Bregenz

Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. The town is located on the shores of Lake Constance, the third largest freshwater lake in Europe. It is especially famous for the annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele. This renowned festival takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year. Other landmarks of Bregenz are Martins Tower, St. Gallus Church, the Art House, the Post Office Building and the Lake Promenade.

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The city is situated on the eastern shores of Lake Constance, on a plateau falling in a series of terraces to the lake at the foot of Pf?nder mountain. It is a junction of the arterial roads from the Rhine valley to the German Alpine foothills, with cruise ship services on Lake Constance.

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Vorarlberg: Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area (Vienna is the smallest), it borders three countries:...

Austria: The Republic of Austria (German: Republik ?sterreich) is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienn...

Lake Constance: Lake Constance (also Lake of Constance) is a lake on the Rhine between Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. In German and Alemannic the lake is called Bodensee. In French, the lake's name is Lac de Constance, and in Italian it is Lago di Costanza. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....