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Not
far from Old Montfort is the lovely village of Klaus. For those Who
want to extend their tour, should ascend up the Viktorsberg near
Röthis
Viktor Berg, also Vogelsberg, south of Fraxern, separated by
a deep mountain gorge, is called 'middle Mountains', with its
continuation
of the highest point on
the
"ball", how it is called. This mountain owes its name to the holy
Victor, Pope and Martyr, of
who,
a highly venerated relic is retained,
It has no village, no hamlet, only scattered houses.
The parish church, in
close vicinity of the living quarters, stands
with
the
former Minorites
monastery, where you can find the parsonage and
the school
itself
on a beautiful hill projection.
The church, formerly the abbey church is pretty, and in particular, has
two beautiful stained glass paintings, of St. Viktor and St. Francis of
Assisi.
This well-shaped mountain
with its quaint buildings grants a great view already out of
Feldkirch,
an exceedingly
pleasant
sight, but it also offers extensive and delightful vistas over the
neighborhood, which it
dominates.
Besides
the city is pleasantly
busy
FeldMrch
(Feldkirch) the eye can count
still 25 villages
with a friendly landscape that
it
overlooks
here.
Historical books tell of a time, that once
on the
Viktor
mountain, a
royal court (curtis regia) was situated with
a hunting castle, where Charles
the fat had stayed often.
At the
same time there also lived
St. Eusebius.
He was by birth a Scotchman, and profession of the
famous Benedictine monastery
of St. Gallen. His
special love for solitude led him to ask
abbots Harmut permission to
be allowed to withdraw entirely into a wasteland.
With
the blessing of the abbot he
moved around the year 850 on the Viktor Berg and lived
there for many
years locked in his
cell.
He left the bower only rarely, but lectured and taught all
those who
made pilgrimages to him, from his windows.
But once he climbed down to preach God's word, after Prederis, a little
place
that is below Rankweil 's
Blach field.
When he was satisfied of his religious zeal, he
layed exhausted from
the heat of the day under a
linden tree down to slumber.
But at the same hour came many pagan farmers along the way.
When they saw
the
Christian enemy they cut off his head with a scythe.
They buried the head
after their misdeed, St.
Eusebius, however, took his head with his right hand, took three
rounds
and went up towards Viktor
Berg.
Emperor Charles
the Fat had been his friend,
and as such
often came to him to the
hermitage,
where the
hermit predicted
many things in the
future.
In the year 885
the
named emperor gave the Church of Röthis
with all its
buildings,
serfs, fields, meadows and alpine pins to the St. Gallen, but with the
commitment to host and cater
for the 12 pilgrims on Viktor mountains.
Under this circumstance the origin of the local monastery has to be
sought. Of St. Gallen, which performed to this end a
monastic building, it became
property of the Counts of Montfort.
Rudolph
VII gave
the same 1381 to the
Franciscans Order.
In 1782 it was abandoned.
- From the
royal court and the
hunting-lodge - by the way - no trace to discover any longer.
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Historical Bludenz
and surroundings
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