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{{short description|Place in Vorarlberg, Austria}}
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'''Bregenz''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbʁeːɡɛnts|lang|De-Bregenz.ogg}}; {{langx|gsw|label=[[Vorarlbergisch|Vorarlbergian]]|Breagaz}} {{IPA|gsw|ˈb̥rea̯ɡ̊ats|}}) is the capital of [[Vorarlberg]], the westernmost [[states of Austria|state]] of [[Austria]]. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of [[Lake Constance]], the third-largest freshwater lake in Central [[Europe]], between [[Switzerland]] in the west and [[Germany]] in the northwest.

Bregenz is located on a plateau falling in a series of terraces to the lake at the foot of [[Pfänder]] mountain. It is a junction of the arterial roads from the [[Rhine]] valley to the [[German Alps|German Alpine]] foothills, with cruise ship services on Lake Constance.

It is famous for the annual summer music festival ''[[Bregenzer Festspiele]]'', as well as the dance festival ''Bregenzer Spring''.

==History==
[[File:De_Merian_Sueviae_068.jpg|thumb|left|Bregenz, Chalcography by Caspar Merian, about 1650]]
The first settlements date from 1500 BC. The [[Brigantii]] are mentioned by Strabo as a Celtic sub-tribe in this region of the Alps.<ref>Strabo, ''Geographia'' Book IV Chap. 6</ref> In the 5th century BC, the [[Celts]] settled at '''Brigantion''', which became one of their most heavily fortified locations. After a series of battles in 15 BC, the Romans conquered Brigantion and the city became a Roman camp. It was conferred the status of a municipality ('''Brigantium''') around 50 AD. Brigantium was the seat of the Roman admiralty for [[Lake Constance]] and included a [[Roman Theatre (Bregenz)|theatre]]. In 259/60 Brigantium was destroyed by the [[Alemanni]], Germanic peoples who settled in the area in around 450.

From 610 to 612 [[Columbanus|Saint Columbanus]] and [[Saint Gall]] worked as missionaries in Bregenz. From 917 onwards the castle served as a residence of the Udalrichinger (ruling dynasty of Vorarlberg), who called themselves Counts of [[County of Bregenz|Bregenz]]. The house died out around 1150. The son of the first Ulrich was [[Gebhard of Constance|Saint Gebhard]], born in 947. He became the [[Diocese of Constance|Bishop of Konstanz]]. In around 1170 Hugo of Tübingen (Montfort) founded a town settlement (first documented in 1249), enlarged it in the 13th and 14th centuries and from 1650 to 1652.<ref>B. Bilgeri, Bregenz, Geschichte der Stadt, Bd. 1, Wien-München, 1980</ref>

The city was sold in 1451, and again in 1523, to the [[Habsburg]]s and continued under Austrian rule, with a brief occupation by Swedish forces under [[Carl Gustaf Wrangel]] during the [[30 Years' War]], until the 19th century. Bregenz was under [[Bavaria]]n rule from 1805 to 1814. From 1842 to 1850, the harbour on [[Lake Constance]] was built, then enlarged in 1883 and from 1889 to 1891, and Austrian ship service was inaugurated in 1884. Railway services have existed since 1872, and since 1884 across the [[Arlberg]] massif.

Since 1726, Bregenz has been the main seat of Austrian administration in [[Vorarlberg]] (''Obervogtei'', in 1786 ''Kreisamt'', since 1861 seat of the Landtag, since 1918 seat of the [[Landeshauptmann]]). Rieden-Vorkloster and Fluh were incorporated into Bregenz in 1919 and 1946, respectively. The town was bombed by the Allies in 1945, and 72 houses were destroyed.

