Bregenz (; gsw, label=
Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the ...
, the westernmost
state
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
of
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central
Europe
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, between
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in the west and
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
in the northwest.
Bregenz is located on a plateau falling in a series of terraces to the lake at the foot of
Pfänder
The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance (Bodensee). The city of Bregenz lies at the foot of the mountain on the shores of the lake. With its views over the lake and the surrounding mountain peaks, the Pfänder is o ...
mountain. It is a junction of the arterial roads from the
Rhine
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valley to the
German Alpine foothills, with cruise ship services on Lake Constance.
It is famous for the annual summer music festival ''
Bregenzer Festspiele
Bregenzer Festspiele (; Bregenz Festival) is a performing arts festival which is held every July and August in Bregenz in Vorarlberg (Austria).
It features a large floating stage which is situated on Lake Constance.
History
The Festival becam ...
'', as well as the dance festival ''Bregenzer Spring''.
History
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The first settlements date from 1500 BC. The Brigantii are mentioned by Strabo as a Celtic sub-tribe in this region of the Alps. In the 5th century BC, the
Celts
The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...
settled at Brigantion, which became one of their most heavily fortified locations. After a series of battles in 15 BC, the Romans conquered Brigantion and the city became a Roman camp. It was conferred the status of a municipality (Brigantium) around 50 AD and was the seat of the Roman admiralty for Lake Constance. In 259/60 Brigantium was destroyed by the
Alemanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes
*
*
*
on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...
, Germanic peoples who settled in the area in around 450.
From 610 to 612
Saint Columbanus
Columbanus ( ga, Columbán; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in pr ...
and
Saint Gall
Gall ( la, Gallus; 550 646) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. Deicolus was the elder brother of Gall.
Biography
The ...
worked as missionaries in Bregenz. From 917 onwards the castle served as a residence of the Udalrichinger (ruling dynasty of Vorarlberg), who called themselves Counts of
Bregenz
Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...
. The house died out around 1150. The son of the first Ulrich was
Saint Gebhard
Gebhard of Constance ( la, Gebhardus Constantiensis; german: Gebhard von Konstanz; 949 995 AD) was a bishop of Constance from 979 until 995. He founded the Benedictine abbey of Petershausen
Petershausen is a municipality in the district of Da ...
, born in 947. He became the
Bishop of Konstanz
The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803. In his dua ...
. In around 1170 Hugo of Tübingen (Montfort) founded a town settlement (first documented in 1249), enlarged it in the 13th and 14th centuries and from 1650 to 1652.
The city was sold in 1451, and again in 1523, to the
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
s and continued under Austrian rule, with a brief occupation by Swedish forces under
Carl Gustaf Wrangel
'' Fältmarskalk'' Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a Swedish Statesman and Military Commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Nort ...
during the
30 Years' War, until the 19th century. Bregenz was under
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
n rule from 1805 to 1814. From 1842 to 1850, the harbour on
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
was built, then enlarged in 1883 and from 1889 to 1891, and Austrian ship service was inaugurated in 1884. Railway services have existed since 1872, and since 1884 across the
Arlberg
Arlberg () is a massif between Vorarlberg and Tyrol in Austria. The highest peak is the Valluga at . The name ''Arlberg'' derives from the tradition of the "Arlenburg", who are said to have once established themselves on the Tyrolean side of the A ...
massif.
Since 1726, Bregenz has been the main seat of Austrian administration in
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the ...
(''Obervogtei'', in 1786 ''Kreisamt'', since 1861 seat of the Landtag, since 1918 seat of the
Landeshauptmann
Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute'') is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol an ...
). Rieden-Vorkloster and Fluh were incorporated into Bregenz in 1919 and 1946, respectively. The town was bombed by the Allies in 1945, and 72 houses were destroyed.
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Main sights
Upper town
*Remains from the 13th and 16th centuries
*Town walls
*Old town hall (1662)
*Martinsturm (Martin's Tower). Originally built by the Romans, it has a chapel with frescoes dating from 1362. Between 1599 and 1601 an additional storey was added. It has the largest bulb-shaped Baroque steeple in Central Europe, and houses the Museum of Military History.
*Gothic parish church of St Gall: its
Romanesque foundations date from before 1380, but it was rebuilt around 1480. Around 1737 it was converted to a Baroque style.
*Herz-Jesu parish church (1905–1908).
