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  Bregenz, Austria - Bregenz Tourism Information - Austria Travel City Guide to Bregenz
Bregenz was the military fort and base of trade known as Brigantinum.
Bregenz was acquired by the Habsburgs in two halves one in 1451 and one in 1523.
In 1923 Bregenz became the capital of Vorarlberg and in 1945 it was severely damaged by French troops, around 72 homes were destroyed.
www.aboutaustria.org /capitals/bregenz.htm   (316 words)

  
 How to Find Accommodations in Bregenz, Austria | eHow.com
A modern city rich with history, Bregenz is a center for the arts surrounded by pristine nature.
Bregenz offers warm summers with a relaxing breeze off the lake, followed by a snow-covered winter.
Bregenz is the largest station in western Austria, with dozens of trains arriving from Zurich, Munich, Innsbruck, and Vienna daily.
www.ehow.com /how_2003865_accommodations-bregenz-austria.html   (579 words)

  
 Bregenz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria.
Bregenz is twinned with Bangor in Northern Ireland, and various exchange trips take place between the two places.
Bi-seasonal tourism, a major attraction is the Bregenz Festival (since 1946, floating stage since 1949, modernised in 1979, Festival and Congress Hall in 1980), winter sports at the Pfänder mountain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bregenz   (586 words)

  
 Bregenz travel guide - Wikitravel
Bregenz is located at the northern edge of the Alps, between Lake Constance and the Pfänder (1064m), foothills of the Alps and offers a very versatile landscape.
The Bregenzer Festspiele is a famous open air festival for Opera and Operette.
In summertime Bregenz is splendid for swimming in the lake, hiking, cycling etc. and several other sports.
wikitravel.org /en/Bregenz   (510 words)

  
 Bregenz, Austria
A 2 Land: Vorarlberg Altitude: 395m/1,296ft Population: 27,000 Bregenz, the capital of Vorarlberg, lies on the southeastern shores of Lake Constance at the foot of the Pfänder, which links up with the Bregenzer Wald.
The town extends southwards as far as the Bregenzer Ache, and is divided into the Lower and Upper Towns (Unterstadt and Oberstadt).
In 1919 Bregenz was made the capital of Vorarlberg.
www.planetware.com /austria/bregenz-a-v-breg.htm   (174 words)

  
 KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ
The Kunsthaus Bregenz is delighted to be able to present an unique artistic symbiosis of the photographic works of Hiroshi Sugimoto with the extraordinary architecture of Peter Zumthor and traditional Japanese theater.
From the 27th to the 30th of September 2001, the Kunsthaus Bregenz will present four performances by the famous Noh theater group around Naohiko Umewaka.
Yashima, the piece to be performed at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, is by Master Zeami and is about wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the late 12th century.
www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at /ehtml/aus_suginoh.htm   (628 words)

  
 A Legend of Bregenz, by Adelaide A. Procter
THIS is a story of the old city of Bregenz that stands on the shore of Lake Constance, on the borders of Switzerland, Germany, and that province of Austria called the Tyrol.
She stole from the house at night, mounted a horse, and rode to Bregenz, hoping to warn the city before the Swiss soldiers should arrive.
The brave girl became the greatest heroine of her city; a picture of her on her charger is carved over the stone gateway on the hill, and the watchman of Bregenz calls her name each midnight.
www.poetry-archive.com /p/a_legend_of_bregenz.html   (1145 words)

  
 KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ
Since the end of the 1970s they have been combining their photographs into increasingly larger collages and producing monumental and colorfully bold picture compositions that are characterized by a strict conceptual regularity and that aesthetically refer to youth and pop culture.
On all three exhibition floors and in the foyer, the Kunsthaus Bregenz is showing a selection of 26 large-format works from the years 1989-2001.
For the duration of the exhibition, the lake-front billboards of the Kunsthaus Bregenz are modeled according to a design by Gilbert & George.
www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at /ehtml/aus_gg.htm   (651 words)

  
 Kunsthaus Bregenz Austria by Peter Zumthor
Whatever concessions the space makes in terms of form and its straight forward circulation system are counterbalanced with the sensuality of the material and with the quality of the light.
The curatorial work of the team behind the Kunsthaus Bregenz is audacious, even aggressive, and exploits the possibilities of the building to its limits with every exhibition.
By foot: The museum is within walking distance from the train station at Bregenz.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/bregenz   (665 words)