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|+Largest groups of foreign residents<ref>{{cite web|title=Ergebnisse der Registerzählung 2011|url=http://www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/geschichte_statistik/statistik/landesstatistik/weitereinformationen/bevoelkerung/registerzaehlungundvolksz/registerzaehlung.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140926190039/http://www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/geschichte_statistik/statistik/landesstatistik/weitereinformationen/bevoelkerung/registerzaehlungundvolksz/registerzaehlung.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-09-26|publisher=Statistik - Landesstatistik Vorarlberg|access-date=2014-09-26}}</ref>
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[[file:Bregenz Pfaender.jpg|thumb|220px|The Pfänder, a panoramic point of Bregenz.]]
[[file:MartinsturmBregenz.JPG| thumb|220px|The Martinsturm, built in 1601.]]
[[file:FestspielHaus6.JPG| thumb|220px|Congress and Culture Center.]]
[[File:HerzJesuKirche12.JPG | thumb|220px|Sacred Heart Church.]]
[[file:Bregenz-oberstadt.jpg |thumb|220px|Ancient city wall, upper town.]]
[[file:Kornmarktstraße_3_Kunsthaus,_1.JPG |thumb|220px|[[Kunsthaus Bregenz]]]]
[[file:Vorarlberg museum in Bregenz 3.JPG |thumb|220px|[[Vorarlberg museum]]]]

==Main sights==

===Upper town===
*Remains from the 13th and 16th centuries
*Town walls 
*Old town hall (1662)
*Martinsturm (Martin's Tower). Originally built by the Romans, it has a chapel with frescoes dating from 1362. Between 1599 and 1601 an additional storey was added. It has the largest bulb-shaped Baroque steeple in Central Europe, and houses the Museum of Military History.
*Gothic parish church of St Gall: its [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] foundations date from before 1380, but it was rebuilt around 1480. Around 1737 it was converted to a Baroque style.
*Herz-Jesu parish church (1905–1908).

===Lower town===
*Floating stage on lake Constance
*Town hall, built in 1686 (façade from 1898)
*Gothic Seekapelle (Lake Chapel)
*Landhaus (built from 1973 to 1982 by W. Holzbauer)
*Former Kornhausmarkt (built 1838 to 1940, altered 1951 to 1955); it now houses a theatre.
*Protestant church of the Sacred Cross (1862–1864)
*Church of St Kolumban (1962–1966)
*Kunsthaus Bregenz (1991–1997) (modern art museum)
*Tourismushaus (tourist centre) (1994–1998).

Sights in the district of Vorkloster include the Maria Hilf parish church (1925–1931, by C. Holzmeister, interior from 1980) and the Cistercian monastery of [[Mehrerau]].

On the Gebhardsberg rock are remains of the fortress of Hohenbregenz (destroyed by the Swedes in 1647).

==Education==
===Schools and the arts===
Bregenz is home to four Gymnasium secondary schools, a commercial college (HAK), a technical college (HTL), upper secondary business schools (Höhere Lehranstalt für wirtschaftliche Berufe), three Berufsschulen (vocational schools), crafts colleges, the Academy of Social Sciences, and a nursing school. Others include: an adult education centre, school boarding houses, state archives, a state library, a state museum, [[Kunsthaus Bregenz]] (modern arts centre), Künstlerhaus (art centre), [[House of Thurn und Taxis|Thurn und Taxis]] Palace, five monasteries, Heimatwerk (autonomous institution fostering the manufacturing of traditional craft products), and various newspapers.

===Public facilities===
Festival and Congress centre, Theater am Kornmarkt, casino, harbour for sailing boats and yachts, cable car up onto the Pfänder mountain.

