Bludenz is a city in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The city
is the seat of the District Commission Bludenz and as of June 30,
2018, with 14577 (main residences) plus 1098 (other residences)
inhabitants, the sixth largest municipality in Vorarlberg.
The city center of Bludenz is located at an altitude of about 570
meters at the south-western foot of the Lechquellen Mountains,
terraced above the valley floor of the Ill and laid out on part of
the debris fan of the Galgentobelbach. The official altitude for
Bludenz is 588 m. This refers to the location of the
Laurentiuskirche, which stands a little higher above the town
center. The highest point of the municipality is formed by the
summit of the Weißen Rössle, 2214 m, northwest of Ausserbraz. A
small part of the municipal area east of Stallehr even extends over
the Alfenz into Verwall. This is the Garnilawald, which grows on the
northern slopes of Davennakopf, Davenna and Zwölferkopf above the
reservoir of the Alfenzwerk. Parts of the mountain forests in the
north of Bludenz belong to the "Natura 2000" European protection
area "Klostertaler Bergwälder", which extends from the Galgentobel
to Klösterle.
The city lies at the intersection of the
Walgau, Brandnertal (Rätikon), Montafon (Silvretta) and Klostertal
(Arlberg) valleys. Bludenz likes to market itself as the “five
valleys town”, but the fifth valley, the Große Walsertal, only joins
the Walgau near Ludesch, a few kilometers west of Bludenz. 48.5
percent of the community area is forested. Neighboring communities
of Bludenz are Nüziders, Raggal, Innerbraz, Bartholomäberg, St.
Anton im Montafon, Lorüns, Stallehr and Bürs.
The drinking
water for Bludenz is drawn from several hundred meters above the
city, at the foot of the western flanks of the Breithorn and
Elsalptürmen, as well as springs located on the southern flank of
Katzenköpf. The city partially uses the gradient to generate
electricity and operates a small drinking water power plant in
Hinterplärsch with a maximum output of 125 kW.
Bludenz has a
climate that is significantly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. The
average annual precipitation recorded from 1971 to 2000 by the
nearby Bürs measuring station is 1341 mm, the average annual
temperature 7.9 ° C. However, the official records for most of the
populated area of Bludenz already show an average annual rainfall
of between 1500 and 1800 mm. The north-eastern areas on the slopes,
e.g. B. Rungelin, even get 1800 to 2100 mm / a. On the summit areas
of Hohem Fraßen and Breithorn, which are drained south and west by
the Galgentobelbach, an average of 2400 to 2700 mm fell, on that of
Gams Freiheit and Weißer Rössle even enormous 2700 to 3000 mm of
precipitation per year by Central European standards.
Bludenz
is often one of the places with the highest daytime temperatures in
Vorarlberg, also due to its proximity to the Brandner Valley, which
is known as a pronounced foehn line. The mountains from Hohen Fraßen
to Elsspitze and Gamsfreiheit, which tower over the city by around
1400 meters, protect Bludenz from cold winds from north to
northeast.
In the city cemetery there is an automatic weather
station from the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
(ZAMG), the current measured values of which are permanently
presented on the Internet.
Sights include the originally preserved Upper and Lower City Gates, the Nepomuk Fountain and Werdenbergerstrasse with the arcades.
Lawrence Church
City parish church of the Holy Cross
South
Tyrolean settlement parish church
Bings parish church
Former
hospital church in Kirchgasse
Dominican convent of Saint Peter
Franciscan monastery (formerly Capuchin monastery) and monastery church
Antonius Church in Rungelin
Evang. Parish Church of the Good Shepherd
Parts of the former Bludenz city fortifications are still preserved
today. The city's approximately 100 houses were surrounded and fenced in
with a double curtain wall, seven towers and three gates. The city gate
in the east of the city (“Montafonertor” or “Kapuzinertor”) was
demolished in 1846.
Lower gate
Built at the end of the 15th
century, this gate was subsequently rebuilt several times. It is also
called Mühletor or Bürsertor.
Upper gate
Built at the end of
the 15th century, rebuilt in 1774 and 1920, it is also called
Herzog-Friedrich-Tor or Feldkircher Tor. In 1416, Duke Friedrich IV
(with an empty pocket) fled from Constance through the Upper Gate into
the city; He was taken in in Bludenz and brought safely over the Arlberg
by the town's citizens.
The Bludenz City Museum is located in the
Upper Gate. A few meters away, a covered church staircase built in the
17th century, one of the five castle staircases, leads up to the hill to
St. Laurentius Church and Gayenhofen Castle.
Powder tower
in
the southwest of the city, was built at the end of the 15th century.
Gayenhofen Castle
The castle is located in the architectural
ensemble with the parish church dominating the town and today serves as
the official building of the Bludenz district administration.
