Vorarlberg -Estado Federado

Bregenz
Vorarlberg es el Estado federado más occidental de Austria y, haciendo caso omiso de Viena, el más pequeño en cuanto a la superficie. Los habitantes de Vorarlberg hablan un dialecto derivado del alemán emparentado con el suizo y el suabio. El "Ländle", cuyo territorio se encuentra entre el lago de Constanza y los Alpes del Arlberg, presenta un paisaje variado y de gran belleza natural, en virtud del cual es muy popular entre los turistas del extranjero. Además del turismo, sus principales fuentes de ingreso son la industria textil y la producción energética. También se destacan en el Vorarlberg los sectores metalúrgico y del hierro así como los productos alimenticios que pudieron ir fortaleciendo su posición en la economía del país.
La energía eléctrica de origen hidráulico no sólo abastece al propio Estado sino también a Alemania y los Estados del Benelux a través de la red de interconexión europea.
La región del Arlberg, situada en la frontera entre el Vorarlberg y el Tirol, es conocida en todo el mundo como un centro deportivo de esquí alpino. Pero también las regiones de Klein Walsertal, Montafon y del Bregenzerwald se han convertido en centros turísitcos muy concurridos.
La ciudad de Bregenz (unos 27.000 habitantes), capital del Estado federado a orillas del lago de Constanza, sede del Gobierno provincial, es conocida en el ámbito internacional por su festival.
A comienzos de la década del ochenta se inauguró el nuevo Palacio de Festivales y Congresos. Dornbirn es el centro comercial y la ciudad más poblada del Vorarlberg (aproximadamente 41.000 habitantes).
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Capital: Bregenz
Superficie: 2.601 km²
Población: ~375.000 hab.
Densidad: 143 hab./km²
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Vorarlberg es uno de los nueve estados en que está dividida Austria. Cuenta con su propio gobierno y su capital es Bregenz. Tiene una superficie de 2.601 km² y una población de 372.791 habitantes (2001). Limita al N con Alemania (estado de Baviera), al E con el estado de Tirol, al S y NO con Suiza (al S con el cantón de Grisones y al NO con el cantón de St. Gallen), y al O en 35 km con Liechtenstein (municipios de Vaduz, Schaan, Rugell, Schellenberg, Mauren, Eschen, Planken, Triesenberg y Triesen).
Su nombre deriva de "vor" (antes en alemán) y "Arlberg", o sea "antes de los Arlberg", que es una cadena de montañas en la región.
Vorarlberg tiene los Arlberg como límite natural con Tirol.
Distritos
Bregenz - Dornbirn - Feldkirch - Bludenz
Bregenz
Bregenz es una ciudad de Austria, capital del estado de Vorarlberg, al oeste de Austria. Tiene una población aproximada de 25.000 habitantes. La ciudad se encuentra a orillas del Lago de Constanza y cercana a la ciudad alemana de Lindau, y la frontera de Suiza.
Bregenz es una de las cinco ciudades del estado de Vorarlberg, junto a Dornbirn, Hohenems, Feldkirch y Bludenz.
Atracciones de Bregenz
Es sede de unos conocidos Festivales de verano de música clásica, que, en parte, se desarrollan sobre el lago de Constanza.
-Festival de Bregenz
Es uno de los principales eventos de verano de la región. Se celebra cada año en verano, a mediados de Julio sobre el mayor escenario lacustre de Europa, a orilla del Lago Constanza. El escenario conocido como "Seebühne", se encuentra sobre el agua.
El festival dura un mes y acoge a unos 12.000 espectadores que asisten a ver óperas, conciertos y obras teatrales en el escenario al aire libre, o bien en el tradicional Opera House (the Festspielhaus).
-Museo de Arte de Bregenz
-Feldkirch
La iglesia de St Nikolaus es de 1478 y la de St Johannes de 1218. El castillo de Borgen Schattenburg de 1190, hoy museo histórico, merecen la pena visitar.
Feldkirch es una ciudad pequeña "con mucha atmósfera y bien acompañada de sus calles torcidas y agradables cafés".

Bludenz: cable railway to the Muttersberg mountain.
Bludenz, Vorarlberg, town in the district of Bregenz, alt. 570 m, pop. 13,369, area 29.96 km2, traffic junction on the River Ill situated at the eastern end of the Walgau area, where the Klostertal Valley, the Brandner Valley and the Montafon meet.

