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Gebhardsberg Castle Ruins

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Location: Vorarlberg, Austria

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2. Gebhardsberg Castle Ruins – View of Lake Constance loop from Bregenz

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3. Gebhardsberg Castle Ruins – Below the Red Känzele Cliffs loop from Bregenz

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MaestroG

October 13, 2021

A few looped castle walls have defied the time and from some sides you can still get an approximate impression of the complex. Today it is more of a gastronomic spot on the Känzele hike.

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Marcus

September 17, 2023

History of Hohenbregenz Castle.

The castle was built in the last quarter of the 11th century (before 1097) by the Counts of Bregenz (Ulriche). The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1209.

In 1143 the castle passed to the Counts of Pfullendorf, but only remained in their possession for a short time. Just a few years later (1170) it came to Count Palatine Hugo of Tübingen (father of Hugo I, Count of Montfort). The upper part of the castle was sold in 1451 and the lower part of the castle in 1523 to the Habsburgs, who made the castle the seat of Austrian bailiffs.

At the beginning of the 17th century the castle was expanded into a fortress. In 1647, towards the end of the Thirty Years' War, they were able to capture Swedish troops without a fight. They blew up the fortress in the same year by setting off five mines (see Naval War on Lake Constance 1632–1648).

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Heloks

November 28, 2022

After the beautiful restaurant, one could almost overlook the fact that the backyard still holds the rest of this beautiful castle.

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