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Fir Tree Country
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The forest, the many houses and wood processing crafts adorn the cultural landscape in Vorarlberg and the surrounding areas like no other place in the world.
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t-guide will gladly give you information about the Queen of the Trees, which is what the native Silver Fir is called. The wood is regal, its appearance is commanding, the needles are silver and the facades on the houses where the Silver Fir was used, have a silvery sheen. The wood used for furniture and interior fittings is noble and light. t-guide offers you insight into the general situation of the forests and the life of the Queen of the Trees, the Silver Fir. Experience an important piece of Vorarlberg‘s cultural landscape! When hiking through Fir Tree Country, you will discover the ecological interrelationships and the possibilities for use of the Silver Fir‘s regal wood. t-guide takes you through the forests and explains how this majestic wood is processed. Fir Tree Country is spread throughout all of Vorarlberg. The largest population of the Silver Fir is found in the area of the Pfänder mountain near Bregenz, in the valleys of the Bregenzerwald (or Bregenz Forest), and in the Great Walser Valley as well as in some of the mountain communities in the Rhine Valley. If you would like to see how it is used, we would recommend looking at some of the architectural models. t-guide offers information about over 20 examples that can be viewed in Fir Tree Country. After a short pause, you will be automatically connected with the next commentary - or you can press a new number now. |
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