Bludenz is the seat of many institutions, service and production companies and therefore the centre of the Montafon, the Inner Walgau up to Nenzing, the Klostertal, Brandnertal, and Große Walsertal Valleys. - District commission, district court, district gendarmerie command, Employment Service, Transport and Land Surveying Office, town museum and archives, hospital, media house of Vorarlberg, film academy, Institute of Economic Development of the Economic Chamber, Chamber of Labour, Chamber of Civil Engineers for the Tyrol and Vorarlberg, consulate (Netherlands), youth club, stadium (1975), Bundesgymnasium (secondary school), higher-level secondary commercial college (HAK), vocational colleges (commercial and trade subjects, domestic science college), higher-level secondary college for tourism (HLA für Tourismus), adult education centre, cable railway to Muttersberg (alt. 1,402 m), Montafon railway line from Bludenz to Schruns (steam locomotives in the summer).

Roughly 56% of the workforce are employed in the service sector (esp. personal, social and public services, transport), wood and metal processing (tank construction, machine and metal construction), concrete and window construction, textile industry, plastic production, chocolate and confectionery production (Suchard), brewery (Fohrenburg), tourism (74,956 overnight stays).

Ancient settlement area (finds from the Bronze Age, the La Tène period and Roman times), first documented mention around 842 as "Pludeno", mentioned as a town in 1296; was bought by Austria in 1394, industrialization began in 1817 (textiles industry). Remains of medieval fortification: 2 portals (1491, oldest buildings in the town, museum of local history), parts of the city walls, magazine. The tower (1670) of the old parish church (around 1514) dominates the skyline of Bludenz; Dominican convent of St. Peter (founded in 1286, building from 1707/1709), church (1721-1730); Capuchin monastery (1645-1651); hospital church (new building from 1682-1686); town parish church of Heiligkreuz (1932-1934); chapel of St. Anton at Rungelin (1668); town hall (1640).

Today's historical town centre with its old patrician houses dates from the reconstruction of the town after the fire of 1682. Baroque castle of Gayenhofen (1228, rebuilt from 1745-1752, seat of the district commission). Industrial estate of Klarenbrunn.
Otras poblaciones
Hohenems - Lustenau
En el norte está bañado por el Lago de Constanza o Bodensee. El río Rin es la frontera natural con Suiza. Otros ríos: Lech, Bregenzer Ach, Dornbirner Ach.
Organización territorial de Austria
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Vorarlberg
"Vorarlberg is the westernmost province of Austria bordering Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany. The region is known for its winter alpine sports in winter and hiking the mountains in summer. The land has a number of ski resorts the most famous being those at Lech and Zür".

Feldkirch
With its historical centre stretching back over 700 years, past centuries come alive while walking down Feldkirch's small alleys and arcades.
Austria's westernmost town not only has a romantic old quarter and many sites for visitors interested in cultural history. Feldkirchs location near the borders with Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Germany, the bewitching landscapes of the area between Lake Constance and the three-thousand-metre mountains of the East and West Alps offer the visitor many attractive opporunities.
Feldkirch has a population of about 32.000, and is the administrative center of the district Feldkirch. After Dornbirn, it is the second largest town in Vorarlberg in terms of population, with slightly more inhabitants than the state capital Bregenz. The beautiful medieval town, which remains well preserved to this day, was mentioned as a city for the first time in 1218, after Count Hugo von Montfort built the "Schattenburg", a castle which still is the major landmark of Feldkirch. Other landmarks of the town include the cathedral of St. Nikolaus from the late Gothic period.
Feldkirch is officially twinned with the Town of Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
Further information in English see the official homepage of the town of Feldkirch and the tourist information of the Province of Vorarlberg.
As an alternative to the rugged mountains drive through the Bregenzerwald, a lovely region of Vorarlberg, meaning "the forest near Bregenz". The Bregenzerwald is an area of soft rolling hills, impressive walls of rocky cliffs, gentle pasture lands, the winding Bregenzer Ache River, lush forests, and best of all, picturesque villages different from anything else found in Austria.
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Vorarlberg
Dornbirn Portrait

Aerial view of the Market Square
Dornbirn is the largest city in the Austrian State of Vorarlberg, As well as its business and economic centre. With its 45,650 inhabitants (2006) Dornbirn is a friendly, lively smaller city which has never really lost its cozy traditional rustic character.
Dornbirn benefits from its favourable location among diverse cultural and natural settings in the four-countries area of Austria, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Germany.
One of the most enjoyable places in Vorarlberg – especially from an architectural standpoint – is the Dornbirn Market Square. Emphasising three centuries of varied building styles, it has become a vibrant stage and meeting place for local public life.