Lower town
*Town hall, built in 1686 (façade from 1898)
*Gothic Seekapelle (Lake Chapel)
*Landhaus (built from 1973 to 1982 by W. Holzbauer)
*Former Kornhausmarkt (built 1838 to 1940, altered 1951 to 1955); it now houses a theatre.
*Protestant church of the Sacred Cross (1862–1864)
*Church of St Kolumban (1962–1966)
*Kunsthaus Bregenz (1991–1997) (modern art museum)
*Tourismushaus (tourist centre) (1994–1998).
Sights in the district of Vorkloster include the Maria Hilf parish church (1925–1931, by C. Holzmeister, interior from 1980) and the Cistercian monastery of
Mehrerau
Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey is a Cistercian territorial abbey and cathedral located at Mehrerau on the outskirts of Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria. Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey is directly subordinate to the Holy See and thus forms no part of the Cath ...
.
On the Gebhardsberg rock are remains of the fortress of Hohenbregenz (destroyed by the Swedes in 1647).
Businesses and services
Government
Bregenz is the seat of the Vorarlberg State Assembly (
Landtag
A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non- ...
), and of most of the provincial authorities/institutions of Vorarlberg (e.g. school superintendent, police headquarters, department of human resources development (AMS), Office for Environmental Protection, Chamber of Labour, Economics Chamber, Chamber of Agriculture, Chamber of Pharmacists, military regional headquarters, military garrison, one of the main hospitals of the province (Landeskrankenhaus), as well as a sanatorium, farmers' health and social insurance office, VLV (Mutual Fire Insurance Institute).
Consulates
A
consulate-general
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...
of Turkey, and
honorary consulates of Belarus, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, and Switzerland are located in Bregenz. Honorary consulates of Finland and the United Kingdom are located in nearby
Lauterach
Lauterach is a town in the district of Bregenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Honorary consulates of Finland, and the United Kingdom are located in Lauterach.
The Lauterach Transmitter is a 116 m tall broadcasting facility.
Europea ...
, and an honorary consulate of Brazil in nearby
Hard
Hard may refer to:
* Hardness, resistance of physical materials to deformation or fracture
* Hard water, water with high mineral content
Arts and entertainment
* ''Hard'' (TV series), a French TV series
* Hard (band), a Hungarian hard rock supe ...
.
Schools and the arts
Bregenz is home to four Gymnasium secondary schools, a commercial college (HAK), a technical college (HTL), upper secondary business schools (Höhere Lehranstalt für wirtschaftliche Berufe), three Berufsschulen (vocational schools), crafts colleges, the Academy of Social Sciences, and a nursing school. Others include: an adult education centre, school boarding houses, state archives, a state library, a state museum,
Kunsthaus Bregenz
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz, Vorarlberg (Austria).
History
Commissioned by the State of Vorarlberg and designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the Kunsthaus B ...
(modern arts centre), Künstlerhaus (art centre),
Thurn und Taxis
The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the en ...
Palace, five monasteries, Heimatwerk (autonomous institution fostering the manufacturing of traditional craft products), and various newspapers.
Public facilities
Festival and Congress centre, Theater am Kornmarkt, casino, harbour for sailing boats and yachts, cable car up onto the Pfänder mountain.
Economy
The economy is mainly dominated by small businesses in the services, trade and industry sectors: these include the textile industry (
Wolford
Wolford, headquartered in Bregenz on Lake Constance in Austria, is a textile manufacturer of tights, bodysuits and underwear, as well as women's clothing and accessories.
Wolford has 16 subsidiaries and markets its products in approx. 60 cou ...
AG), fittings manufacturer Julius Blum GmbH, glass processing and machine construction.
Bi-seasonal tourism is important; a major attraction is the Bregenz Festival (since 1946, floating stage since 1949, modernised in 1979, Festival and Congress Hall in 1980), winter sports on the Pfänder mountain.
Culture
Bregenzer Festspiele
The annual summer music festival
Bregenzer Festspiele
Bregenzer Festspiele (; Bregenz Festival) is a performing arts festival which is held every July and August in Bregenz in Vorarlberg (Austria).
It features a large floating stage which is situated on Lake Constance.
History
The Festival becam ...
is world-famous, taking place in July and August each year on and around a stage on
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
. This festival attracts more than 150,000 people every year to Bregenz (2011: 166,453, 2016: 159,172) and has a budget of around EUR 20 million. The program changes every two years.
