Feldkirch: Drei Schwestern - Alpine Rhine - Rhatikon
Few places in Vorarlberg have a history as closely tied to Alpine trade and transit as Feldkirch. At the meeting of the Ill and the Alpine Rhine, this western Austrian town developed beneath Schattenburg, the medieval seat of the Counts of Montfort. Its compact old town, with arcaded streets and surviving town gates, reflects Feldkirch’s role on routes between the Rhine Valley and mountain passes. To the east, the Rätikon forms a mountain group on the Austrian, Liechtenstein and Swiss border; the serrated Drei Schwestern ridge is among its best-known forms. The Rhine plain around Bangs provides a clear contrast to wooded slopes and high rock faces.
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Feldkirch sits on the Ill River in Austria’s Vorarlberg, where the valley narrows between Alpine foothills close to Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Its compact old town preserves arcaded streets, market squares and defensive traces from the medieval settlement founded by the Counts of Montfort. Above the centre stands Schattenburg, the former Montfort castle, now home to a regional museum. The Katzenturm, a defensive tower from the late 15th century, recalls Feldkirch’s position on historic routes linking the Rhine Valley with the Alpine interior. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Feldkirch and Vorarlberg.
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