!!!Bludesch

Bludesch, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Bregenz, alt. 
530 m, pop. 1,539 (1981: pop. 1,236), area 7.57 km%%sup 2/%, situated 
in the Walgau area. - Walgau military barracks, hall of residence of 
the Sisters of Mercy, Lutz power station (built in 1959, 38,200 MWh) 
of the Vorarlberger Kraftwerke AG; battery production, steel 
construction, zinc-coating. - First documented mention around 842, 
Baroque parish church (1650/51) by M. Beer, subsidiary church at Zitz 
with the oldest frescoes in Vorarlberg (around 1330), Unterhalden and 
Oberhalden manor houses (17%%sup th/%  century), ruin of Jordan manor 
(1653-1655).

!Literature
F. H. Erne, Der obere Walgau, 1959.


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