In addition to playing on the lake stage, orchestral concerts and operas also take place in the adjacent festival theatre. There is also a children's and youth program during and before the beginning of the festival.
The lake stage (''Seebühne'') is the largest open-air lake stage theatre in the world, with an audience capacity of around 7,000.
Bregenz Jazz Festival
Since 2014, the Bregenz Jazz Festival has been held every year in June at the Kornmarktplatz. It is the successor of the ''New Orleans Festival'', which took place from 1999 to 2013, during the early summer, in the inner city of Bregenz, and which was no longer supported by the initiator Markus Linder. In addition to the change of name, there was also a musical genre change from blues to jazz. The location and the timing stayed roughly the same.
Bregenzer Frühling
Since 1987,
Bregenzer Spring, a dance festival, has been held every year between March and June in the Festival Hall of Bregenz (Festspielhaus). Dance ensembles from all over the world perform their new productions, along with Austrian premieres. With a budget of around EUR 500,000 and up to 10,000 visitors, Bregenzer Spring is one of the most important dance festivals in Austria.
Others
* In 2013/2019 a
Roman Theatre was excavated in Bregenz.
* The
Galgenbihl (gallow hill) is almost forgotten.
Climate
Sport
* A1 Bregenz HB is a
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
team.
*
SC Bregenz is the
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
team of the town, competing in the
Austrian Regional League
The Austrian Regionalliga (german: Regionalliga or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Second League. It is divided into 5 groups: East (), covering the stat ...
(Third Division).
Notable people
Public service & commerce
![JodokFinkBregenz2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/JodokFinkBregenz2.jpg)
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Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau
Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (26 March 1559 – 16 January 1617) was Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1587 to 1612.
Life
Raitenau was born at Hofen Castle in Lochau, near Bregenz in Further Austria, the son of the Habsburg colonel Hans Werne ...
(1559 in Lochau – 1617), Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, 1587/1612
*
Josef Fessler
Josef Fessler (1813–1872) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Sankt Pölten in Austria, a secretary of the First Vatican Council and an authority on patristics.
Biography and works
Josef Fessler was born on 2 December 1813, at Lochau near Bregenz ...
(1813 in Lochau – 1872), Roman Catholic
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
*
Victor von Ebner
Anton Gilbert Victor von Ebner, Ritter von Rofenstein (February 4, 1842 – March 20, 1925) was an Austrian anatomist and histologist.
Early life and education
Victor von Ebner was a native of Bregenz.
He was a student at the Universities o ...
(1842 in Bregenz – 1925), Austrian
anatomist
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and
histologist
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ...
*
Johann Georg Hagen
Johann (John) Georg Hagen (March 6, 1847 – September 6, 1930) was an Austrian Jesuit priest and astronomer. After serving as Director of the Georgetown University Observatory he was called to Rome by Pope Pius X in 1906 to be the first Je ...
(1847–1930), Jesuit priest and astronomer
*
Jodok Fink
Jodok Fink (19 February 1853 – 1 July 1929) was an Austrian farmer and politician who was a member of the Christian Social Party of Austria (CS). He served as first Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 1919 to 1920.
Life
Fink was born in Andelsbuc ...
(1853 in Andelsbuch – 1929), Austrian farmer and politician, first
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
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Description of the office
Art. 6 ...
, from 1919 to 1920
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Valentin Feurstein
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Feurstein joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907, he served in World War I and in the Austrian Bundesheer in t ...
(1885–1970), Austrian general in the
Wehrmacht
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during World War II.
*
Lorenz Bohler (1885 in Wolfurt – 1973), surgeon, an innovator of accident surgery, Nazi
*
Irmfried Eberl
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(1910–1948), psychiatrist and commander of
Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...
*
Hermann Gmeiner
Hermann Gmeiner (23 June 1919 – 26 April 1986) was an Austrian philanthropist and the founder of SOS Children's Villages.
Life
Born to a big family of farmers in Vorarlberg (present-day Austria), Gmeiner was a talented child and won a scholar ...
(1919 – 1986),
philanthropist
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
and founder of
SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in need and protect ...
*
Fritz Mayer, (German Wiki) (1933–1988), politician,
mayor of Bregenz, 1970 to 1988
*
Herbert Sausgruber
Herbert Sausgruber (born July 24, 1946 in Bregenz) was governor of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP.
