List of castles, palaces and residences in Vorarlberg

Schattenburg above Feldkirch , ancestral seat of the Counts of Montfort

This list includes fortresses and castles B, b , residential towers T, t , residences A, a and ruins R, r in Vorarlberg in Austria for places. Some fortresses, bishops' residences, Palais P and villas V, v , which were noble seats , are also included. As far as is known, the noble families who had their headquarters in the buildings are also included in the list.

In the listed objects is the building type ( type ) with capital letters , with not listed properties with lower case letters written.

The list was drawn up on the basis of the Vorarlberg Monument Protection List.

list

Surname	local community	Type	Period	Genders	annotation
Gayenhofen	Bludenz	B.	after 1225 – today	Werdenberg, Sternbach	Castle destroyed in 1491, built in 1745–52, district authority after reconstruction 1960–63
Zürcherhaus, Brunnenfeld residence	Bludenz	A.	before 1300? - today	Brunnenfeld, Zürcher von Guldenpöck (Guldenböck)	multiple tags
Oberhalden old school house	Bludesch	A.	before 1546 – ​​today	Halden, Weingarten Abbey	Headquarters of Halden zu Haldenegg, new building around 1600, expansion and renovation around 1900
Unterhalden Brandhausen	Bludesch	A.	around 1640 – today	Weingarten Abbey	Residence, today the official building
Jordan Brockenhof castle ruins	Bludesch	A.	1425 – after 1808	Brock von Weißenberg, Lindenspeur	Good, expanded into a hunting and summer residence in 1653, fell into disrepair after 1800, now in ruins
Anderhalden	Bregenz	A.	before 1558 – today	Walser?	former noble seat
Babenwohl earlier Babenboll	Bregenz	B.	after 1350 – today	Counts of Bregenz, Keller, Habsburgs, Pöllnitz	small castle, converted into a noble residence in 1509, converted into a small castle in 1854, expanded between 1907 and 16, today the Vorarlberg State Library
Blumenegg	Bregenz	A.	16th century	Blumenegg	Previous building from 1322, rebuilt around 1850
Deuringschlössle Carolenhof	Bregenz	A.	after 1650 – today	Wolfurt, Deuring, Rüpplein, Vicari, Tscharner-Merhart	Medieval core (previous buildings from the 14th / 15th century), corner tower with onion roof, finally a restaurant
Greenwood	Bregenz	A.	before 1379 – today	Montfort	three-storey stone house
Hohenbregenz	Bregenz	R.	before 1097-1647	Counts of Bregenz, Pfullendorf, Montfort, Habsburg	Castle from the 13th century, stronger fortified in 1608–14, blown up in 1647, a hermitage was built in the ruins and a church was consecrated in 1723
Crown heaps	Bregenz	A.	around 1520? - today	Montfort, Habsburg, Leber, Jehlin	Gut around 1370, 1547 Loher Hof, from 1722 seminary and monastery, then barracks, spinning factory, inn, 1924 to 2007 retirement home
Loessler	Bregenz	A.	around 1600 – today	Montfort, Witweiler	1390 Montfortischer Lehenhof Losel , 1596–1613 new building of the Renaissance mansion, 1893/94 classical facade
Martinsturm	Bregenz	T	before 1250 – today	Montfort	Residential tower with chapel, increased by three floors around 1600, new onion roof, now a museum
Mildenberg	Bregenz	A.	16th century - today	Montfort, Habsburg, Villenbach, Deuring	in the 15th century courtyard, then the office building for Hofrieden, half-timbered house from the 16th century.
Waldburg-Wolfegg Palace	Bregenz	P	1688 – today	Bildstein, Waldburg-Wolfegg	Residence, rebuilt in 1732, residence of some of the provincial governors, expanded in 1931/32, today Vorarlberg State Archives
Riedenburg	Bregenz	A.		Niedegge, Schnabl von Schönstein, Pöllnitz	see Sacré Coeur Riedenburg
Schedler House in the Walsertal	Bregenz	A.	around 1600 – today	Montfort, butcher , Schmid von Wellenstein, Abegg, Altensteig, ... Gugger von Staudach	1380–1409 Montfortisches Gut zum Schedler , owned by Weingarten Monastery around 1600, Zum Walsertal inn around 1850 to 1920 , restored in 1928, then private house
Schnabelburg Schönenbach	Bregenz	A.	before 1566 – today	Beak of Schönstein,	Hugo I. (Montfort) married an Eschenbach-Schnabelburg. maybe before?
Lower town gate Ehregutaplatz 1 (Bregenz)	Bregenz	T	14./15. Century – today		City gate, reconstruction after fire in 1571 and in the 17th century, today a residential building
Villa Gülich Palais Thurn and Taxis	Bregenz	V	1848 – today		today the Künstlerhaus Bregenz
Raczynski villa	Bregenz	V	1875 – today		Castle-like villa of Count Raczynski, monastery from 1904, wing added in 1907, today schools
