© Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded w… · CC BY-SA 3.0vallée du Rhin des AlpesKanton GraubündenThe Alpine Rhine Valley is a long, glacier-carved trough where the Alpine Rhine flows east from Reichenau to Lake Constance. The river begins where the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine meet, then runs for 93 kilometres, first through a narrow gorge only 60 metres wide, then through a broad plain three to four… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© A.Savin · FALKunsthaus BregenzBregenzLe Kunsthaus Bregenz est un musée d'art contemporain situé à Brégence, sur les bords du lac de Constance. Il se dresse au centre de la ville, près du musée régional et du théâtre. L'édifice a été conçu par l'architecte suisse Peter Zumthor. Sa façade en verre gravé capte et diffuse la lumière naturelle. Le bâtiment… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© böhringer friedrich · CC BY-SA 2.5Kreuzkirche am ÖlrainBregenzThe Kreuzkirche am Ölrain stands on a rise above Bregenz in Vorarlberg. It occupies ground once used by a Roman settlement, linking past and present. The church was built between 1862 and 1864 to designs by Stuttgart architect Christian Friedrich von Leins in Gothic Revival style. In 1904 it became the first church in… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© böhringer friedrich · CC BY-SA 2.5Schloss WolfurtVorarlbergLe château de Wolfurt se dresse dans la commune du même nom, dans le district de Bregenz en Vorarlberg. Il fut d’abord une forteresse médiévale avant de devenir un château résidentiel. Son histoire remonte à des documents de 1217 et 1226 qui le mentionnent pour la première fois. Il a appartenu à plusieurs familles… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© A.Savin · FALPfarrkirche St. GallusBregenzPfarrkirche St. Gallus stands on a terrace in the Dorf quarter of Bregenz, overlooking the Thalbach valley and rising toward the Gallusstift and Gebhardsberg. A romanesque church occupied the site as early as the late fifth century, and the Irish monk Gallus is said to have visited here in 610. The present building… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Asurnipal · CC BY-SA 4.0BregenzerachschluchtBuchThe Bregenzerachschlucht is a wild forest gorge cut by the Bregenzer Ach in Vorarlberg. It stretches from Egg downstream to Wolfurt and Kennelbach, where the river meets the Rhine plain. On the right side rise the Allgäu Alps with the Sulzberg ridge and the Pfänderstock, while on the left the Bregenz Forest mountains… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Reinhard Müller · CC BY-SA 4.0LeiblachHörbranzThe Leiblach protection area is a Natura 2000 site in Vorarlberg beside the Bodensee. It stretches along the lower Leiblach from river kilometre 4.8 to its mouth, covering Bregenz, Hörbranz and Lochau. The landscape includes floodplain forests, sedge meadows, reed beds and a sheltered bay where water levels shift with… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Giacomo1970 · CC BY-SA 3.0Burg HohenbregenzBregenzThe ruins of Burg Hohenbregenz stand on the Gebhardsberg, a hill 598 metres above Bregenz. The hill commands wide views over Lake Constance, making it a popular excursion spot. The medieval stronghold was built in the late 11th century by the Counts of Bregenz before 1097. The fortress changed hands several times: in… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
RuggburgEichenbergThe Ruggburg stands on a rocky spur halfway up the western slope of the Pfänder ridge in Vorarlberg, near the village of Eichenberg. It overlooks the Upper Tyrolean Salt Road, an old trade route that once ran from Bad Hall to Lindau, passing close to the Bodensee shore near Lochau. The first wooden fort, called… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
Abtei MariasternHohenweilerAbtei Mariastern stands on a hill above the village of Hohenweiler in Vorarlberg, surrounded by the foothills of the Pfänder range ten kilometres north of Bregenz. It is a Cistercian nunnery belonging to the Mehrerau Congregation and dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title Star of the Sea. The site includes the… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