== Politics ==

=== Municipal assembly ===
The municipal assembly (''Gemeindevertretung'') consists of 36 members. Following the [[2025 Vorarlberg local elections]], it is made up of the following parties:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gemeindewahlen Vorarlberg 2025 - news.ORF.at |url=https://orf.at/wahl/vorarlberg25/ |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=orf.at |language=de}}</ref>

* [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ): 16 seats
* [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP): 11 seats
* [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ): 4 seats
* [[The Greens (Austria)|The Greens - The Green Alternative]] (GRÜNE): 4 seats
* [[NEOS (Austria)|NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum]] (NEOS): 1 seat

The mayor of Bregenz, Michael Ritsch (SPÖ), was re-elected in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bürgermeister |url=https://www.bregenz.gv.at/rathaus/politik/buergermeister |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=Landeshauptstadt Bregenz |language=de-AT}}</ref>

===Vorarlberg state assembly=== 
Bregenz is the seat of the Vorarlberg State Assembly ([[Landtag]]), and of most of the provincial authorities/institutions of Vorarlberg (e.g. school superintendent, police headquarters, department of human resources development (AMS), Office for Environmental Protection, Chamber of Labour, Economics Chamber, Chamber of Agriculture, Chamber of Pharmacists, military regional headquarters, military garrison, one of the main hospitals of the province (Landeskrankenhaus), as well as a sanatorium, farmers' health and social insurance office, VLV (Mutual Fire Insurance Institute).

===Consulates===
A [[consul (representative)|consulate-general]] of Turkey,<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-02-25 |title=Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Bregenz Başkonsolosluğu |url=http://www.bregenz.bk.mfa.gov.tr/ |access-date=2013-03-26 |publisher=Bregenz.bk.mfa.gov.tr}}</ref> and [[consul (representative)|honorary consulates]] of Belarus, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, and Switzerland are located in Bregenz. Honorary consulates of Finland and the United Kingdom are located in nearby [[Lauterach]], and an honorary consulate of Brazil in nearby [[Hard, Austria|Hard]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign representations in Austria |url=http://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/foreign-ministry/service/foreign-representations-in-austria-in-german.html?no_cache=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522085836/http://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/foreign-ministry/service/foreign-representations-in-austria-in-german.html?no_cache=1 |archive-date=22 May 2011 |access-date=27 January 2009 |publisher=[[Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria)]]}}</ref>

==Economy==
The economy is mainly dominated by small businesses in the services, trade and industry sectors: these include the textile industry ([[Wolford]] AG), fittings manufacturer Julius Blum GmbH, glass processing and machine construction.

Bi-seasonal tourism is important; a major attraction is the Bregenz Festival (since 1946, floating stage since 1949, modernised in 1979, Festival and Congress Hall in 1980), winter sports on the Pfänder mountain.

==Culture==

=== Bregenzer Festspiele ===
{{Main|Bregenzer Festspiele}}

The annual summer music festival '''[[Bregenzer Festspiele]]''' is world-famous, taking place in July and August each year on and around a stage on [[Lake Constance]]. This festival attracts more than 150,000 people every year to Bregenz (2011: 166,453, 2016: 159,172) and has a budget of around EUR 20 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pressefoyer.at/de/zahlen-und-fakten_20161121|title=Facts and Figures {{!}} Bregenzer Festspiele|website=pressefoyer.at|language=de|access-date=2017-02-07|archive-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812000147/http://pressefoyer.at/de/zahlen-und-fakten_20161121|url-status=dead}}</ref> The program changes every two years.

In addition to the performances on the lake stage, orchestral concerts and operas also take place in the adjacent festival theatre. There is also a children's and youth program during and before the beginning of the festival.

The lake stage (''Seebühne'') is the largest open-air lake stage theatre in the world, with an audience capacity of around 7,000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kulturevent-seebuehne.911.de.html?dram:article_id=128215|title=Kulturevent Seebühne (Archiv)|date=2010-07-18|website=deutschlandfunk.de|access-date=2021-05-24|language=de-DE}}</ref>

=== Bregenz Jazz Festival ===
Since 2014, the '''Bregenz Jazz Festival''' has been held every year in June at the Kornmarktplatz. It is the successor of the ''New Orleans Festival'', which took place from 1999 to 2013, during the early summer, in the inner city of Bregenz, and which was no longer supported by the initiator Markus Linder. In addition to the change of name, there was also a musical genre change from blues to jazz. The location and the timing stayed roughly the same.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vn.at/kultur/2013/05/13/jazz-statt-blues-und-kunst-statt-suff.vn|title=From Jazz to Blues - Article in the local newspaper|newspaper=Vorarlberger Nachrichten|access-date=2017-02-07|language=de}}</ref>

