Frastafeders

Frastafeders in Frastanz

Frastafeders is a district and independent hamlet of the market town of Frastanz in Vorarlberg ( Austria ) with about 240 inhabitants.

topography

Frastafeders is located on a south-facing slope terrace between approx. 560 m above sea level as seen from Frastanz . A. to about 590 m above sea level. A. From Frastanz center it is about 1000 meters as the crow flies to Frastafeders and also to Stutz . The eastern district of Roßnis in the municipality of Nenzing is about 500 meters as the crow flies, and Amerlügen is about 1400 meters to the west . In between lies the Samina valley .

The Klöslefeldbach flows on the western edge of the settlement.

Flora and fauna

The rough meadow landscape between Frastafeders and Bazora , Stutz and Stutzberg has been included in the biotope inventory of the state of Vorarlberg. The Walgau biotope map shows that a unique mosaic of wet and dry meadows spreads out on the slopes above Frastanz and Nenzing.

Frastanz Frastafeders castle ruins

Castle Hill

Frastafeders Castle (also: Frastanz Castle ) in Klöslefeld (Schloßbühl), which has been mentioned several times in documents, was clearly identified archaeologically through the excavations under the direction of Wilhelm Sydow in 1988. The castle probably existed from the middle of the 13th century , was loaned to Ulrich Thumb in 1217 and probably destroyed on August 3, 1344. The childless Ulrich von Montfort (Ulrich II.) Was imprisoned here in 1344. The castle probably consisted of a single keep with an area of 8 x 10 meters and was 15 to 20 meters high, surrounded by a ring wall. The walls were about 1.5 to 2 meters thick. It is not known whether it was rebuilt after 1344. The ruins are documented in the Emser Chronicle by Johann Georg Schlehs around 1616 . Only the castle hill is preserved and visible today.

Say

In the parcel in which Frastafeders Castle was located, a house is said to have stood later, which was guarded by a woman during the Sunday service. She saw a heap of golden yellow leaves in the meadow, went and took a leaf and went back into the house. The foliage turned into a piece of gold. When she turned to fetch more, she saw a ghost gather the pile and quickly disappear with it.

There are several other legends from and about Frastanz that have to do with Frastafeders Castle.

Web links

Commons : Frastafeders - collection of images, videos and audio files

Series - Burgen im Walgau: Ruine Frastanz RTV , youtube.
Frastafeders , website of the market town of Frastanz.

Individual evidence

↑ Günter Stadler: Nature in the shade - special features and biodiversity - in a nutshell in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 23.

↑ Alois Niederstätter: Die Vorarlberger Burgen , Innsbruck 2017, Universitätsverlag Wagner, ISBN 978-3-7030-0953-2 .

↑ The sparkling treasure on Frastafeders , website: say.at.

47.209916 9.632419Coordinates: 47 ° 12 ′ 35.7 " N , 9 ° 37 ′ 56.7" E

[1] Günter Stadler: Nature in the shade - special features and biodiversity - in a nutshell in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 23.

[2] Alois Niederstätter: Die Vorarlberger Burgen , Innsbruck 2017, Universitätsverlag Wagner, ISBN 978-3-7030-0953-2 .