Bezau
Sign in to saveBezau is a town in the Bregenz Forest region, in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is part of the district of Bregenz. Bezau is a popular tourist destination around the year, due to its vicinity to ski resorts and hiking trails. Its picturesque church was built in 1906 and has as its patron saint St. Jodok. Another attraction is the museum of local history (Heimatmuseum), which is housed in a traditional Bregenz Forest wooden home.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bezau
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- GemBezau2.JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wappen_at_bezau.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 80x110px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Austria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 270
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Austria
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- Bezau im Bezirk B.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 260x260px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the district
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Austria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vorarlberg
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bregenz
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market municipality
- Official name
- Bezau
- Country
- Austria
- Located in
- Bregenz District
- Population
- 2034
- Area
- 34.41
- Elevation
- 650
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Schoppernau
- Official website
- www.bezau.at
- Image
- GemBezau2.JPG
- Dialing code
- 05514
- Licence plate code
- B
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- Commons category
- Bezau
- twinned administrative body
- Heiden
- postal code
- 6870
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- native label
- Bezau
- P8168
- Pierre d'Aubusson
- located in/on physical feature
- Bregenz Forest
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bezau is a town in the Bregenz Forest region, in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is part of the district of Bregenz. Bezau is a popular tourist destination around the year, due to its vicinity to ski resorts and hiking trails. Its picturesque church was built in 1906 and has as its patron saint St. Jodok. Another attraction is the museum of local history (Heimatmuseum), which is housed in a traditional Bregenz Forest wooden home.
== Geography == Bezau has a surface area of 34.42 km2 and is one of the largest municipalities in the central Bregenz Forest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bezau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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