The Bregenzerwald’s people are said to be self-confident and wilful. This is due to their history. The valley between Lake Constance and the Arlberg mountain, which was once completely covered in woods, belonged to the earls of Bregenz who assigned many rights to monasteries and the gentry. The Wald (German word for forest) was populated around the year 1000.
One of the most famous Baroque painters, Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807), was born into a family in Schwarzenberg. She was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and a friend and teacher of Goethe in Rom.
Whereas today the valley’s prosperity is based on agriculture, trade and tourism, many people had to earn their living far away from home in earlier times.
Catholic and social traditions play an important role in the Bregenzerwald region.
The people from the Bregenzerwald region are regarded as self-assured, almost headstrong. This results from their history.
The valley between Lake Constance and the Arlberg mountain range, which once used to be completely covered by forests, was under the possession of the Earls of Bregenz who...
The dialects in the valleys of Vorarlberg have Alemmanic roots. The spoken dialects remind of the Swiss German and the Swabian dialect.
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