both practical and suited to winter road conditions. Der Lecher came into being at the beginning of the seventies after several taxi businesses joined forces. However, the actual roots go back further still: to time of the turn of the century. Back then, the “Der Lecher’s” ancestors transported goods locally with carts. However, they soon changed their line of business to the more lucrative transportation of people. The winter sports saw the arrival of the first tourists. And with them, thousands of journeys from Langen railway station to Lech and Zürs. These journeys were made by horse-drawn carriage in accordance with old tradition. However, the car brought a rapid change to Lech – and it turned into a business. Soon, more and more businesses were driving in competition with each other. Up until a good thirty years ago, when one single taxi business brought them all advantageously together under a new name: DER LECHER. The founding fathers of DER LECHER are: Oskar Zimmermann, Josef Zimmermann, Tobias Bischof, Josef Bischof, Josef Walch Senior, Heinrich Walch, Wilhelm Walch from Lech – as well as Karl Kessler from Klösterle.
