What is "feldkirch"

Feldkirch may refer to:

In Austria:

• Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district
• Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg

In France:

• Feldkirch, Haut-Rhin, a commune (municipality) in France.

In Germany:

• Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the municipality Hartheim, in Baden-Württemberg

Feldkirch is a very small town (population 700) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a few minutes from the French border (4 km) and near Switzerland. It is part of the town Hartheim am Rhein.

It has a small bakery, 3 restaurants, and 3 hotels (guesthouses). The village is known for its crops, especially for the asparagus. They also grow onions, potatoes, strawberries and other berries.

It is famous as the childhood home of Sybille von Schoenebeck, later to gain fame as author Sybille Bedford, in the 1910s. It has really only come to full prominence in the 21st century with the publication of her final autobiography Quicksands: A Memoir, though it was mentioned in her 1989 Booker Prize-nominated Jigsaw: An Unsentimental Education.