Northeast of Feldkirch lies Rankweil (470m/1,543ft; pop. 10,000), beautifully situated at the mouth of the Laternser Tal. In the lower town, the Church of St Peter is well worth a visit; built in the 13th C., it was remodeled in the Baroque style in the 17th-18th C., and has a seated figure of the Virgin (1350).
On a crag in the middle of Rankweil, the Liebenfrauenberg (515m/1,690ft), stand the ruins of the 14th C. Burg Hörnlingen, with the pilgrimage church of Mariä Heimsuchung (the Visitation; built 15th and 17th C.; now a basilica). This church contains a wooden crucifix of 1450 and a 15th. C. figure of the Virgin Mary. From the gallery there are superb views over the Rhine valley, the Rätikon and the chain of the Glarn Alps and the Säntis.
A steep road runs 6km/4mi southeast from Rankweil to the beautifully situated village of Übersaxen (900m/2,950ft), with a church of 1383 which contains a statue of the Virgin of 1460 and a processional cross of about 1250.
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