Villa Wolfegg ??	Bregenz	V
Weißenreuthe Weißenreute	Bregenz	A.	1742? - today	Montfort, liver from Wolfurt	Farm of the Reutin fiefdom owned by the Counts of Montfort, 1522–1617 residence of the noble liver of Wolfurt, then owned by the Mehrerau monastery until 1806.
Rosenegg Rosenberg Castle	Bürs	R.	around 1250–1600?	Werdenberg, Rosenegg ?, Lorünser	Höhenburg destroyed in 1405, fell into disrepair before 1600, the keep was renovated in a neo-Gothic style around 1900, dismantled in 1939
Ruedberg castle ruins at Schlossbühel	Dalaas	R.	13th century?		few remains of the wall, near the Wald am Arlberg church
Oberdorfer Turm Feste Dornbirn	Dornbirn	R.	14./15. Century – 1847	Montfort, sovereigns, Ems / Hohenems,	Castle named 1391, rebuilt several times, tower demolished in 1847, today remains of the wall
Zanzenberggasse 2	Dornbirn	A.
Ruggburg	Eichenberg	R.	around 1100–1452?	Rugeburg, Werdenberg	Predecessor Trudburg destroyed in 1025, stormed in 1452
On the mountain	Feldkirch	A.	1502 – today	Märkle, Amberg, Habsburg, Jonas, Vogler, Altmannshausen, Furtenbach, Travers	Residential tower
Bubble mountain	Feldkirch	x	? - before 1316	Thumb	former castle of unknown location, abandoned around 1270–1316
Helbockhof Rosa-Michl-Hof	Feldkirch	A.	1257 – today
Johanniterordenshaus	Feldkirch	A.	15./16. Century – today		today the rental house at Johannitergasse 6, heavily changed
Monastery property	Feldkirch	A.	?-today
Cat tower + thief storm	Feldkirch	T	?-today		Diebsturm = peacock tail tower, Hirschgraben 18
Liechtenstein Palace	Feldkirch	P	around 1620 – today	Brock von Weißenberg, Liechtenstein, Tschavoll	Predecessor building around 1620, after a city fire a baroque palace built around 1700, administrative building, then brewery and inn, today the city archive and library
Schattenburg formerly Feldkirch Castle	Feldkirch	A.	around 1200 – today	Montfort, Habsburg	Höhenburg rebuilt after fire in 1406, deteriorated in the late 18th century, barracks and poor house after 1825, today a museum and restaurant
Tschitscher-Schlösschen	Feldkirch	A.	around 1620	Tschitscher	Residential tower for the lift master Paul Tschitscher; Margarethenkapf 5
Tosters	Feldkirch	R.	around 1260–	Montfort, Habsburg, Toggenburg, Tratzberg, Gienger, Hohenems, Jonas, Clary-Aldringen, Wolkenstein	Höhenburg rebuilt after fire in 1405, deteriorated after 1616, restored in 1838/39
Wohlwendhaus Wocherscher Ansitz	Feldkirch	A.	1583 – today	Wocher, Wohlwend	Ansitz, a palace with a Rococo portal and stucco ceilings,
Frastanz Frastafeders castle ruins	Frastanz	r	before 1344 – before 1617		Castle hill
Fussach Castle	Fußach	x	12./13. Century – 17th Century	Fußach, Montfort-Feldkirch, Habsburgs	Castle hill; Burned down in 1406, then rebuilt, demolished 1779–1799
Heidenburg castle ruins	Göfis	R.
Sigberg	Göfis	R.	1255 – around 1650		Höhenburg destroyed in 1355 and 1435, chapel used until 1637, then fell into disrepair
Jonas Schlössle	Götzis	A.	around 1584 – today	Jonas	Renaissance mansion, extensive restorations (built on alluvial soil), today cultural use
New Montfort	Götzis	R.	around 1315–1700?	Montfort, Thumb, Habsburg, Nellenburg, Toggenburg, Gienger	Höhenburg, not destroyed in the Appenzell War, in ruins from 1700
Sonderberg Castle Zunderberg	Götzis	A.	1561 – today	Sandwood from Sonderberg,	small castle, dilapidated after 1778, parts demolished in 1890, tower and chapel restored after 1980
Mittelweiherburg	Hard	B.	around 1570	Schnabel von Schönstein, Deuring, Coreth	Moated castle, in the 18th century a cotton factory, parts demolished after fires in 1818 and 1827 and the moat filled, only one tower left today
Alt-Ems	Hohenems	R.	before 1190–	Ems / Hohenems, sovereigns, Waldburg-Zeil	old large Stauferburg, used as a prison, destroyed in 1407, around 1500 and expansion from 1566, decay from 1792
Neu-Ems Castle Glopper	Hohenems	B.	1343–	Ems, Habsburg, Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems	Höhenburg, destroyed in 1407 and rebuilt by 1430, installation of a chapel in 1603, essentially unchanged since then
Hohenems Palace	Hohenems	B.	1563 – today	Ems / Hohenems, Harrach, Waldburg-Zeil	Renaissance palace built from 1563 to 1610, inhabited again since 1882, known today for the Schubertiade
Gwiggen	Hohenweiler	B.	16./17. Century – today	Wolfegger, Schönstein, Furtenbach, Montfort etc.	Former castle, from 1711 part of Lindau Abbey, brewery after 1806, monastery since 1856
