Lochau
Lochau is a municipality in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Lochau is a municipality in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is located on Lake Constance, in the Bregenz district, near the border to Germany.
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Worth seeing in and around Lochau
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau
Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey is a Cistercian territorial abbey and cathedral located at Mehrerau on the outskirts of Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria. Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey is directly subordinate to the Holy See and thus forms no part of the Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg.
2.6 km · Catholic territorial abbey Immediately Subject to the Holy See in Austria · Wikipedia - 02Kunsthaus Bregenz
The Kunsthaus Bregenz presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz, Vorarlberg.
1.3 km · contemporary art museum in Austria · Wikipedia - 03Leiblach
The Leiblach is a 34-kilometre-long tributary of Lake Constance and the Rhine, respectively. It forms the Austria–Germany border near the lake.
2.5 km · tributary of Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany, and Vorarlberg, Austria · Wikipedia - 04Vorarlberg Museum
The vorarlberg museum in Bregenz is the state art and cultural museum of the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. It was founded in 1857, and has since been a centre for collection and preservation of the state's art and cultural material.
1.4 km · cultural museum of the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg · Wikipedia - 05Casino-Stadion (Bregenz)
ImmoAgentur Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Bregenz, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it is the home ground of SW Bregenz.
1.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 06Parish church of St. Gallus
The parish church of St. Gallus is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.
2 km · building in Bregenz, Austria · Wikipedia - 07Evangelische Kirche Hl. Kreuz
The Kreuzkirche am Ölrain is a German Reformed Church of the town Bregenz and is located on the site of a former Roman settlement. The church building was constructed from 1862 to 1864 according to the plans of the architect Christian Friedrich von Leins from Stuttgart in Gothic Revival architecture style.
2.4 km · church building in Vorarlberg, Austria · Wikipedia - 08Roman theater Bregenz
The Roman Theatre in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria, is located in the quarter of Thalbach in Bregenz. Bregenz was called Brigantium by the Romans.
1.8 km · Uncovered in 2013 and 2019 in Bregenz (Latin: Brigantium), Vorarlberg, Austria through targeted archaeological excavations in 2013 and 2019 on behalf of the Vorarlberg State Museum · Wikipedia - 09Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek (Bregenz)
The Vorarlberg State Library is a regional academic library in Bregenz, Western Austria. It founded in 1904 as a branch of the Vorarlberg State Archives.
2.6 km · library · Wikipedia - 10Vogelinsel
The Vogelinsel is an island in Lake Constance with an area of around 600 square metres. It lies around 230 metres northwest of the mouth of the Leiblach opposite the Gemarkung of Reutin of the town of Lindau.
2.7 km · small island in Lake Constance, Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lochau
- Airports
- Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 25 km · Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 64 km · Zürich (ZRH), 91 km
- Stations
- Bahnhof Bregenz, 1.7 km · Haltestelle Bregenz-Riedenburg, 3.4 km · Bahnhof Bregenz-Hafen, 1.2 km · Bahnhof Lochau-Hörbranz, 1.5 km
- Innsbruck → Lochau127 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · €19–27
- Salzburg → Lochau248 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · €32–45
- Linz → Lochau349 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · €43–60
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lochau
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lochau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inEuregio train tickets are available for unlimited travel in the region (including discounts on certain ferries).
- Get inBSB runs seasonal ferries between April and October.
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Next door to Lochau
- Bregenzurban municipality in the Bregenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria1.3 km
- Kennelbachmunicipality in Bregenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria3.9 km
- Eichenbergmunicipality in Bregenz District, Vorarlberg, Austria3.1 km
- Hofrieden CourtThis district court was first mentioned for the first time in 1354, 1806 dissolved3.2 km