!!!Tschagguns

Tschagguns, Voralberg, municipality in the district of Bludenz, 
alt. 685 m, pop. 2,237, 
area 57.67 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal tourist resort (302,348 
overnight stays in 1992, mainly winter tourism) situated at the point 
where the Gauer Tal Valley joins the Montafon Valley. - Customs post, 
school of domestic science, provincial school skiing hostel, 
Golmerbahn (from Latschau to Golm, 1,732 m) funicular railway; 
storage power stations: Latschauwerk Tschagguns (built in 1950, 
9 MW), Luenerseewerk Tschagguns (built in 1957, 232 MW) and 
Unterstufe Gampadels (built in 1924, 11.6 MW). - Baroque parish 
church (enlarged between 1812 and 1814) with Gothic choir (1452-1454), 
Rococo high altar (1774/1775) and altar with late Gothic 
miracle-working statue (around 1520); traditional Montafon Paarhof 
farmsteads with frescoes.


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