Karren Cable Car with a view out over Dornbirn
Dornbirn is ideally located
It is the Vorarlberg Trade Fair City, has the western headquarters of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, hosts the natural history museum “inatura”, and boast a wide variety of educational institutions, including Vorarlberg’s first Technical College, with its five areas of academic study. Dornbirn was at the heart of the Vorarlberg textile industry, which experienced a tremendous boom during the first half of the 19th century, and whose dynamic personalities strongly influenced the style and character of the city.
Actually, Dornbirn consists of a grouping of villages at the edge of the Rhine Valley: Oberdorf, Haltlerdorf, Rohrbach, Schoren, Watzenegg, Kehlegg and, in the centre, the Lower and Upper Village Centre – called simply the “Market District” these days. Eight kilometres back up in the Alps is the mountain village of Ebnit, which also falls within the Dornbirn district administration. All of these villages look back on long traditions and interesting histories. Dornbirn was already settled during the Celtic period. It was granted a municipal charter (thanks to an “Imperial Decree”) in 1901.

Vorarlberg is the most western state in Austria. It is the second smallest state with a territory of 2 601sq km and is bounded by Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the state Tyrol. The population of the state is 372 791 people and they all speak in a very distinctive dialect, different from the ones in the other parts of Austria.
Vorarlberg is separated into four districts - Bregenz, Bludenz, Feldkirch and Dornbirn. The capital of the state is Bregenz and the other large cities include Dornbirn, Hohenems, Feldkirch and Bludenz.

The biggest rivers are Ill, the Rhine, the Bregenzer Ach and the Dornbirner Ach. The biggest lakes include the Lake of Constance, Lüner Lake, Silvretta Lake, Vermunt Lake, Spuller Lake and Formarin Lake. The Lüner Lake is the biggest mountain lake in the Alps. The most famous mountain ranges in the state are the Silvretta, the Rätikon, the Verwall and the Arlberg. The highest peak in Vorarlberg is in the Piz Buin mountain and it is 3 312 m high, surrounded by glaciers.
ChurchesHere is a list of interesting places in Vorarlberg:
-Castles – Burgruine Sonnenberg, Ruin Tosters with church St. Corneli and Ruin Alt-Ems;
- – Dalaas Church, Evangelische Kreuzkirche, Mariahilf parish church and more;
-Monuments – Bezegg-Sul, Jodok Fink Monument, Monument of Anton-Schneider and others;
-Museums – Alpine Museum, Bezau Local Heritage Museum, Dornbirn Natural History Museum and so on;
-Nature reserves – "Gargellen window", Gletschertopf Moorbiotop Gasserplatz and Naturparadies Hinteres Silbertal;
-Nature trails – Braz Nature Trail, Geological training track, Lawinendokumentation and others;
-Plus chapels, galleries, historic buildings, waterfalls, zoos, planetariums, gorges and many more.

Silvretta - Dreilanderspitze
Due to the many mountains, Vorarlberg has also very well-developed ski resorts, the most famous of which include Bregenzerwald, the Arlberg region, Brandnertal and Montafon. Here is a list of a small number of the ski areas that the state offers: Skilifte Warth GmbH, Niedere ski area, Bergbahnen Diedamskopf, Dorflift, Hittisberg, Ifenblick-Lifte, Lifts in Alberschwende, Pfänder mountain, Schilifte Raggal, Silvretta Nova, Sonnenkopf, Warth & Schröcken and many more.
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Vorarlberg covers the area from the shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the Rhine Valley in the West., hills rise at first gently - the Bregenzerwald is a picturesque region of farms, meadows, and wooded hills - and then rapidly, to become mountains. Piz Buin, in the beautiful Silvretta mountains. Like neighbouring Tyrol, it is both a wintersports and a summer holiday region.
Bregenz, Vorarlberg's lakeside capital, is an excellent centre for excursions on Lake Constance and into the mountains, particularly to the enchanting Bregenzerwald. From the town itself, a cable-car goes to Pfander Mountain, with magnificent views from its 3,490 ft summit.

