Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost
federal state of Austria. The town is located on the eastern shores of
Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between
Switzerland in the east and Germany in the northwest.The city is situated
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 Alpine foothills, with cruise ship services
on Lake Constance.Bregenz is twinned with Bangor in Northern Ireland,
and various exchange trips take place between the two places. Another
twin town is Akko in Israel. It is especially famous for the annual summer
music festival Bregenzer Festspiele.
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