!!!Ludesch

Ludesch, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Bludenz, alt. 
555 m, pop. 2,463 (1981: 2,146), area 11.25 km%%sup 2/%, 
where the Grosses Walsertal valley opens into the Walgau valley, at 
the foot of the Hohen Frassen mountain (alt. 1,979 m). - Part of 
the storage power station Oberstufe Lutz (built in 1967, 
19.3 MW); in 1991 about 72 % of all employed people were in 
trade and industry, particularly building trade, production of cement, 
timber mill, blouse factory. - Baroque parish church, built between 
1637-1639, decorated in 1777, black marble altars, altar panels (1640) 
by T. Pock, nave extended in 1886, chancel frescoes (1876-1878); old 
late Gothic parish church of St. Martin (documented mention around 
842, enlarged around 1480) with murals (around 1600), high altar (with 
Gothicized winged shrine, 1629), Gothic side altar (1488); farmhouses: 
Ein- and Paarhoefe (some from 17%%sup th/%  -18%%sup th/%  centuries); 
one of the last farmhouses from the 17%%sup th/%  century has been 
turned into a multi-purpose social centre.


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