Bregenz
The City of Lake
General Information
Common Name: Bregenz is
Other Name: -, District: Bregenz, State: Vorarlberg, Austria
Area: 0 -
Languages Spoken: German,Hungarian and Slovenian
Long Distance Code: 05574
Importance: The annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele is a world-famous festival which takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year.
Best Time to Visit: January to March and April
International Access: Connected to all the major cities f Austria.Description
Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. The city is located on the eastern shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the east and Germany in the northwest.The city is situated on a plateau falling in a series of terraces to the lake at the foot of Pfänder mountain. It is a junction of the arterial roads from the Rhine valley to the German Alpine foothills, with cruise ship services on Lake Constance. Bregenz is twinned with Bangor in Northern Ireland, and various exchange trips take place between the two places. Another twin town is Akko in Israel. It is especially famous for the annual summer music festivalLocation
The city is located on the eastern shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the east and Germany in the northwest.Climate
Temperate Continental Climate.
On the upper floor of the 13th-century Tower of St. Martin is a local military museum. St. Martin''s Chapel (founded in 1362), at the base of the tower, features 14th-century murals. Far more interesting than the art, however, is the view of the surrounding area from the top of the tower, which is capped with one of the largest all-wood cupolas in Austria.
You''ll find a rich collection of artifacts from throughout the province in the Vorarlberg Regional Museum. Exhibits include relics from prehistoric and Roman days. You''ll see Romanesque and Gothic ecclesiastical works of art from the churches in the district. Also make time to see the so-called portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Angelica Kauffmann.