Lech#

Lech, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Bregenz, alt. 1,444 m, pop. 1,234, area 90 km2, along with Zuers exclusive international skiing resort (1,012,808 overnight stays), situated on the upper River Lech on the mouth of Zuersbach stream. - Cable railways to the Ruefikopf mountain (2,362 m) and to Oberlech (1,669 m), Mohnenfluhbahn, an aerial cableway, to the Zuger Hochlicht mountain (2371 m). - Settlement of the Walser people around 1300, first documentary mention in 1351 "Taeniberc", became part of Austria in 1453; its parish church with Gothic choir and tower (around 1390, Baroque onion-shaped roof) is a landmark, frescoes inside the church (1400-1450), Baroque nave (1603) with frescoes (1791); new parish church (1974-1976); Baroque St. Sebastian church in Zug; chapels from the 17th and 18th centuries; former Tannberger court house; Tannberg bridge (1665; extended in 1941); old farm houses in Walser style, "Einhof" and "Paarhof" buildings with shingle facing, console frieze and panelled rooms.

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