Alvier
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The Alvier River is a mountain stream in Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal-state of Austria. Although it is the second smallest in terms of area and population , it borders three countries: Germany , Switzerland and Liechtenstein...

 and flows through the Brandnertal where it merges with the Ill. The river passes through the municipality of „Brand in Vorarlberg“.

The waters have created numerous flat areas in the riverbed. Brook trout
Trout
Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...

s and rainbow trouts splash about in water there. The clear but torrential river has drinking water quality.

The pride of the village is the 14 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

large „Alvier-Bath“ which can be used free of charge. Aquatic plants filter pollutants in a biological procedure out of the water of the bath, which gains agreeable temperatures in summer.
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