The Frutz is a river of
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...
,
Austria
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, a tributary of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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The Frutz is long. Its source is in the Frutz Alpine shieling. It flows in western direction through the valley in the area of
Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to:
Places
* Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria
** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria
* Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the munici ...
to the Rhine. At
Rankweil
Rankweil is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the district Feldkirch. It is the second largest town in the district Feldkirch and the eighth largest town in Vorarlberg.
Geography
Rankweil is located in the southern Rhine ...
, the river divides into a side and main arm. The smaller one has an own name called . Both arms discharge separately at
Koblach
Koblach is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area ...
into the Rhine.
Bigger locations at the Frutz are
Sulz, Rankweil and Koblach.
Rivers of Vorarlberg
Bregenz Forest Mountains
Rivers of Austria
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