Schlins#
Schlins, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Feldkirch, alt. 502 m, pop. 1,777, area 6.05 km2, in the Walgau valley.- Jagdberg provincial school and home for young people with special needs, "Jupidentstiftung" school for special needs children, multi-purpose hall; metal-working industry (pipe bend and light metal factory), concrete pipe factory, some tourism. - First documented mention 820, part of Austria since 1397. Baroque parish church (parish from around 821, today´s building dates from 1699); chapel in Frommengaersch (consecrated in 1512) with frescoes (15th century), late-Gothic winged altars and side altar (1657); ruins of Jagdberg fortress (first documented mention 1300, since 1908 home for young people, the central room of the great hall has been used as an open-air stage since 1949).