Thannrain: Local Chapel and Landscape Features
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During a stay in Thannrain, cultural and landscape features can be explored side by side. The local chapel and the Fifele residential building represent different architectural forms; remnants of historic settlement cores, a terrain step and riparian forests draw attention to the surrounding landscape. Details range from the dedication of a religious building and the floor plan of a residence to larger areas around the district. This gives you several specific points of reference for getting to know Thannrain as a travel destination.
Chapel and Residential Architecture
The Thannrain local chapel is dedicated to Saints Roch and Pirmin. Its religious dedication is clearly identified. The chapel is also protected as a monument under Section 2a of the Austrian Monument Protection Act. Its dedication and protected status refer to different aspects: the dedication names the saints, while the legal classification concerns the monument. Anyone interested in local religious history will find a specific point of reference here, bringing together religious dedication and monument protection. Every year during Holy Week, women from the neighborhood clean, decorate and illuminate the chapels and wayside shrines on the Rietzer Bargl. For generations, the people of Rietz have walked across the “Bargl” and commemorated the Passion of Jesus. The exact arrangements may vary from year to year.
Residential architecture is also described in specific terms: Fifele at Thannrain 49 is a residential building on a paired farmstead, with a central-hall floor plan. The term “central-hall floor plan” refers to the hallway’s central position in the building’s layout; the classification as a paired farmstead identifies the farm’s architectural form. This draws attention both to the classification of the farmstead and to the internal layout of the residential building. Remnants of traditional settlement cores have also been preserved in Thannrain. This brings the settlement at the district scale into focus, alongside the individual chapel and residence.
Landscape and Terrain Features
West of Thannrain, Flores Roan, also known as Flores Rain, forms a prominent terrain step at the foot of the western Rietz alluvial fan. The two names refer to the same landform. The Rietzer Grieskogel is 2,884 meters high and the highest mountain in the northern Sellrain Mountains.
An ecological description from 2010 identifies three grey-alder-dominated riparian forests in the middle and upper areas around Thannrain. They are up to 100 m wide; in low water, the gravel, sand and pebbles areas in front of them are extensive and rich in structure. None of the three riparian forests is wider than 100 m; they are not all the same width. Their specific characteristics may vary locally.
The areas around the Thannrain district are also considered valuable landscapes and are of increased importance for the landscape and recreation. This classification complements the individual terrain features with a view of the district’s wider landscape.
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