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About Martinsturm

The Martinsturm is a former granary in the first courtyard of the Counts of Bregenz in the upper town . It was built in 1601 as a tower with a loggia with three arched arcades each on pillars and a stone parapet and is crowned by a high curved onion dome with a lantern. The tower is now one of the landmarks of the Austrian city ​​of Bregenz on Lake Constance . From the top floor of the Martinsturm you have a comprehensive, 360 ° panoramic view of the city.

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Kunsthaus Bregenz

Kunsthaus Bregenz

0.47km from Martinsturm

The Kunsthaus Bregenz is one of Europe's leading museums of contemporary art and renowned far beyond the borders of the Vorarlberg. The Kunsthaus exhibits works by international contemporary artists who generally create art work specifically for the Kunsthaus. The KUB also has its own collection with two core areas: “Archive Art Architecture” and “Contemporary Austrian Art.” Select works of exhibiting artists have been expanding the latter part of the collection since 2009.

Pfänderbahn AG

Pfänderbahn AG

0.52km from Martinsturm

A cable car located in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg. It connects the valley at 419 meters above sea level with the 1022 meter high mountain station near the Pfänderspitze.

Pfänder

Pfänder

2.44km from Martinsturm

A beautiful 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. With its views over the lake and the surrounding mountain peaks, the Pfänder is one of the most famous lookout points of the region. The mountain is a popular tourist destination, with hiking paths, an alpine park and restaurants.

Rhine delta

Rhine delta

8.77km from Martinsturm

A river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers.

Brüggelekopf

Brüggelekopf

10.1km from Martinsturm

The Brüggelekopf is 1182 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Bregenz Forest Mountains . It is the local mountain of the Bregenzerwald community Alberschwende in the Bregenz district in Vorarlberg. The Brüggelekopf with a snack station in the area of ​​the summit is a popular starting point for mountain hikes, for example over the high moor to the pilgrimage church in Bildstein , over Kaltenbrunnen to Egg or over the Geißkopf to Bödele.

Fort Heldsberg

Fort Heldsberg

10.23km from Martinsturm

The Heldsberg fortress is built into a rocky outcrop between the villages of St. Margrethen and Au in the Rhine Valley. Lustenau, the stately village in Vorarlberg, is located directly above the border river Rhine. The fortress had the task of preventing the crossing over the border river Rhine between Montlingen and Lake Constance and of disrupting a crossing over the lake from the Lindau area in order to ultimately ward off an invasion of Switzerland.

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Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg

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Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria, sharing borders with the countries of Germany, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland and the Austrian federal-state of Tyrol. Vorarlberg also enjoys a small window on Lake Constance via the city of Bregenz. It is the richest and most well-to-do province of Austria outside Vienna. For its size, it offers a lot of diverse landscapes including everything Tyrol has to offer with the exception of a large city.

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For more information about Martinsturm, visit: https://www.bregenz.gv.at/kultur/martinsturm/

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