  
 Bregenz : Attractions : Up the Mountain to Pfander | Frommers.com
Pfänder is accessible by road (a meandering distance of 10km/6 1/2 miles) or via the Pfänderbahn cable car (a straight-line transit of 4km/2 1/2 miles) from the center of Bregenz.
Celebrated as the second-oldest cable car in Austria, it was originally built in 1927 and was massively upgraded with almost double its original capacity in 1994.
To get to this alpine complex by car from Bregenz, travel east of town (toward Lindau, Germany) along a narrow, twisting road through the mountains.
www.frommers.com /destinations/bregenz/1904025178.html   (455 words)

  
 Bregenz Hotels: Compare Bregenz, Austria Hotel Rates and Reviews - SideStep
The Ibis Hotel Bregenz, in the town center, is located opposite central station.
The Mercure Bregenz City is a contemporary hotel set in lush green gardens by beautiful Lake Constance in the centre of the...
The hotel andrdquo;Bodenseeandrdquo; is a charming standard class hotel with 30 rooms, located in the heart of Bregenz, near...
www.sidestep.com /hotels-rooms-l1051326-bregenz_hotels_austria   (402 words)

  
 Bregenz Bodensee-Alpenrhein Tiscover Welcome
Bregenz, this is Austrians culture and recovering place at the Lake Constanze.
In the 4 corner country Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein Bregenz offer the more of everything.
Bregenz is leisure and shopping town and still a culturell castle for the whole region.
www.tiscover.at /at/guide/118780sy,en,OEWE/objectId,RGN372at,_area,417081,_site,uk,curr,EUR,season,at2,selectedEntry,home/home.html   (169 words)

  
 KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ
They represent an entirely different mood of lightness, spontaneity, and humor -aspects that, despite strong parallels in form and subject matter - are not dominant in her major sculptures.
The Kunsthaus Bregenz is pleased to pay tribute to the work of this nonagenarian artist with its show of twenty sculptures and survey of more than one hundred drawings done between 1943-2002, as well as new works never before exhibited.
It includes texts by Scott Lyon-Wall and Eckhard Schneider as well as illustrations of all the works shown in Bregenz.
www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at /ehtml/aus_bourgeois.htm   (1336 words)

  
 Bregenz Hotels: Find and Compare Hotel Room Rates for Bregenz Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In the center of Bregenz; 1 km from the train station; a few meters from the lake.
The Guesthouse is about 3-5 min walking distance from the beach of the lake of Konstanz, and about 500 m from the train station, the Bodensee stadium, the congress house and the promenade.
Built at the turn of the century, the hotel is located in the town center.
www.kayak.com /h/destinations/info/AT/Bregenz   (187 words)

  
 Accommodation in Schwaerzler Hotel Bregenz Austria
This 4 star hotel is located in the suburbs of Bregenz and was established in 1973.
One of the best hotels in Bregenz, the elegant Schwarezler Hotel is a 5-minute drive east of the town center.
Schwaerzler Hotel is situated at the foot of the recreational area of the Gebhard mountain, near the meadows of Bregenzerach, 20 minutes' walk from the pedestrian zone (a bus leaves every 15 minutes from the bus stop next to the hotel).
www.accommodationow.com /accommodation/schwaerzler_hotel_bregenz.htm   (183 words)

  
 Gary Hume: The Bird Had a Yellow Beak - Kunsthaus Bregenz - Absolutearts.com
With nearly 60 works from the late eighties till the present, the exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz is one of the largest one-man shows by the artist and the first comprehensive exhibition in the German-speaking world to date.
The Kunsthaus Bregenz shows a representative selection, including "Door," 1988, one of the earliest works in the series, "Dream," 1991, "Girl Boy, Boy Girl," 1991, and "All He Knows," 2000.
As early as 1949, Ellsworth Kelly in one of his key works, "Window, Museum of Modern Art, Paris," had made the proportions and dimensions of a window of the said Paris museum the point of departure of his anti-compositional work on two combined canvases.
www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2004/01/26/31752.html   (733 words)

  
 Hotels in Bregenz
This contemporary hotel is set in private gardens beside beautiful Lake Constance in the cultural centre of the Austrian city of Bregenz, just 600 metres from...
The hotel ”Bodensee” is a charming standard class hotel with 30 rooms, located in the heart of Bregenz, near the festival area.
Hotel Germania is located a few minutes walking from the city center of Bregenz.
www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Austria/Bregenz.asp   (284 words)

  
 Bregenz - Hotels, Pensionen, Wetter
Sie befinden sich in: Österreich / Vorarlberg / Bodensee-Vorarlberg / Bregenz
Bregenz, das ist Österreichs Kultur- und Erholungspunkt am Bodensee.
Bregenz ist neben Freizeit- und Einkaufsstadt auch kulturelle Hochburg einer ganzen Region.
www.tiscover.at /bregenz   (155 words)

