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Laterns Valley, Vorarlberg, valley east of River Rhine in the Bregenzer Wald mountain region, drained by the Frutzbach stream. In the 13th century the Walser people lived in the Laterns valley, which extends from the southern part of the Hohe Kugel-Mellental conservation area to Rankweil (502 m) in the west. The Frutzbach stream empties into River Rhine north of Meiningen. The Furkajoch saddle (1,759 m) gives access to Damuels (1,425 m) in the east. The main town is Laterns (995 m).