Education
After the ''Matura'' (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied la ...
(born 1946 in Bregenz), governor of
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the ...
, 1997-2011
*
İlber Ortaylı
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(born 1947 in Bregenz), Turkish historian and professor of history
*
Günter Bischof
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(born 1953 in Mellau), Austrian-American historian and university professor
*
Ernst Fehr
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(born 1956 in Hard) Austrian behavioral economist and
neuroeconomist
*
Anton Amann
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Professor of chemistry at the Innsbruck Medical University.
He worked in the area of physical chemistry, ECG analysis, and exhaled breath analysis.
Amann was the ...
(1956 in Bregenz – 2015), Austrian chemist and professor of chemistry at the
Innsbruck Medical University
*
Hans-Peter Martin Hans-Peter Martin (born 11 August 1957) is an Austrian author and journalist and former politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2014.
Journalist and author
Born in Bregenz, Austria, Martin graduated from the ...
(born 1957), journalist and politician,
member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
The Arts
![Karl-Michael Vogler](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Karl-Michael_Vogler.jpg)
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Johann Conrad Dorner (1810 in Egg – 1866), Austrian painter
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Kaspar Albrecht
Kaspar Albrecht (August 22, 1889 – March 25, 1970) was an Austrian architect and sculptor.
Biography
Kaspar Albrecht grew up in a large family in Rehmen, Austria, in rather poor conditions in Bregenzerwald. He attended the State Trade School ...
(1889 in Au – 1970), architect and sculptor
*
Karl Michael Vogler
Karl Michael Vogler (28 August 1928 – 9 June 2009) was a German actor, probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films. In ''The Blue Max'' (1966), he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress as the ...
(1928–2009), actor, raised in Bregenz
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Sieghardt Rupp
Sieghardt Rupp (14 June 1931 – 20 July 2015)Robert Schneider
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(born 1961), writer of novels and poetry
*
Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister (born August 6, 1962) is an Austrian graphic designer, storytelling, storyteller, and typographer based in New York City. In 1993, Sagmeister founded his company, Sagmeister Inc., to create designs for the music industry. He has ...
(born 1962),
graphic designer
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Markus Gasser (born 1967), literary scientist and author
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Arno Geiger
Arno Geiger (born 22 July 1968) is an Austrian novelist.
Geiger grew up in the village of Wolfurt near Bregenz. He studied German studies, ancient history and comparative literature at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna. He has worked as ...
(born 1968 in Wolfurt), Austrian novelist
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Roman Rafreider (born 1969 in Bregenz), Austrian television host and journalist
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Christof Unterberger
Christof Unterberger (born October 28, 1970) is an Austrian cellist and film composer.
Biography
Unterberger was born in Bregenz, Austria. He received his first cello training at the Conservatory of Graz and later at the Higher School of Music ...
(born 1970),
cellist
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and film composer
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Maria Anwander
Maria Anwander (born 1980) is an Austrian conceptual artist who specializes in performance and installation art. Her work has been featured in multiple solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States since 2009. Much of her work focuses on challe ...
(born 1980), conceptual artist, performance and installation art
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Lukas Birk (born 1982), photographer
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Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl (born 1993), known as ''
Candy Ken'', rapper
* Egon Huber (1905-1960), designer, ceramicist, sculptor, and installation artist
Sport
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Max Sick (Maxick) (1882–1961), German strongman and gymnast
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Patrick Ortlieb (born 1967), former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist
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Aleksandar Đorđević
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević or Sale Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic; sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Ђорђевић, ; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serve ...
(born 1981), an Austrian footballer with over 300 club caps
Twin towns
Bregenz is
twinned with:
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Bangor,
Northern Ireland
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– various exchange trips take place between the two places.
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Acre
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Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism.
Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imp ...
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Israel
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References
External links
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* http://www.bregenz.at Official site (in German)
* http://www.pfaender.at Official site (German/English/Italiano/Français) of the Pfänder Mountain
* http://www.pfaenderbahn.at (in German)
* http://www.scbregenz.at Official site (in German) of local Football Club
Bregenzer Festspiele/ Bregenze Festival website
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Austrian state capitals
Cities and towns in Bregenz District
Populated places on Lake Constance
Populated places established in the 2nd millennium BC
2nd-millennium BC establishments
Vorarlberg