Alt-Schönstein	Hohenweiler	x	around 1230-1395	Schönstein, Nagl	abandoned castle, few remains of the wall, destroyed by the Swabian Association of Cities
New Schönstein	Hohenweiler	x	End of the 13th century – 1377/78	Schönstein	few remains of a castle, only hills and moats left, destroyed by the Swabian Association of Cities
Tobelhof	Innerbraz	A.	15th century? - today	Leu (Löw)
Birkach	Koblach	A.	around 1600 – today	Wild-Beheim, Pappus, Grenzing, Zürcher	Predecessor buildings since the 13th century, Renaissance seat (from 1579?), Newer extension
Neuburg	Koblach	R.	before 1152-1769	Welfen, Staufer, Thumb, Habsburg, Montfort, Hohenems,	Burg (near the Roman post office Clunia?), First and important Habsburg castle in Vorarlberg, abandoned in 1744 and fell into disrepair from 1769
Festivities Lauterach	Lauterach	t	before 1344? -? (today)		today farmhouse, tower recognizable; Named a tower in 1612
Hofen Castle Alt-Hofen	Lochau	B.	1584/85 – today	Montfort, Hofen, Raitenau, sovereigns, Königsegg-Rothenfels, Stotzingen, Debern, Clavell	Alt-Hofen Castle (before 1218) was above, destroyed in 1452. Chapel (from 1490?) Expanded into a renaissance castle in 1584, home from 1908, then military hospital, 1952 vocational school, 1981 educational center and building, 2016 general renovation
Claustower	Lochau	T	?-today		former tower of the fortifications on the Klause near Lochau
Wave stone	Lochau	A.	around 1555	Reutin from Wellenstein
Diebsschlössle	Lorüns	A.	14th century? -?		Bronze Age predecessor settlement, remains of the wall
Alt-Schönstein	Möggers	R.
Ramschwag , Welsch-Ramschwag	Nenzing	R.	1270 / 1290-1405	Ramschwag, Montfort-Feldkirch, Habsburgs	Ruins of a hilltop castle, destroyed in the Appenzell War
Sonnenberg Castle Nüziders	Nüziders	R.	before 1250? –1473	Werdenberg-Sargans, Truchseß von Waldburg, Habsburg	Hill castle of the bishops of Chur, rebuilt after fire in 1409/10, destroyed in 1473 and no longer rebuilt
Tschannhaus	Nüziders	A.	17th century - today	Lords of St. Viner	Residence from the 14th / 15th centuries Century, today's building from the 17th century.
Rankweil today Rankweil basilica	Rankweil	X	12th century - around 1350	Udalrichinger, Montfort, Rankweil	Chapel from the 8th century, castle of the Udalrichingen in the 12th century, abandoned after a fire around 1350, chapel converted into a pilgrimage church, converted into a fortified church in 1470, defensive tower converted into a bell tower in 1657/58
Röthner Schlösschen municipal office	Röthis	A.	15./16. Century – today	Litscher, Frey von Schönstein, Clessin	Raised hide
Schwarzenhorn ruins	Satteins	R.	13th century – 1405?	Schwarzhorn, Celle	probably destroyed in 1405,
Jagdberg	Schlins	R.	13th century – 1750	Montfort, Habsburg, Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz, Wittenbach , Altmannshausen, Clary-Aldringen,	Höhenburg burned down in 1405 and 1499, reconstruction after 1559, decay from 1750, restored since 1911, open-air theater from 1949
Rönsberg residence, Rönsperg	Schlins	x	around 1500– (today)	Wittenbach, Altmannshausen, Schlandersberg, Castelmur	Named in 1497, residence with chapel until around 1660, then a farm
Diebsschlößle	Stallhr	R.			Burgstall
Villa Falkenhorst	Thuringia	V			Clear??
Blumenegg castle ruins	Thuringian Mountain	V	1258–	Montfort, Werdenberg, Brandis, Sulz, Weingarten Abbey	Ruins of a spur castle, fell into disrepair after fires in 1650 and 1774
Valcastiel castle ruins	Vandans	A.	1120 / 1140–? Mentioned in 1391		Ruin of a hilltop castle
Alt-Montfort	hamlet	B.	End of the 12th century – 1405 ??	Montfort, Babenberger, Toggenburger, Clary-Aldringen	Ruins of a hilltop castle, destroyed in 1405
Wolfurt Castle	Wolfurt	A.	before 1217 – today	Wolfurt, Habsburg, Kaisermann, Leber, Marius, Reichart, Tröndlin von Greiffenberg	Ancestral seat of the Wolfurt family, from 1530 exile of the abbots of St. Gallen, after 1707 baroque interior fittings, from 1856 extensive neo-Romanesque renovation, fire in 1939, then neo-Gothic castle-like reconstruction, after 1945 seat of the French military command
Oberfeld	Wolfurt	r	before 1260-1451	Helwer	Remnants of the tower
Weißenberg Batschunser Schlößchen	Between water	A.	before 1601 – today	Prock, Mahler , spokesman for Bernegg, Salis	Residence, in the 20th century a rest home, today residential building

