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Viktorsberg is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg with 438 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2025).
Viktorsberg lies in the Vorarlberg-Vorderland region, in the Feldkirch district, at an altitude of 879 meters. 73% of its area is forested, and 15.2% is alpine pasture. there are no other Cadastral communities within Viktorsberg. The municipality belongs to the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley region and is situated on the situated on the slope of a spur on the Kugelgruppe mountain range of the Bregenz Forest Mountains.
The municipality of Viktorsberg shares a border with five other municipalities in Vorarlberg. These are, clockwise from the north, the city of Dornbirn in the district of the same name, and the municipalities of Zwischenwasser, Röthis, Weiler, and Fraxern in the district of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
Viktorsberg was named after the Pope and Martyr St Victor (d. c. 202), whose skull has likely been kept in the Viktorsberg church since the 8th century, the first documented mention of the town is found in the Rhaetian property register of 842. Among the most curious and interesting figures associated with the saints of Vorarlberg is undoubtedly the Irish hermit Eusebius. Driven from his native island in the mid 9th century by Danish and Norwegian raids, Eusebius found refuge in Viktorsberg. He maintained close ties with the Abbey of Saint Gall and is even said to have advised the Carolingian Emperor Charles III (d. 888). In gratitude, the emperor made a donation to support the small community and placed Viktorsberg under the protection and ownership of the Abbey of St. Gall. A St. Gall nectrology records Eusebius' death on January 31, 884.
The centuries following his death seemed to have forgotten Eusebius. Not a single historian mentions the strange Irish recluse . However, at the beginning of the 17th century, the Überlingen popular and devotional writer Johann Georg Tibianus recounts that Eusebius had rebuked farmers for blaspheming Sunday in the fields of Brederis and was therefore supposedly beheaded by them with a scythe. To the astonishment of his murderers, Eusebius, immediately after his execution, picked up his severed head and left the scene. He is said to have eventually laid his head to rest on the altar of the Viktorsberg church. In 1730, Eusebius was even beatified by the Roman Congregation of Rites. The trefoil in the coat of arms indicates the Irish (formerly Scottish) connection.
Little is known about the development and history of the monastery, as it burned down twice, destroying many old documents in the process. It is only known that the Counts of Montfort later owned Viktorsberg. In 1370, Count Rudolf III of Montfort began to improve the church and monastery buildings. On September 13, 1383, he granted the newly constructed monastery to the Franciscans . In 1398, the House of Austria acquired the patronage of the monastery. It belonged to the Upper German (Strasbourg) Franciscan Province of Argentina and, after the division of the order in 1517, became a convent of Franciscan Conventual (Minorites).
In 1642, the monastery burned down completely after being struck by lightning. In January 1785, the Franciscan monastery was dissolved by Joseph II.
The Habsburgs ruled the towns in Vorarlberg alternately from Tyrol and Further Austria (Freiburg im Breisgau). From 1805 to 1814, the town belonged to Bavaria, then again to Austria. Viktorsberg has been part of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since its founding in 1861. From 1945 to 1955, the town was part of the French occupation zone in Austria.
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Viktorsberg
Viktorsberg is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg with 438 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2025).
Viktorsberg lies in the Vorarlberg-Vorderland region, in the Feldkirch district, at an altitude of 879 meters. 73% of its area is forested, and 15.2% is alpine pasture. there are no other Cadastral communities within Viktorsberg. The municipality belongs to the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley region and is situated on the situated on the slope of a spur on the Kugelgruppe mountain range of the Bregenz Forest Mountains.
The municipality of Viktorsberg shares a border with five other municipalities in Vorarlberg. These are, clockwise from the north, the city of Dornbirn in the district of the same name, and the municipalities of Zwischenwasser, Röthis, Weiler, and Fraxern in the district of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
Viktorsberg was named after the Pope and Martyr St Victor (d. c. 202), whose skull has likely been kept in the Viktorsberg church since the 8th century, the first documented mention of the town is found in the Rhaetian property register of 842. Among the most curious and interesting figures associated with the saints of Vorarlberg is undoubtedly the Irish hermit Eusebius. Driven from his native island in the mid 9th century by Danish and Norwegian raids, Eusebius found refuge in Viktorsberg. He maintained close ties with the Abbey of Saint Gall and is even said to have advised the Carolingian Emperor Charles III (d. 888). In gratitude, the emperor made a donation to support the small community and placed Viktorsberg under the protection and ownership of the Abbey of St. Gall. A St. Gall nectrology records Eusebius' death on January 31, 884.
The centuries following his death seemed to have forgotten Eusebius. Not a single historian mentions the strange Irish recluse . However, at the beginning of the 17th century, the Überlingen popular and devotional writer Johann Georg Tibianus recounts that Eusebius had rebuked farmers for blaspheming Sunday in the fields of Brederis and was therefore supposedly beheaded by them with a scythe. To the astonishment of his murderers, Eusebius, immediately after his execution, picked up his severed head and left the scene. He is said to have eventually laid his head to rest on the altar of the Viktorsberg church. In 1730, Eusebius was even beatified by the Roman Congregation of Rites. The trefoil in the coat of arms indicates the Irish (formerly Scottish) connection.
Little is known about the development and history of the monastery, as it burned down twice, destroying many old documents in the process. It is only known that the Counts of Montfort later owned Viktorsberg. In 1370, Count Rudolf III of Montfort began to improve the church and monastery buildings. On September 13, 1383, he granted the newly constructed monastery to the Franciscans . In 1398, the House of Austria acquired the patronage of the monastery. It belonged to the Upper German (Strasbourg) Franciscan Province of Argentina and, after the division of the order in 1517, became a convent of Franciscan Conventual (Minorites).
In 1642, the monastery burned down completely after being struck by lightning. In January 1785, the Franciscan monastery was dissolved by Joseph II.
The Habsburgs ruled the towns in Vorarlberg alternately from Tyrol and Further Austria (Freiburg im Breisgau). From 1805 to 1814, the town belonged to Bavaria, then again to Austria. Viktorsberg has been part of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since its founding in 1861. From 1945 to 1955, the town was part of the French occupation zone in Austria.
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