=== Bregenzer Frühling ===
Since 1987, '''[[Bregenzer Frühling (dance festival)|Bregenzer Spring]]''', a dance festival, has been held every year between March and June in the Festival Hall of Bregenz (Festspielhaus).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-27|title=kultur-online - Bregenzer Frühling 2021|url=https://kultur-online.net/inhalt/bregenzer-fr%C3%BChling-2021|access-date=2021-08-08|website=kultur-online|language=de}}</ref> Dance ensembles from all over the world perform their new productions, along with Austrian premieres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanzfestival Bregenzer Frühling - Festspielhaus Bregenz, Vorarlberg|url=https://www.vorarlberg.travel/aktivitaet/tanzfestival-bregenzer-fruehling/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=Urlaub in Vorarlberg|language=de-DE}}</ref> With a budget of around EUR 500,000 and up to 10,000 visitors, Bregenzer Spring is one of the most important dance festivals in Austria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bregenz.travel/tourismus/events/veranstaltungsreihen/bregenzer-fruehling/|title=Bregenzer Frühling|date=2015-07-15|newspaper=Bregenz|access-date=2017-02-07|language=de-DE}}</ref>

=== Others ===
* In 2013/2019 a [[Roman Theatre (Bregenz)|Roman Theatre]] was excavated in Bregenz.
* The [[Galgenbihl]] (gallow hill) is almost forgotten.

