Festina, Iowa

Festina (also called Twin Springs) is an unincorporated community in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States.

Around that time, Festina had a brewery, a public school, a post office, two general stores, and was described as lying "in a beautiful valley five miles south of Calmar".

[8] In 2019 CFS and St. Theresa of Calcutta in Ossian announced plans to consolidate into a single school, with the Calmar campus closing.

[4] A public park adjoins the chapel and offers a picnic area, as well as canoe access and fishing in the Turkey River.

[4] The church was constructed to fulfill a vow made by Johann Gaertner's mother, who promised God she would build Him a chapel if her soldier son survived Napoleon's Russian campaign.

Map of Iowa highlighting Winneshiek County