Bregenz Forest Railway, Bezau

Name: Bregenz Forest Railway
Address: Bezau, Austria

#1 among attractions in Bezau

Top attraction, Museum

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The Bregenz Forest Railway, is an Austrian narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 760 mm, the so-called Bosnian gauge. It runs through the state of Vorarlberg and from 1902 to 1983 linked Bregenz on Lake Constance with Bezau in the Bregenz Forest on a 35.33 kilometre long railway line. Today only a 5.01 kilometre long section is still worked as a heritage railway. The remaining line has been closed and largely lifted. ()

Local name: Bregenzerwaldbahn Coordinates: 47°22'55"N, 9°53'45"E

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Bregenz Forest Railway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Angelika Kauffmann Museum, Egg Museum, Kanisfluh, Damülser Mittagsspitze.

3.2 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Angelika Kauffmann Museum, Schwarzenberg
81 min walk • The Angelika Kauffmann Museum is a museum in Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg dedicated to the life and works of the Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman. Although born in Chur in Switzerland, Angelica Kauffman had close ties to her father's home village of Schwarzenberg.
3.4 miN
Museum
Egg Museum, Egg
88 min walk • The Egg Museum is a local history museum located in Egg in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the oldest regional museum in Vorarlberg. The museum was founded in 1904 and reopened again in 1988. The museum's collection is centred around the Bregenz Forest region, focussing on traditional Bregenz Forest garb.
3.8 miSE
Scenic peaks with trails and summit views
Kanisfluh
97 min walk • Kanisfluh is an imposing mountain located in the Bregenzerwald range in Vorarlberg, Austria, known for its distinctive, rugged profile that dominates the surrounding landscape. This majestic peak rises to an elevation of 2,044 meters and is a prominent feature in the...
5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Damülser Mittagsspitze
127 min walk • Damülser Mittagsspitze is a 2,095 m high mountain in the Bregenz Forest Mountains in the Austrian state Vorarlberg. The normal route starts from the upper station of a chairlift at 1810 m and is UIAA grade I.
4.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Winterstaude
105 min walk • Winterstaude is a 1877-meter-high mountain in the Bregenzerwald region of Austria. It stands south of Hittisau in the municipality of Egg. The north side is partially accessible by mountain railroads, and a ski area operates there in winter.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brüggelekopf
120 min walk • The Brüggelekopf is a mountain 1182 m above sea level in the Bregenzerwald Mountains. It is the local mountain of the Bregenzerwald community of Alberschwende in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg.
3.4 miN
47°25'54"N • 9°53'43"E
Pfarrkirche Egg, Egg
88 min walk • Church
4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mörzelspitze
120 min walk • The Mörzelspitze is a 1,830-meter-high mountain in the Bregenzerwald Mountains, located on the municipal border between the two Austrian municipalities of Dornbirn and Mellau in the Bregenzerwald.
2.2 miN
Church
Pfarrkirche Andelsbuch, Andelsbuch
56 min walk • The Roman Catholic parish church of Andelsbuch stands detached next to the main street in the center of the Bregenzerwald community of Andelsbuch in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg.
4.6 miN
Church
Kapelle Heilige Anna auf dem Felde, Lingenau
118 min walk • The Chapel of St. Anne in the Field is a Roman Catholic chapel in the municipality of Lingenau in Vorarlberg. It is dedicated to St. Anne and is a protected monument.
4.9 miN
Church
Pfarrkirche Johannes der Täufer, Lingenau
124 min walk • The Roman Catholic parish church of Lingenau is located in the Bregenzerwald municipality of Lingenau in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and belongs to the Vorderwald-Kleinwalsertal deanery in the...