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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141229003006/http://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/dokumente/klima/dok_ip-klimawandel/daten-download/klimamittel/klimamittel-strahlung
| archive-date = 29 December 2014
| url = https://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/dokumente/klima/dok_ip-klimawandel/daten-download/klimamittel-strahlung
| title = Klimamittel 1981–2010: Strahlung
| language = de
| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
| access-date = 9 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=extremes>{{cite web
| url = http://climaintoscana.altervista.org/europa/austria/bregenz/
| title = Bregenz: Record mensili dal 1948
| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
| language = it
| access-date = 10 November 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{Weather box|location= Bregenz (1971–2000)
|metric first= Y
|single line= Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high C = 17.0
|Feb record high C = 18.4
|Mar record high C = 25.8
|Apr record high C = 26.9
|May record high C = 31.4
|Jun record high C = 34.6
|Jul record high C = 36.6
|Aug record high C = 35.3
|Sep record high C = 34.2
|Oct record high C = 27.4
|Nov record high C = 25.2
|Dec record high C = 21.8
|year record high C = 36.6
|Jan high C = 3.4
|Feb high C = 4.9
|Mar high C = 9.5
|Apr high C = 13.3
|May high C = 18.5
|Jun high C = 21.3
|Jul high C = 23.7
|Aug high C = 23.3
|Sep high C = 19.2
|Oct high C = 13.3
|Nov high C = 7.6
|Dec high C = 4.6
|year high C = 13.6
|Jan mean C = 0.6
|Feb mean C = 1.5
|Mar mean C = 5.2
|Apr mean C = 8.5
|May mean C = 13.5
|Jun mean C = 16.4
|Jul mean C = 18.7
|Aug mean C = 18.2
|Sep mean C = 14.4
|Oct mean C = 9.7
|Nov mean C = 4.6
|Dec mean C = 1.8
|year mean C = 9.4
|Jan low C = -1.6
|Feb low C = -0.9
|Mar low C = 2.2
|Apr low C = 4.8
|May low C = 9.3
|Jun low C = 12.2
|Jul low C = 14.5
|Aug low C = 14.4
|Sep low C = 11.1
|Oct low C = 7.2
|Nov low C = 2.3
|Dec low C = -0.3
|year low C = 6.3
|Jan record low C = -19.0
|Feb record low C = -14.4
|Mar record low C = -15.6
|Apr record low C = -3.5
|May record low C = -0.3
|Jun record low C = 4.5
|Jul record low C = 7.0
|Aug record low C = 5.8
|Sep record low C = 2.2
|Oct record low C = -3.4
|Nov record low C = -9.7
|Dec record low C = -14.8
|year record low C = -19.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 79.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 76.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 86.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 124.2
|May precipitation mm = 146.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 203.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 191.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 162.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 138.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 108.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 120.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 94.6
|year precipitation mm = 1530.3
|Jan snow cm = 27.5
|Feb snow cm = 23.4
|Mar snow cm = 13.8
|Apr snow cm = 5.7
|May snow cm = 0.0
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.0
|Oct snow cm = 0.4
|Nov snow cm = 7.8
|Dec snow cm = 22.6
|year snow cm = 101.2
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 11.1
|Feb precipitation days = 8.9
|Mar precipitation days = 10.6
|Apr precipitation days = 12.8
|May precipitation days = 13.1
|Jun precipitation days = 15.3
|Jul precipitation days = 15.3
|Aug precipitation days = 12.7
|Sep precipitation days = 10.6
|Oct precipitation days = 9.9
|Nov precipitation days = 11.2
|Dec precipitation days = 11.3
|year precipitation days = 140.8
|time day = 14:00
|Jan humidity = 76.6
|Feb humidity = 72.9
|Mar humidity = 62.3
|Apr humidity = 57.9
|May humidity = 57.3
|Jun humidity = 59.5
|Jul humidity = 59.6
|Aug humidity = 62.1
|Sep humidity = 65.6
|Oct humidity = 73.6
|Nov humidity = 76.1
|Dec humidity = 77.3
|year humidity = 66.7
|Jan sun = 58.4
|Feb sun = 82.2
|Mar sun = 118.5
|Apr sun = 156.4
|May sun = 206.6
|Jun sun = 195.4
|Jul sun = 226.3
|Aug sun = 223.1
|Sep sun = 155.9
|Oct sun = 104.3
|Nov sun = 59.8
|Dec sun = 43.5
|year sun = 1630.4
|Jan percentsun = 30.0
|Feb percentsun = 30.1
|Mar percentsun = 33.9
|Apr percentsun = 41.1
|May percentsun = 47.8
|Jun percentsun = 44.8
|Jul percentsun = 51.5
|Aug percentsun = 54.9
|Sep percentsun = 44.9
|Oct percentsun = 35.6
|Nov percentsun = 25.1
|Dec percentsun = 22.1
|year percentsun = 38.5
|source 1 = [[Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics]]<ref name = ZAMG>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| archive-date = 12 October 2019
| url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Vorarlberg-Bregenz
| language = de
| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
| access-date = 20 October 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1363879009772212229|user=ThierryGooseBC|title=New monthly records high in #Austria...|date=22 February 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Transport==
{{rint|rail}} There are three railway stations within the municipality. [[Bregenz railway station]] is an intermediate stop on the [[Vorarlberg railway]] line ({{lang|de|Vorarlbergbahn}}), which traverses Vorarlberg in a north-south direction. Another railway station on the same railway line is [[Bregenz Hafen railway station]], which is situated adjacent to the harbour of Bregenz. A third station, {{rws|Bregenz Riedenburg}} is situated further south on the Vorarlberg line. Bregenz station is called at by the S1 and S3 regional train services of [[Vorarlberg S-Bahn]], [[S7 (St. Gallen S-Bahn)|S7]] service of [[St. Gallen S-Bahn]], [[Regional-Express|REX 1]] and long-distance [[EuroCity]] and [[Railjet]] trains, while the other two stations are only served by regional trains (S1, S3, REX 1). The regional train services are also part of [[Bodensee S-Bahn]].

