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travel guide bregenzerwald summer 2020 bregenzerwald Bregenzerwald Tourismus summer 2020 Opening times: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gerbe 1135 | 6863 Egg | Vorarlberg | Austria Ideas and Addresses. T +43 (0)5512 2365 | F +43 (0)5512 3010 Your guide through the [email protected] | www.bregenzerwald.at Bregenzerwald. www.facebook.com/visitbregenzerwald www.youtube.com/bregenzerwaldtourism www.instagram.com/visitbregenzerwald Observatory, small, but with the fi nest of the Bregenzerwald’s architecture. Paul Baumgartner fulfi lled his dream and now invites enthusiastic “stargazers” to Editor: Photographs: his “Sternenstadel” (“Barn of Stars”) in Bregenzerwald Tourismus GmbH, Ines Agostinelli (p. 86) Krumbach to show them a starry sky that Gerbe 1135, 6863 Egg Almhotel Hochhäderich (p. 55) is not aff ected by light pollution. Angelika Kauff mann Museum, Gabriela Metzler (p. 87) Cornelia Baldauf (p. 24) Design by: Rudolf Berchtel (p. 11/16/17/21/26/30) Ludwig Berchtold (p. 10/23/28/54/89/98) broger grafi k, Andelsbuch Adolf Bereuter (cover, p. 8/20/27/34/36/42/44/45/66/67 /68/70/71/75/83/92/96/112/113) Friedrich Böhringer (p. 15/25) Printed by: Ian Ehm friendship.is (p. 19/81) Druckhaus Gössler, Dornbirn Bregenzer Festspiele (p. 79) Johannes Larch comes from South Tirol. Johannes Fink (p. 12/22/76/100/102/106) He particularly appreciates the numerous Markus Gmeiner (p. 2) Text by: Golfpark Management GmbH (p. 52) signposted mountain bike routes in the Kinz Kommunikation Markus Grabher (p. 56) Bregenzerwald. They take him through Thomas Gretler (p. 35) Florian Aicher (p. 2 – 3, 66 – 67, 72 – 73) beautiful landscapes, to alpine settle- Werner Bentele has built a multifunctional Lukas Hämmerle (p. 82) Kurt Bracharz (p. 92 – 93) Martin C. Huber (p. 18) ments, High Alps and to summits. There’s building with showroom with the help of Christian Zillner (p. 68 – 70) Alex Kaiser (p. 9/104) also a wide range of available services the regional trades for his distillery and Gemeinde Lingenau (p. 33) Christoph Lingg (p. 78) and special hotels. bee-keeping activities in Alberschwende. Carthography: Björn Matt (p. 74) The local silver fi r – but also spruce, glass Norman Müller (p. 109) Aries Werbegrafi k-Design and concrete – characterise this structure, Peter Oberhauser (p. 32) Text and planning of hiking routes: Dr. Rudolf Oostenrijk TV (p. 14/99/101) which has been realised in line with the Popp & Hackner (p. 13) Berchtel traditions of Vorarlberg architecture. Ratko Medienagentur (p. 57) © Land Vorarlberg für Geodaten Erwin Reiter (p. 31) Roswitha Schneider (p. 72) Sebastian Stiphout (p. 40/43/49) Data and prices subject to change. Typographical Aaron Strahammer (p. 80) errors cannot be excluded. Edition: February 2020 Jürgen Ulmer (p. 29) Matthias Weissengruber (p. 90) Anton Sutterlüty comes from the Bregenzer wald, but lives in Vienna. He runs his own cheese cellar there right in the city centre. He provides the content, Sonja Schwarzhans had no use for herbs i.e. the cheese wheels, himself when he and she hated gardening when she was produces his dairy products on an alpine a child. But now the former teacher has pasture in his original homeland dur- turned herbalist. She cultivates her products ing the summer. He talks about how that in Hittisau and sells them through 15 diff er- works and how it fi ts in with Vienna. ent shops across Vorarlberg and the Allgäu. contents 1 www.facebook.com/visitbregenzerwald www.youtube.com/bregenzerwaldtourism www.instagram.com/visitbregenzerwald The Bregenzerwald 2 architectureObservatory, ............................... small, but65 with the fi nest Building cultureof the Bregenzerwald’s66 architecture. Paul bregenzerwald guest card ......... 4 Umgang BregenzerwaldBaumgartner fulfi lled 68his dream and Cable cars 5 bus:stop Krumbachnow invites enthusiastic71 “stargazers” to Editor: Photographs: Swimming pools 6 Bregenzerwaldhis “Sternenstadel” Werkraum (“Barn72 of Stars”) in Bregenzerwald Tourismus GmbH, Ines Agostinelli (p. 86) Hand-made Krumbach to show them74 a starry sky that Gerbe 1135, 6863 Egg Almhotel Hochhäderich (p. 55) hiking ............................................. 7 is not aff ected by light pollution. Angelika Kauff mann Museum, Gabriela Metzler (p. 87) cultural programme 77 Cornelia Baldauf (p. 24) Things to know 8 Design by: Rudolf Berchtel (p. 11/16/17/21/26/30) Panoramic routes 10 Schubertiade Schwarzenberg 78 Ludwig Berchtold (p. 10/23/28/54/89/98) broger grafi k, Andelsbuch Alp paths 14 Bregenz Festival 79 Adolf Bereuter (cover, p. 8/20/27/34/36/42/44/45/66/67 /68/70/71/75/83/92/96/112/113) Summit tours 18 Klassik Krumbach 80 Friedrich Böhringer (p. 15/25) Printed by: Water routes 21 FAQ Bregenzerwald 81 Ian Ehm friendship.is (p. 19/81) Druckhaus Gössler, Dornbirn Bregenzer Festspiele (p. 79) Cultural toursJohannes Larch comes from25 SouthCultural Tirol. meeting points 82 Johannes Fink (p. 12/22/76/100/102/106) Barrier-freeHe rambling particularly appreciates33 the numerousExhibitions & museums 86 Markus Gmeiner (p. 2) Text by: Golfpark Management GmbH (p. 52) Nagelfluhkettesignposted nature mountain park bike35 routesCultural in the outings 90 Kinz Kommunikation Markus Grabher (p. 56) Hiking withBregenzerwald. dogs They take36 him through Thomas Gretler (p. 35) Florian Aicher (p. 2 – 3, 66 – 67, 72 – 73) beautiful landscapes, to alpine settle-dining out ...................................Werner Bentele has built91 a multifunctional Lukas Hämmerle (p. 82) Kurt Bracharz (p. 92 – 93) Martin C. Huber (p. 18) active summerments, ............................ High Alps and to37 summits.KäseStrasse There’s building & Bregenzerwald with showroom with the help of Christian Zillner (p. 68 – 70) Alex Kaiser (p. 9/104) Cycling also a wide range of available38 servicesculinary delightsthe regional region trades for his92 distillery and Gemeinde Lingenau (p. 33) Christoph Lingg (p. 78) Mountain bikingand special hotels. 40 Alpine dairybee-keeping shops activities in94 Alberschwende. Carthography: Björn Matt (p. 74) Racing bike 43 Culinary hikesThe local silver fi r – but96 also spruce, glass Norman Müller (p. 109) Aries Werbegrafi k-Design Running trails 44 Cuisine guideand concrete – characterise98 this structure, Peter Oberhauser (p. 32) Text and planning of hiking routes: Dr. Rudolf Oostenrijk TV (p. 14/99/101) Outdoor specialists 45 which has been realised in line with the Popp & Hackner (p. 13) Berchtel Climbing 46 well-being .................................traditions of Vorarlberg105 architecture. Ratko Medienagentur (p. 57) © Land Vorarlberg für Geodaten Erwin Reiter (p. 31) Archery 48 Health & wellness hotels 106 Roswitha Schneider (p. 72) Paragliding 49 Water & Moor 109 Sebastian Stiphout (p. 40/43/49) Data and prices subject to change. Typographical Aaron Strahammer (p. 80) Fishing grounds 50 errors cannot be excluded. Edition: February 2020 Jürgen Ulmer (p. 29) Golf 52 Directions, Matthias Weissengruber (p. 90) Public buses & taxis 111 family tips ................................... 53 Reisemagazin Bregenzerwald 112 Rambling withAnton the Sutterlüty pram comes54 from the Kids’ programmeBregenzer wald, but lives58 in Vienna. He Horse ridingruns & tripshis own in cheese cellar there right in horse-drawnthe carriages city centre. He provides63 the content, Sonja Schwarzhans had no use for herbs Day trip tipsi.e. – theAround cheese wheels, himself when he and she hated gardening when she was Lake Constanceproduces his dairy products64 on an alpine a child. But now the former teacher has pasture in his original homeland dur- turned herbalist. She cultivates her products ing the summer. He talks about how that in Hittisau and sells them through 15 diff er- works and how it fi ts in with Vienna. ent shops across Vorarlberg and the Allgäu. 2 the bregenzerwald Travelling the Bregenzerwald always spectrum which, right at the start of means having to overcome dizzy tourism, had travellers extolling the heights to start with: from Bregenz “charming landscape” as an “enclosed you take the Pfänder, from the Rhine park” whilst at the same time shudder- Valley the valley side which ascends ing at the “Siberian exile” on the wild, 500 m, from the north you take the upper course of the Ache. A valley area Sulzbergstock, from the east the Ried- of contrasts, borders, crossings. berg or Hochtannberg pass, from the south the Furkajoch or Faschinajoch. Crossings Cross-border experiences also leave Up and over is the way to go – the most their mark on the locals – they know impressive views are from the north how to set themselves apart from and the west – and a space is revealed outside. Yet the scarce rural areas which, in all its diversity, is completely have never been sufficient to feed different to all that surrounds it, with the population. The locals had to get the Bregenzerach uniting it all. Your moving, cross borders, leave behind route takes you through gorges and their homes and families. This took flat hollows – wide between the hills on many different forms: the nomadic of the foothills of the Alps around existence of alpine animal husbandry Alberschwende and Lingenau, narrow (home, mountain pasture, alp between the mountains of the foothills → p. 92), or in the form of of the Alps around Andelsbuch and seasonal migrant work, outbound Bezau, squeezed in between the alpine commuting or even emigration (to peaks of the Kanisfluh, Diedams- America in the 19th century in par- kopf, Zitterklapfen and Widderstein ticular). Flexibility, ideas and self-help around Schnepfau, Au, Schoppernau, were essential to stave off poverty. Warth and Schröcken. This correlates The area was only sparsely populated with the division into the Vorder- for a long time: only plot names wald, Mittelwald and Hinterwald give rise to assumptions about the (front, central and rear regions of the border between Celtic and Rhaeto- Bregenzerwald) – a topographical Romanic cultures. It was not until the bregenzerwald 3 View of the Kanisfluh near Au the High Middle Ages that Mehrerau Habsburg Empire was established. Monastery in Bregenz encouraged The new rulers were the cheese bar- the population of the area upwards of ons who amassed staggering wealth the Bregenzerach.