20 Attractions to Explore Near Staufen

A majestic mountain within the city bounds of Dornbirn, in Western Austria. A cable car goes to the top of the mountain. The summit station includes a panorama restaurant with an expansive view of Switzerland and Germany and the Rhine Valley.

The Alplochschlucht is a natural gorge in the field of Austrian city of Dornbirn in Vorarlberg . It was formed by a mountain breakthrough of the Dornbirner Ach and is still traversed by this. The gorge is passable on a wooden walkway for pedestrians. The Ebensand power plant with the Staufensee reservoir is located at the mouth of the Alploch Gorge . Then the Dornbirner Ach flows again through a striking gorge, the Rappenloch Gorge .

The Staufensee reservoir is an artificial reservoir and short-term storage with around 120,000 to 130,000 m³ of usable volume. This corresponds roughly to the mean water discharge of the Ebniter Ache in one day. Several natural and artificial tributaries flow into the Staufensee. The water for the Staufensee reservoir comes from the residual water from the Ebensand power plant, the Älpelegraben, the Dornbirner Ache, the Tüfgraben and the Trestorengraben.

The Rolls-Royce Automobile Museum is based on the automobile collection of Franz and Hilde Vonier. This museum was born from the dream of the two founders and their lifelong passion. visitors can experience high-quality Rolls-Royce vehicles and legendary aircraft with Rolls-Royce engines up close on an area of ​​around 5,000 square meters. The museum now focuses on its more special exhibits, and plans to present a new theme each year.

The Rappenloch Gorge is an approx. 500 m long gorge in Dornbirn in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg It has been bridged since 1791 to create a road to Ebnit. From August 2021 to - planned - summer 2022, a new road alignment will be built on the fifth Rappenloch Bridge in chronological order. It is traversed by the Dornbirner Ach northwards, which previously flows through the Alplochklamm.

This is an interactive natural history museum in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg. It originated in 2003 from the former "Vorarlberger Naturschau" and was set up on a former factory premises in the new Dornbirn Stadtgarten. The museum includes a documentation center about the nature of Vorarlberg as well as an interactive exhibition.

A beautiful Jewish museum located in the historic Jewish quarter and collects examples of Jewish history in Vorarlberg. It deals with the Jewish presence in Hohenems as well as surrounding regions. It also covers the Diaspora and Israel and puts the future of the European immigration society into focus. Since there is no longer a Jewish community in Hohenems, the museum's imparting of knowledge and communication must largely be made by non-Jews.

The Hochälpelekopf is a mountain in the Bregenzerwaldgebirge near Dornbirn and at 1463 m above sea level. A. the highest point in the Bödele region. It forms an elongated mountain ridge running in a north-south direction. A good trekiing destination and also it offers nice views too.

A beatiful summit located in Vorarlberg and has an elevation of 1,645 metres. Hohe Kugel is situated nearby to Kugelalpe, and close to Ernst Amann. It is still one of the highest mountains right on the Rhine Valley.

The Bödele is a local recreation area on the Losenpass on Vorarlberger Landesstraße 48 between the city of Dornbirn in the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley and the community of Schwarzenberg in the Bregenz Forest. It is mainly used as a local recreation area by the people of Dornbirn, which is why the people of Dornbirn call it “their” Bödele.

A majestic museum dedicated to the life and works of the Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman. It is housed in the "Kleberhaus", an old farmhouse in the traditional wooden style of the village, which dates back to 1556. The exhibition area is about 220 square meters large.

A beautiful high mountain in the western part of the Bregenz Forest Mountains , high above the Rhine Valley and the Laternsertal. The summit belongs to the Freschengruppe named after him , a mountain range in the Bregenz Forest Mountains. A good trekking destination and also there are so many other leisure options too.

The Bregenzer Ach is an approximately 67 kilometer long tributary of Lake Constance in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg . With a catchment area of around 830 km², the river drains almost the entire area of ​​the Bregenzerwald and, with an average water flow of 41 m³ / s, is the most important river in the northern part of the state. The Ach is named after the Vorarlberg state capital Bregenz , for which it represents the border to the neighboring communities Hard and Lauterach.

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.

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.

The Sünser Spitze is a peak in the Damülser Mountains of the Bregenz Forest Mountains in Vorarlberg . The summit is 2,061 meters high and lies on the municipal boundary of Mellau in the rear of the Bregenzerwald and the city of Dornbirn - making it the highest point in the municipality of the largest city in the state.

A cooperation and association of craftsmen and traders in the Bregenz Forest.It hosts themed exhibitions, workshops, contests and lectures on craft and building culture as well as presentations of products from the workshops of the member companies. Moreover, it includes a shop and a café. It offers its members institutionalised support in the areas of member service, product and design innovation, education and training, and building culture.

A high mountain in the Bregenz Forest Mountains in the Austrian state Vorarlberg. A naturally blessed location which offers beautiful trekking destination and also there are so many other leisure options too. The normal route starts from the upper station of a chairlift at 1810 m and is UIAA grade I.

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.

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.