Gargellen
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Gargellen ( village ) locality |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Bludenz (BZ), Vorarlberg | ||
| Judicial district | Bludenz | ||
| Pole. local community | St. Gallenkirch ( KG St. Gallenkirch) | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 '13 " N , 9 ° 55' 2" E | ||
| height | 1423 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 127 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 123 (2001) | ||
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| Locality code | 17109 | ||
| Counting district / district | Gargellen (80 120 001) | ||
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; VoGIS | |||
The mountain village Gargellen is a climatic health resort with about 110 inhabitants in Vorarlberg and politically belongs to the municipality of St. Gallenkirch . Gargellen lies at 1,423 meters, is the highest village in the Montafon and is located in the Gargellental, through which the Suggadinbach flows . The most important industry today is tourism . The place name means something like "vortex" and is said to come from Romansh . To the northwest of Gargellen lies the Rongg waterfall, near which there is a short but challenging via ferrata .
history
Gargellen was first mentioned in a document in 1411. Long before that, the Gargellental was of importance in terms of traffic due to an old mule track over the Schlappiner Joch .
The current parish church dates back to 1615. There is also evidence of a school since around 1844. At that time, however, the place was not yet inhabited all year round; it was only since 1880 that the few residents stayed in Gargellen over the winter.
Tourism began to develop at the end of the 19th century, initially as a summer resort . In the interwar period , Gargellen also became a winter sports resort. After the annexation of Austria , the Viennese playwright Jura Soyfer tried to flee to Switzerland on skis near Gargellen, but was arrested on March 13, 1938. A strong growth of tourism and thus of the whole place started after the Second World War. Today's connecting road was built by 1950 , and in 1952 the first section of the cable car to the Schafberg was opened (see: Schafbergbahn ).
Gargellen was last in the headlines in August 2005, when severe storms destroyed parts of the road and the village was cut off from the outside world.
Mountain hikes
Several mountains can be reached from Gargellen via marked hiking trails, such as the Heimspitze (2,685 m) and the Riedkopf (2,552 m). Via the mountain station of the Schafbergbahn and the Gafierjoch (2,415 m), the Rätschenfluh (2,703 m) and the Madrisahorn can be climbed on the Swiss side . More difficult tours on unmarked paths or climbs lead to the Schlappiner Spitze (2,442 m) and the Madrisa (2,770 m). From Gargellen you can hike south into the Vergalden and Valzifenz valleys.
Winter sports
Gargellen has a ski area that can be reached from the southern outskirts via the Schafbergbahn (1,423–2,130 m). The ski area has 8 lifts, including an 8-person monocable , a 2-person chair lift , a 4- person chair lift, a 6- person chair lift, 3 drag lifts and a pommel lift . In addition to the slopes, the ski area offers a fun park above the mountain station.
There are three restaurants in the ski area, the Schafberghüsli (2,130 m, mountain station of the Schafbergbahn), the Kesslhütte (1,733 m, located on slope no. 6 “Täli”) and the Obwaldhütte (1,860 m). The pizzeria “Barga” (1,530 m) is also located on the valley run on the southern edge of the village. The highest point of the ski area is at 2,300 m. The winter sports season runs from December to mid-April of the following year, depending on the weather conditions.
Gargellen has its own ski school, which offers ski courses for tourists during the winter season. For children of preschool age there is a separate training area on the eastern edge of the village. There is also a pommel lift with its own descent in the ski area for beginners.
Culture and sights
- The church, built in 1615, was destroyed in 1622 and then rebuilt. The new building was completed in 1644 and in 1674 David Bertle from St. Gallenkirch, a forerunner of the famous Montafon artist family, created the popular “Sebastian Altar” in the Renaissance style. The church was enlarged in 1792 and a tower was added in 1793. The furnishings include a baroque pulpit (1793), two baroque side altars by the Tyrolean sculptor Melchior Lechleitner and a neo-Romanesque high altar by Moriz Schlachter from Ravensburg (1906). On the apex wall of the choir is a sundial with the fresco of St. Mary with Child by the Schruns artist Konrad Honold (1958).
Fidelis Chapel
The Fidelis Chapel, built in 1912, is on the road to St. Gallenkirch. It goes back to Fidelis von Sigmaringen , who stayed in the Gargellen Valley in 1622 with Austrian (Catholic) troops in order to conquer the area of the (reformed) Drei Bünde in what is now Graubünden. According to tradition, he stopped at the source in Sarotla and blessed it. After his canonization, several wayside shrines and chapels were built in 1842 and 1883 from the middle of the 18th century, which repeatedly fell victim to avalanches and floods. Today's building in a protected location was built in 1912 at the instigation of Father Peter Zierler. The design for the altar was created by August Pfalz from Dachau.
- see main article: Fideliskapelle .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Gargellen in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- ↑ ORF report on the severe weather in 2005
- ↑ Helmut Reimann: 100th anniversary of the Fideliskapelle. In: Vorarlberg Online (VOL.at). June 14, 2012, accessed August 11, 2016 .