Silvretta Cable Cars
The Silvretta Seilbahn AG brings you to Ischgl’s wonderful mountain world

Modern lift facilities and well planned connections bring you to the Silvretta Arena ski paradise. Thanks to a policy of consistent investment, you will be brought, comfortably and safely, to the magnificent slopes in the Ischgl skiing area.
What is a skiing area without its lifts?
The Silvretta Seilbahn AG has made sure that Ischgl’s lifts and cable cars always receive the utmost attention. You, the skier, profit the most from this: modern, safe and fast lifts and cable cars await you in the Silvretta Arena.
Transport capacities are impressively high and ensure skiing fun without queues. A policy of consistent investment ensures lift facilities that always comply with the latest state of technology. The 8-seater cable car Fimbabahn is new in 2007/08 – it spoils you with heated seats so that you can get warmed up nicely between the runs in the Ischgl skiing area.
During the night, while you are sleeping or celebrating, 31 snow cats ensure that you find the best conditions, once again, next day.
By the way, these high-tech machines cost 220,000 euros – each! In the past five years, 120 million euros have been invested to keep the Silvretta Arena skiing area always “on top”. See the positive effects of this engagement for yourself: come to Ischgl and experience one of the very best skiing areas in the world.
But the Silvretta Seilbahn AG is more than just a guarantee for winter fun in Ischgl. At the distinctive base station, a multi-functional centre is open for Ischgl and its guests. The Silvretta Center is a multi-functional event hall for seminars, lectures or private parties in Ischgl – in other words, for every possible occasion.
An adjoining adventure pool with saunas, solarium and massage facilities invites you to relax after having had fun on the slopes.
The leisure activities offered in the Silvretta Center are rounded off with a bowling alley, billiard tables and a large restaurant.
So, off to Ischgl and experience winter fun live! Book your room or apartment in the skiing area directly online – that’s the fastest and easiest way.


The main charm of Bregenz lies in the quiet Old Town but it is best known for the annua festival of music and ballet in July an( August, when performances are givei on a stage floating on the lake.
Part of the festival is shared with Feldkirch, 23 m. away. A very old and attractive walled town on the eastern side of the Rhine Valley and backed by mountains, it is noted for its arcaded streets and many fine, old buildings, not least being the 12 th-cent. Schattenburg Castle, now a museum.On the main road over the Arlberg Pass, close to the boundary with the province of Vorarlberg, is the large and very popular resorts of St Anton am Arlberg, Lech and Zürs with the nearby resort of St Christoph for those who are less gregarious.
Vorarlberg About 12 miles. east of Feldkirch is Bludenz, the focal point of several valleys, the Gross , Walsertal, Klostertal (leading to Arlberg), Montafon Valley leading to the beautiful Silvretta mountain road, and Brandnertal. All have splendid ; scenery, delightful villages, and winter sports; the resorts of Stuben, Ziirs, and Lech, on the Arlberg, are internationally famous. peel.
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"Bregnez es la capital de este estado federal. Tiene como puntos de mayor interés el muelle en el que atracan los barcos de vapor, el Music Pavillion en el que se pueden escuchar hermosos conciertos en las noches de verano, el Auditorio del Festival, el Palacio de Congresos, la Nepomukkapelle consagrada como iglesia húngara, el Rathaus construido en un antiguo almacén de grano y el funicular que le conducirá hasta la montaña de 1.064 m. de altura desde la que se pueden ver cuatro países distintos.
Abandone la ciudad por la parte sur y visite el Bregenzerwald, un denso bosque rodeado de montañas. Después recorra Schwarzenberg, una región llena de pequeños pueblecitos pintorescos. Bludenz se caracteriza por sus calles pobladas por casas del siglo XVII, por los restos de la muralla antigua y por sus patios porticados llenos de tiendas.

Bludenz: cable railway to the Muttersberg mountain.
Aquí se prepara uno de los mejores chocolates que le recomendamos degustar. Después visite la ciudad más antigua del estado, Feldkirch, en la que destacan el castillo de Schattenburg, la iglesia de San Nicolás de 1478, la Katzenturm con una campana de siete toneladas y media de peso, la casa de madera situada en la plaza del mercado y la Rathaus de 1493. Si le gusta el esquí no deje de visitar las estaciones situadas en Arlberg."
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