Wendelinkapelle

#1353 among destinations in Austria

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The Wendelinkapelle, popularly better known as Merbodkapelle, is a Roman Catholic chapel and pilgrimage site southeast of the village center of the municipality of Alberschwende in the Bregenzerwald in the state of Vorarlberg. Located directly on the Bregenzerwald road, it stands on the spot where Blessed Merbod was murdered on March 23, 1120. The chapel is dedicated to St. Wendelin.

Architectural style: BaroqueCoordinates: 47°27'1"N, 9°49'58"E

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VorarlbergAustria

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Wendelinkapelle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Angelika Kauffmann Museum, Egg Museum, Pfänderbahn, Rolls-Royce Museum.

2.5 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Angelika Kauffmann Museum, Schwarzenberg
64 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.
3.2 miSE
Museum
Egg Museum, Egg
83 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.
4.9 miNW
Aerial tramway
Pfänderbahn, Bregenz
126 min walk • Nestled in the picturesque city of Bregenz, Austria, the Pfänderbahn offers a unique aerial perspective of the region's stunning landscape. This aerial tramway serves as a gateway to the Pfänder, a mountain that stands at an elevation of 1,064 meters and provides...
4.9 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Historical place
Rolls-Royce Museum, Dornbirn
125 min walk • The Rolls-Royce Museum is a privately owned automobile museum in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria. Established in 1982, and officially opened to the public in 1999, it has been said to have the world's largest collection of Rolls-Royce cars.
4.7 miNW
Scenic mountain with cable cars and trails
Pfänder, Bregenz
121 min walk • The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance. The city of Bregenz lies at the foot of the mountain on the shores of the lake.
4.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Burg Hohenbregenz, Bregenz
124 min walk • Hohenbregenz Castle is a ruin of a high medieval hilltop castle near Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.
2.9 miW
Church
Wallfahrtskirche Maria Bildstein, Bildstein
74 min walk • The Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of Bildstein stands in the center of the municipality of Bildstein, high above the Rhine Valley in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg.
3.9 miW
Forts and castles
Schloss Wolfurt, Wolfurt
100 min walk • Wolfurt Castle is a castle in Wolfurt in the Vorarlberg district of Bregenz and was the ancestral seat of the Lords of Wolfurt.
1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Brüggelekopf
28 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.
3.2 miSE
47°25'54"N • 9°53'43"E
Pfarrkirche Egg, Egg
82 min walk • Church
3.9 miSE
Church
Pfarrkirche Andelsbuch, Andelsbuch
100 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.