Gebhardsberg
Gebhardsberg | ||
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Gebhardsberg with Hohenbregenz Castle and pilgrimage church of St. Gebhard |
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height | 598 m above sea level A. | |
location | Bregenz , Vorarlberg , Austria | |
Mountains | Allgäu pre-Alps west of the Iller | |
Dominance | 0.1 km → Pfänder | |
Notch height | 25 m ↓ hollow to the Pfänder | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 29 '25 " N , 9 ° 44' 54" E | |
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Type | Mountain spur | |
Development | Street | |
Normal way | Motorway or various walking and hiking trails from Bregenz | |
particularities | Nature trail |
The Gebhardsberg above Bregenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg is up to 598 m above sea level. A. high mountain spur on the southwest slope of the Pfänder . The panoramic mountain is particularly popular with walkers and hikers on the way from Bregenz up to the Pfänder. The rock face under the Gebhardsberg has been developed as a climbing garden since the 1980s .
history
The castle ruins of Hohenbregenz Castle , the pilgrimage chapel and the Gebhardsberg castle restaurant are located on the mountain . Only the curtain wall of the core castle and parts of the palace are preserved from the castle complex.
In 1723, a pilgrimage church of St. Gebhard , who gave the mountain his name, was built in the former hall of the castle .
Nature trail
The nature trail set up in 1993 begins below the castle ruins. Along the edge of the edge of the Bregenzer Ach valley , the path leads over the Känzele up towards Fluh and through the “Buchwald” back to the starting point.
At various stations, hikers receive information on biology ( mountain ash , pine , annual rings , linden , black alder , sessile oak , wood ants ), geology ( sandstone and conglomerate layers ) and the history of the Gebhardsberg.
Views
View from Gebhardsberg to Lake Constance (Bregenz / July 2006)