!!!Silbertal

Silbertal, Vorarlberg, municipality in the district of Bregenz, alt. 
889 m, pop. 847, area 88.61 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal tourist 
resort (79,709 overnight stays) on River Litz, in the Montafon region. 
- Village and valley derived their name from silver mining in the Late 
Middle Ages, which lasted until around 1600. - Neo-Gothic parish 
church (1892) with late Gothic tabernacle niche; late Gothic church on 
Kristberg Mountain with two late Gothic winged altars (around 
1477-1490), prayer room with wooden ceiling; shingle-roofed Montafon 
houses; gondola ropeway up Kristberg Mountain.


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