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Maisäß Matschwitz in winter; View in northwest direction to the middle station of the Golmerbahn.

Matschwitz (also called "Matschwyz" in Switzerland) is a district of the Tschagguns municipality in the Montafon . It is located above the town center at around 1520 meters, in the middle of the Golm skiing and hiking area .

location

Matschwitz can be reached either on foot via a forest path, around 45 minutes from Latschau, or with the Golmerbahn. There are around 20 houses there today, which are mainly used as holiday or vacation domiciles. This type of settlement is called Maisäß in the Montafon .

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Panoramic view over the Montafon: left up towards Golmerjoch , in the middle over Schruns to the Silbertal opposite, to the right of it the Hochjoch and to the far right to the Tschaggunser Mittagspitze ( 2168  m )

vegetation

Blossoming summer meadow on Matschwitz

The vegetation on the mountain slopes here in the high-montane to subalpine level (around 1200 to 2000 meters) is determined by the zonal coniferous forest. The spruce, with its pointed crown, dominates the tree layer. Partly through human support, humid, nutrient-rich and base-rich sites are now planted with sycamore. Rowan berries can also be found in the forest on poorer and more acidic soils.

Depending on the geological subsoil, the nature of the soil and the altitude, the forest-free areas, especially on the southern slopes, have a small-structured and species-rich herbaceous vegetation.

There are alpine stone quendel, mountain thistle, blueberry , spring gentian, common cow flower, autumn heather, rust-leaved alpine rose , hot buttercup, silver thistle and the like. a.

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• Josef Zurkirchen : Montafoner Heimatbuch
• Barbara Keiler and Klaus Pfeifer: Plazadels and Wachters Dieja in Montafoner Schriftenreihe 2

Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '59.6 "  N , 9 ° 51' 38.6"  E