!!!Schröcken Schroecken, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Bregenz, alt. 1,269 m, pop. 239, area 23.43 km%%sup 2/%, winter tourism (69,184 overnight stays in 1992), located in the Hinterer Bregenzerwald mountain region, source of the Bregenzerach river, south-west of the Hochtannberg Pass (1,676 m). - Children´s holiday home. - Settled by Walsers around 1300. Neo-Romanesque parish church (1864-1867), old Einhof and Paarhof farmhouse types; Koerbersee lake nearby. The construction of the Tannbergbruecke bridge in 1935 (90 m long, 50 high) across the 45 m deep gorge of the Seebach river opened up the mountain village to tourism. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Schröcken|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]