  
 Bregenz - Wikitravel
Bregenz ist die Hauptstadt von Vorarlberg, am Ostufer des Bodensees mit etwa 25.000 Einwohnern.
Bregenz liegt nur wenige Kilometer von den Grenzen zu Deutschland und der Schweiz entfernt.
Jährlich von Mitte Juli bis Mitte August finden die Bregenzer Festspiele mit Aufführungen sowohl im Festspielhaus als auch auf der (aufwändig gestalteten) Seebühne statt.
wikitravel.org /de/Bregenz   (295 words)

  
 HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN
Mai 2007, muss die Feldmoosgasse in Bregenz zwischen der Säntisstraße und der Gletscherstraße für jeglichen Fahrzeugverkehr gesperrt werden.
Der Radweg entlang des Parkplatzes West in Bregenz soll saniert und auf insgesamt 3 m verbreitert werden.
Mai 2007 wurde im Stadtrat beschlossen, die Ampelanlage an der Kreuzung Arlbergstraße / Nideggegasse in Bregenz (Bild) mit Signalgebern für Blinde und Sehbehinderte auszustatten.
www.bregenz.at   (87 words)

  
 KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ
The Kunsthaus Bregenz will be offering tours using an audio guide system.
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) is primarily an exhibition space for contemporary art.
The building itself as well as the location on the Bregenz shoreline of Lake Constance at the touching point of Switzerland, Austria and Germany offer ideal preconditions for a place for art.
www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at /ehtml/k_info.htm   (278 words)

  
 kiis.org
Bregenz is a medium-size city of approximately 30,000 inhabitants, which has a rich cultural heritage reaching back before the Romans.
It lies just a few miles from the German and Swiss borders and has the advantage of being both on Lake Constance and at the foot of the Alps.
The students have found Bregenz to be an ideal setting for their European stay, in that it is small enough that they can get to know both the town and its people.
www.kiis.org /xkiis/index.php?option=content&task=category§ionid=3&id=73&Itemid=26   (391 words)

  
 Accommodation in Bregenz hotels and lodgings - ASE.net
94 rooms ideally located in the cultural city of Bregenz at Lake of Constance.
Best Western Hotel Weisses Kreuz is charmingly placed right in the center of Bregenz.
The Ibis Hotel Bregenz, in the town center, is located opposite central station.
www.ase.net /servlet/HotelList/202/47.5/9.76/Bregenz   (202 words)

  
 Bregenz travel guide
Bregenz travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
Bregenz is a town at the eastern end of Lake of Constance.
Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at wikitravel.org.
www.world66.com /europe/austria/bregenz   (60 words)

  
 Nemorino Bregenz Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
On the lakeshore at Bregenz is the huge open-air opera venue where the Bregenz Festival is held every summer.
Out on the lake, separated from the first row of spectators by a narrow strip of water, is the opera stage, which currently looks like a huge red oil refinery.
Photography of any sort is always prohibited during any indoor opera performance, not only for copyright reasons as they sometimes say, but also because in the silence of an indoor opera house it would be highly disturbing to the rest of the audience, just as bad as people coughing or rustling with candy wrappers.
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 UBS - Bregenz Festival
Bregenz Festival July 19 - August 20, 2006
One of the most important summer event in the region, the Bregenz Festival is also unique of its kind.
Next to the world's largest floating stage, home to fascinating productions of a traditional theatrical programme, music and theatre lovers can also enjoy a varied selection of traditional and contemporary offerings, among them top-class first-time productions bound for celebrated venues the world over.
www.ubs.com /1/e/about/sponsor/orchestral_music/bregenz_festival.html   (177 words)

  
 BREGENZ HOTELS and TRAVEL BREGENZ AUSTRIA: Description, Sights, Bregenz Hotels, Best Hotel Rates and Reservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bregenz, the capital city of Austria's Varalberg region, is host to the famed Bregenz Summer Festival.
From nearby Pfander, reached by an excursion through the mountains' forests, there are splendid views of Bregenz and the surrounding countryside.
Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Upper Town, St. Martin's Tower, Bregenz Summer Festival, Bregenz Forest.
www.ehi.com /travel/ehi/austria/bregenz.html   (79 words)

  
 Bregenz Transportation - Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Trains serve Bregenz direct from Munich and Zurich as well as from a number of smaller locations.
There are boats to the town from a number of other lakeside towns and villages.
Bregenz has public transportation and if you stay in the downtown area no transportation is neede because the town is really small.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Austria/Bundesland_Vorarlberg/Bregenz-331804/Transportation-Bregenz-R-2.html   (307 words)

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