Explanation

Explanation of the columns:

Name : building (residence to villa), castle ruins, addresses are in italics

Location : municipality; Place or district

Type : Building type : B b castle, palace, A a mansion, T t (residential) tower, R r castle ruins, P palace, V villa, x no longer available; Capital letters are listed, lower case letters are not listed

Period : time of construction, end of occupancy or use

Genders : Genders who had or owned this building as their ancestral seat

Notes : name variants; summary information

See also

• List of castles and palaces in Austria

literature

• Alois Niederstätter: Die Vorarlberger Burgen , Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck, 2nd edition 2017, 208 p. Restricted preview
• Raimund Rhomberg: Burgen in Vorarlberg in: Contributions to Medieval Archeology in Austria 20, 2004, pp. 191–212
• Andreas Ulmer : The castles and noble residences of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein , 1925–1931, Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt, 1112 p. (New edition Dornbirn 1978)
• Franz Josef Huber : Kleines Vorarlberger Burgenbuch , Dornbirn 1985, Book Special, 325 pp.
• Volkmar Dieth, Wolfgang Rusch: Stone witnesses - castles and castle ruins from Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein , Lauterach 1995, Dieth-Kulturverlag, 181 pp.

Web links

• Vorarlberg school media center: castles, palaces and residences in Vorarlberg
• Vorarlberg on burgen-austria.com
• Overview of the fortifications in Vorarlberg at www.wehrbauten.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry about Brunnenfeld (Zürcherhaus) on Burgen-Austria
2. ↑ Oberhof, Länderweg 5, entry on Oberhalden in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved December 5, 2018.
3. ↑ Document: Documents (1140-1814) Document 783 (Walser an der Halden) in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
4. ↑ precious seat Anderhalden on bda.gv.at
5. ↑ Entry on austria-forum.org
6. ↑ Documents on "Grünholz" in the European document archive Monasterium.net .
7. ↑ Entry on Kronhalden in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved July 14, 2017.
8. ↑ Entry about Bregenz - Palais Wolfegg on Burgen-Austria
9. ↑ as the Schönenbach residence built by the Schnabel von Schönstein around 1550, see Bregenz in the Austrian city atlas
10. ↑ The Schnabelburg in ANNO
11. ↑ Entry on austria-forum.org
12. ↑ austria-forum.org , entry on Weißenreuthe Castle in the private database “All Castles”. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
13. ↑ Rudberg on www.ruine.at , with photos
14. ^ R. Rhomberg, Burgen in Vorarlberg, p. 207
15. ↑ digitized version
16. ↑ Entry on wiki.imwalgau.at , entry on Feldkirch - Amberg on Burgen-Austria
17. ↑ see A. Niederstätter link
18. ↑ Entry on Feldkirch - Wocherscher Ansitz auf Burgen-Austria
19. ↑ Entry on Fussach Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved December 5, 2018.
20. ↑ Johann Christoph Schnabel von Schönstain built the castle, see The Schnabelburg in ANNO
21. ^ Entry on Alt-Schönstein in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved December 5, 2018.
22. ^ Entry on Neu-Schönstein in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved December 5, 2018.
23. ↑ Historical natural stone walls in Innerbraz, master's thesis Boku Vienna p. 19f
24. ↑ Entry about Birkach on Burgen-Austria
25. ^ R. Rhomberg, Burgen in Vorarlberg, pp. 197, 198
26. ↑ Establishment of the mansion, possibly in connection with the increase in status of the Litscher in 1489, see entry about Röthis - Röthner Schlösschen on Burgen-Austria
27. ↑ wehrbauten.at
28. ↑ Contribution to kath-kirche-vorarlberg.at
29. ↑ Entry on wiki.imwalgau.at
30. ↑ Entry about Wolfurt on Burgen-Austria
31. ↑ Entry about Batschuns - Weißenberg on Burgen-Austria

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