Frastanz

Frastanz is a market metropolis in the Feldkirch district inside the Austrian nation of Vorarlberg. It was once recognised for its manufacturing of tobacco. Frastanz is placed on the western border of Austria, at 510 meters above sea degree. It is 32.25 square km in place. Sixty one.2% of the area is wooded. In ancient instances, Frastanz changed into located on a Roman Road. It grow to be also the website of the Battle of Frastanz in 1499. The Battle of Frastanz between an army of the Old Swiss Confederacy and the troops of king Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire took place on 20 April 1499.

In one of the many raids of the Swabian War, an excursion of Habsburg troops had plundered a few villages within the Swiss Confederacy, who replied by means of sending an army to Vorarlberg. The community council includes 27 people. Fifteen seats belong to the Austrian People's Party, 8 belong to the Social Democratic Party of Austria, and 4 belong to the Freedom Party of Austria. The contemporary-day mayor is Eugen Gabriel.