{{rint|ferry}} Lake Constance passenger boat cruises of the {{ill|Vorarlberg Lines|de|Vorarlberg Lines-Bodenseeschifffahrt}} depart from Bregenz Harbour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vorarlberg-lines.at/en |title=Home |publisher=Vorarlberg Lines |access-date=28 December 2025}}</ref>

{{rint|cable}} The ''[[Pfänderbahn]]'' is an [[aerial tram]] to [[Pfänder]] mountain, with its [[valley station]] located in Bregenz.

{{rint|air}} The city does not have its own airport: The nearest airports are:
*[[St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport]], located {{convert|23|km|0|abbr=on}} west.
*[[Friedrichshafen Airport]], located {{convert|35|km|0|abbr=on}} north west.
*[[Zurich Airport]], located {{convert|120|km|0|abbr=on}} west.

Bregenz is located on the [[Rheintal/Walgau Autobahn|Rheintal/Walgau motorway]] (A14).

==Sport==
* A1 Bregenz HB is a [[Team handball|handball]] team.
* [[SC Bregenz]] is the [[association football|football]] team of the town, competing in the [[Austrian Regional League]] (Third Division).

==Notable people==

=== Public service & commerce ===
[[File:Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau P1380516.JPG|140px|thumb|[[Wolf Dietrich Raitenau|Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau]], 1589]]
[[File:JodokFinkBregenz2.jpg|140px|thumb|Statue of [[Jodok Fink]], 2008]]
[[File:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - 51860920086 (cropped).jpg|thumb|140px|[[Kian Soltani]], 2022]]
[[File:Postcard of Georg Bilgeri.jpg|thumb|140px|Postcard of [[Georg Bilgeri]], 1927]]
* [[Wolf Dietrich Raitenau|Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau]] (1559 in Lochau – 1617), Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, 1587/1612
* [[Josef Fessler]] (1813 in Lochau – 1872), Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Sankt Pölten]].<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle= Josef Fessler |volume= 6 |last= Chapman  |first= John |author-link= John Chapman (priest)|short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Victor von Ebner]] (1842 – 1925), Austrian [[anatomist]] and [[histologist]]
* [[Johann Georg Hagen]] (1847–1930), Jesuit priest and astronomer
* [[Jodok Fink]] (1853 in Andelsbuch – 1929), farmer and politician, first [[Vice-Chancellor of Austria]], 1919 to 1920.
* [[Valentin Feurstein]] (1885–1970), Austrian general in the [[Wehrmacht]] during World War II.
* [[Lorenz Bohler]] (1885 in Wolfurt – 1973), surgeon, an innovator of accident surgery, Nazi
* [[Maria Stromberger]] (1898 in Metnitz–1957), nurse, supported the inmates at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], lived and died locally
* [[Irmfried Eberl]] (1910–1948), psychiatrist and commander of [[Treblinka extermination camp]]
* [[Hermann Gmeiner]] (1919 in Alberschwende – 1986), [[philanthropist]] and founder of [[SOS Children's Villages]]
* [[:de:Fritz Mayer (Politiker)|Fritz Mayer, (DE Wiki)]] (1933–1988), politician, [[:de:Fritz Mayer (Politiker)|mayor of Bregenz]], 1970 to 1988
* [[Herbert Sausgruber]] (born 1946 in Bludenz), governor of [[Vorarlberg]], 1997-2011
* [[İlber Ortaylı]] (born 1947), Turkish historian and professor of history  
* [[Günter Bischof]] (born 1953 in Mellau), Austrian-American historian and university professor
* [[Ernst Fehr]] (born 1956 in Hard), Austrian behavioral economist and [[Neuroeconomics|neuroeconomist]]
* [[Anton Amann]] (1956 – 2015), Austrian chemist and professor of chemistry at the [[Innsbruck Medical University]]
* [[Hans-Peter Martin]] (born 1957), journalist and politician, (SPOe), [[member of the European Parliament]]
* [[Hanni Rützler]] (born 1962), nutritional scientist, food trends researcher, author and health psychologist.

