Bregenz

Bregenz, a town of Austria, capital of the district of Vorarlberg, is picturesque situated on the east shore of the Lake of Constance, 6 miles SE. of Lindau by rail. The opening of the Arlberg Railway (1884) increased its importance. The ancient Brigantium, it was an important Roman station, and was for several centuries one of the chief fortified places in Southern Germany. During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedes in 1646 stormed and captured the fortress. Pop. 6739.