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Montafoner Steinschaf The greatest pride of the Montafon, at 70 cm high. People from the Montafon are humble, proud, honest and strong. Perhaps it is these very properties that are reflected in their...

Montafon organ landscape A valley full of sound monuments The Montafon is characterised by an extremely rich organ landscape. Within a small area, there are 16 organs from four centuries on which...

Pasture drive | montafon.at

Pasture drive The end of the summer retreat Cattle in the Montafon have spent their summers in the high Alpine pastures for centuries. Well-fed, the cattle return to the valley in September. The...

Bonfires in the Montafon Funkensonntag [Bonfire Sunday] is an ancient spring custom – full of symbolism and originating in pre-Christian times. One of the oldest customs of the valley is torch...

Mountain summits in Flames Fires light up the Montafon mountains for the summer solstice On 21 June – when the longest day and the shortest night meet – mountain fires are lit in many places. On...

It flows, it foams: The power of water

It flows, it foams: The power of water It’s a shame that we spend so little time contemplating the importance of water for our life. Things are different in the Montafon. Here, in the mountains...

Montafon idiom a language as a cultural UNESCO heritage An intangible cultural asset of the UNESCO World Heritage The Montafon dialect is special amongst the Austrian dialects. Muntafunerisch is...

Alpine Ore | montafon.at

Alpine Ore An archaeological quest in the Montafon To mark the 20th anniversary of archaeological research in the Montafon, a visually stunning documentary on the mining history of Vorarlbergs...

Target shooting in Gortipohl A piece of Montafon cultural history is intangible UNESCO heritage Disc flinging in Gortipohl is unique in the Montafon. The tradition was passed on from generation to...