=== The Arts ===
* [[Johann Conrad Dorner]] (1810 in Egg – 1866), Austrian painter
* [[Kaspar Albrecht]] (1889 in Au – 1970), architect and sculptor
* [[Karl Michael Vogler]] (1928 in Remscheid – 2009), actor, raised in Bregenz
* [[Sieghardt Rupp]] (1931–2015), actor in films, television and theatre.
* [https://www.sjaorgans.org/martin-pasi Martin Pasi] (born 1953), organ builder
* [[Robert Schneider (writer)|Robert Schneider]] (born 1961), writer of novels and poetry
* [[Stefan Sagmeister]] (born 1962), [[graphic designer]], storyteller, and typographer
* [[Markus Gasser]] (born 1967), literary scientist and author
* [[Arno Geiger]] (born 1968 in Wolfurt), Austrian novelist
* [[Roman Rafreider]] (born 1969), Austrian television host and journalist
* [[Christof Unterberger]] (born 1970), [[cellist]] and film composer
* [[Maria Anwander]] (born 1980), conceptual artist, performance and installation art
* [[Lukas Birk]] (born 1982), photographer
* [[Kian Soltani]] (born 1992), principal cellist in [[Daniel Barenboim]]'s [[West-Eastern Divan Orchestra]]
* [[Candy Ken|Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl]] (born 1992), known as ''[[Candy Ken]]'', rapper

=== Sport ===
* [[Georg Bilgeri]] (1873–1934), Austro–Hungarian Army officer, mountaineer, and Austrian pioneer of skiing.
* [[Max Sick]] (1882–1961), German strongman and gymnast, performed as ''Maxick''.
* [[Patrick Ortlieb]] (born 1967), former World Cup alpine ski racer and gold medalist at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Aleksandar Đorđević (footballer, born 1981)|Aleksandar Đorđević]] (born 1981), an Austrian footballer with over 300 club caps
* [[Lucas Mayer (handballer)|Lucas Mayer]] (born 1983), an Austrian former handball player, who played 78 games for [[Austria men's national handball team|Austria]]
* [[Robert Weber (handballer)|Robert Weber]] (born 1985), handball player with 213 caps for [[Austria men's national handball team|Austria]], the third highest
* [[Philipp Netzer]] (born 1985), an Austrian football coach and former player who played 394 games.
* [[Dario Baldauf]] (born 1985), an Austrian footballer who has played over 320 games
* [[Martin Kobras]] (born 1986), an Austrian football goalkeeper, played 341 games for [[SC Rheindorf Altach]]
* [[Lukas Katnik]] (born 1989), an Austrian footballer who had played over 310 games
* [[Manuel Sutter]] (born 8 1991), an Austrian footballer who has played over 330 games
* [[Barbara Gasser]] (born in 1989), an Austrian gymnast who represented Austria in London 2012 Olympics

==Twin towns==
Bregenz is [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], [[Northern Ireland]] – various exchange trips take place between the two places.
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Acre, Israel|Acre]], [[Israel]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Bregenz}}
{{wikivoyage|Bregenz}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bregenz | volume= 4 |last= Coolidge |first= William Augustus Brevoort |author-link= W. A. B. Coolidge|  pages = 487&ndash;488 |short= 1}}
* http://www.bregenz.at Official site (in German)
* http://www.pfaender.at Official site (German/English/Italiano/Français) of the Pfänder Mountain
* http://www.pfaenderbahn.at (in German)
* http://www.scbregenz.at Official site (in German) of local Football Club
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190923090435/https://bregenzerfestspiele.com/ Bregenzer Festspiele/ Bregenze Festival website]
* [http://www.gastgeberverzeichnis-bodensee.com/bodensee-orte/bregenz.html Bregenz Tourism Information]
* See https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Bregenz_(AT) for an history of BREGENZ post and postmarks.

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