Altenstadt (Feldkirch)

Old Town is a district of the town of Feldkirch in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. The town forms a cadastral (fraction ) and a Zählsprengel the city.

History

Traces of the Old City's first settlement came to light in the 1950s, as the remains of a nearly 3,000 -year-old Late Bronze Age sanctuary were found. Today's Altenstädter area lent itself to a settlement due to its convenient location at the entrance between Ardetzenberg and Tillis. When carried out in May and June 2006 excavations occupied by a coin finds in Late Antiquity, between the second half of the 3rd century and 4th century Roman building was exposed.

The place was originally called Feldkirch ( Feldkirichun, Veldkiricha spellings, among others, for example by the Rhaetian imperial land register 850 AD). The name derives was in the then still very sparsely populated level probably most visible church in the field. It is generally believed that this is the St. Petronilla 's Church, built in the 9th century (now the Chapel of St. Petronilla and Martin) is, however eponymous might already have been in the field in today's Peter Rank Because the mother church of St. Peter.

The construction of the shadow castle a few miles south directly then arose on the entrance to the valley of the Ill from the Walgau but in the 11th and 12th centuries, a new settlement, for which the name Feldkirch was acquired and developed gradually to the town of Feldkirch. The north gelegenere original Feldkirch was consequently ( from about the 14th century ) Old Workshop called, from which the modern name of the Old town developed.

To Altgemeinde Old City were formerly also Levis, Gisingen and the four little village enhalb the Ill: Nofels, Fresch, Bangs and Matschels.

The town of Feldkirch in 1925 joined together with the municipalities of Old Town, Tosters and Tisis to wholesale Feldkirch.

Today, the Old City is a popular residential area in which, inter alia, the Mayor of Feldkirch, Wilfried Berchtold, lives.

Structures

Petronillakapelle

The Chapel of St. Petronilla and Martin is one of the oldest church building in Vorarlberg and is considered a church in the field as the name origin of Feldkirch.

Dominican Convent

Furthermore, in the Old City is a company founded in the 13th century Dominican monastery with a 1442 consecrated baptistry and frescoes from the 15th century. To situated in the monastery courtyard Fidelis Fountain It is framed by the legend that this was done only after the invocation of the Holy Fidelis water.

Building of the Old Town TC

Architecturally significant is the 2000 built building of the Tennis Club Old Town ( Old Town TC ). The two-storey building is characterized by a clear design language and a deliberately reduced material choice.

Educational institutions

In Old Town there is a primary school, two kindergartens, and the Federal School Feldkirch, which is often mistakenly believed in Levis.

Clubs

  • History Club Old City
  • Altenstädtner Fasnatzunft
  • Musikverein Old City
  • TSV Old City
  • Skiverein Old City
  • Old Town TC
  • Cycling Club Old City
  • Sparks Old City
  • Male Choir Old City
  • Cribs Bauverein Old City
  • Scout troop St. Martin Old City -Levis
Feldkirch District Feldkirch, Vorarlberg Rankweil Ill (Austria) Tosters, Austria
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