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The rectangular St Martin’s VisiTOrs’ CheCklisT
Tower, the symbol of
Bregenz, was pro bably built Practical Information
in the 14th cen tury on earlier road map A4.
Romanesque foundations. * 28,000.
Its present look and its n Rathausstrasse 35a
staircase date from 1599, (05574) 49590.
while the Baroque cupola _ Bregenzer Festspiele
was added at a later date. (mid­Jul–mid­Aug).
∑ bregenz.travel
With its Venetian windows
and overall muted colour Transport
scheme the tower is £ @
reminiscent of Moorish
architec ture. It houses a
city archive which presents Benedictines and subsequently
changing exhibitions. taken over by the Cistercians,
In the adjacent St Martin’s The 17th-century, half-timbered Altes Rathaus was remodelled in 1740 in
Chapel, beautiful frescoes the Baroque style by Franz
can be seen, which date depicts Epona, the Celtic Anton Beer; the new tower
back to 1362 and depict Christ goddess of agriculture who is was built using material from
in Mandorla with the symbols shown on horseback, holding the previous Romanesque
of the four evangelists and a horn of plenty. basilica. It was destroyed in
portraits of the chapel founders, the Napoleonic wars, rebuilt
members of the Monfort family. R Zisterzienserkloster in 1855 and renovated in the
Mehrerau 20th century. Inside, two
P Altes Rathaus Mehrerauerstrasse 66. Tel (05574) pictures survive with the
Oberstadt. 71461. Open for guided tours for Stations of the Cross and
The Old Town Hall, built in groups only. two late­Gothic statues of the
1662 by Michael Kuen, was the To the west of the city centre Madonna. The late­Gothic
seat of the Bregenz municipal stands the Zisterzienserkloster altar in the capitular room
authorities until the 19th cen­ Mehrerau, the Cistercian mon­ dates from 1582.
tury. This solid, half­timbered astery that has been a centre Adjacent to the reconstructed
structure stands in the centre of spiritual and intellectual life church and the Romanesque
of Oberstadt, close to the since the 11th century. crypt there is now a secondary
former town gate, Unteres The church and monastery school, a monastery and
Tor (Lower Gate). A relief complex, originally built for the a sanatorium.

Bregenz City Centre
1 Vorarlberg Museum 6 St Gallus
2 Rathaus 7 Festspielhaus
3 Seekapelle St Georg
4 Martinsturm
5 Altes Rathaus
S T R AN D W E G R EICHSTR. STEINENBACH
AM
Seebühne
Bodensee S CH I LLE
SEESTR.
Festspielhaus Voralberg KORNMARKTSTR. SCHEFFELSTR. R STR. Hohenbregenz
Pfänder
Museum
STADIONSTR. RATHAUSSTR. Rathaus B E L R U P T S T R A S S E
Seekapelle
Hauptbahnhof JAHNSTR. St Georg SCHEIBENG
WEIH E R STRASSE
MEHRERAUER STR.
Zisterzienserkloster B A H N HO FS T RA SS E MONTFORTSTR.
KAISERSTR.
Mehrerau Busbahnhof ST-ANNA- S T R ASSE DEURINGSTR. AM BRAND AM BRAND
R Ö M E R S T R A S S E
K LOSTERGASSE Martinsturm
W OLFEGGS T R AS S E TH Altes Rathaus
Thurn-und- K I R C HSTRASSE
Taxis-Park A L BACH G AS S E A M T STO R ST R .
Cemetery GALLUS S TRASSE
K O L U M BANST R A S S E St Gallus
B L U M ENST R A S SE
0 metres 250
0 yards 250
For map symbols see back flap
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