Cotton
spinning mill of the Getzner factory (1883–1886)
The spinning mill in
Klarenbrunn is a special example of Vorarlberg industrial construction,
as it came to the country from English sources via Swiss companies.
The balanced, elongated two-storey brick building was designed by
Manchester engineering firm John Felber and has a significant pillar and
iron structure. A synthesis was created here between the old
multi-storey hall buildings with wooden construction and the old
“industrial sheds”.
In terms of its structural and functional
concept, the building is a striking example of industrial construction
from the late 19th century.
District Court (1927–1929)
Construction by Willibald Braun
Arcades on Werdenbergerstrasse
This street is named after the Counts of Werdenberg-Montfort, the former
lords of Bludenz. On the right and left it is framed by town and
patrician houses that were built after the city fire in 1638. Their
magnificent facades, gables and gates are worth seeing. The arcades,
which almost turn the pedestrian zone into a covered city center, have a
southern-looking appearance. Two of the houses on Werdenbergerstrasse
that were built after the city fire in 1638, the “Getzner” house
(restaurant and offices) and the Tschofenhaus (restaurant and hotel;
facade design by Konrad Honold, 1964), were converted into listed
buildings as part of the inner city renewal process in 2017/18.
Dörflingerhaus: This house in Rathausgasse was mentioned as early as
1365 and houses a café.
Villa Obdorfweg 1
Nepomuk Fountain (1730)
The fountain designed by Johann Ladner represents St. Nepomuk, who is
considered the patron saint against slander and suspicion.
Riedmiller
monument
This monument to Bernhard Riedmiller, a captain of the
Bludenzer Riflemen in the Napoleonic Wars (1796–1799), was designed by
Georg Matt in 1905. The Neyer brothers appear to be the donors of the
monument. The Neyer family went by the name “Deli Neyers” or “Tille
Neyers”, named after Franz Fidel Neyer. An ancestor named Fidel Neyer
fought honorably with his brothers in Riedmiller's company in 1799. An
Andreas Neyer is mentioned in a document as an ensign in 1796. At least
five Neyers - more people than any other Bludenz citizen family - took
part in the defensive battles against the French. The Neyer brothers,
who came from a very old Bludenzer family that was mentioned in
documents as early as 1472, were wealthy and thus also set a monument to
their family. With the sum of 16,000 crowns spent on this monument, a
small house in the old town of Bludenz was purchased. Of the four
monument donors, only the innkeeper and economist Lorenz Neyer witnessed
the monument's unveiling.
In Bludenz there is the Bludenz City Museum in the Upper Gate and the
Fohrenburg Bludenz Brewery Museum in the old carpentry workshop of the
brewery headquarters. The brewery museum shows iconic beer bottles,
former advertising motifs and historical beer production utensils.
Cultural Center
A cultural center in Bludenz is the “Remise”,
which opened in 1998. The program includes concerts all year round, from
early music and world music to jazz, cabaret, theater, readings, film
screenings and exhibitions. The ORF Vorarlberg regional studio
occasionally recorded and broadcast concerts there. A restaurant is
connected to the “Remise”.
Since 1988 there has been a festival for new and contemporary music,
the Bludenzer Days of Contemporary Music.
The ALPINALE short film
festival was founded in Bludenz in 1985 and welcomes around 2,000
visitors every year. Nenzing was the event location from 2003 to 2019.
In 2020 the festival returned to Bludenz.
The Jazz & Groove Festival
in Bludenz city center and on the Remise forecourt presents top-class
jazz, funk and blues musicians over three evenings.
Unikat B is an
international sales exhibition for contemporary applied art and design
that takes place in the historic rooms of Gayenhofen Castle in Bludenz.
The town center of Bludenz is located at an altitude of around 570
meters at the southwestern foot of the Lechquelle Mountains, terraced
over the Ill valley floor and on part of the Galgentobelbach rubble fan.
The official height of 588 m for Bludenz refers to the location of the
Laurentiuskirche, which is slightly higher above the city center. The
highest point in the municipality is the summit of the Weißen Rössle,
2214 m, located northwest of Ausserbraz. A small part of the municipal
area east of Stallehr even extends across the Alfenz into the Verwall.
This is the Garnila forest, which grows on the northern slopes of
Davennakopf, Davenna and Zwölferkopf above the Alfenzwerk reservoir.
Parts of the mountain forests in the north of Bludenz belong to the
“Natura 2000” European protected area “Klostertaler Bergwälder” that
extends from the Galgentobel to Klösterle.
For historical
reasons, in addition to its own territory, the city also owns property
in forests, agricultural land or wasteland in nine other surrounding
communities, totaling around 4000 hectares. B. the Bludenzer Alpe
(Albonaalpe) in the Verwall, above Klösterle, or the Gavalinaalpe on the
northern slope of the Rätikon.
The city lies at the intersection
of the Walgau, Brandnertal (Rätikon), Montafon (Silvretta) and
Klostertal (Arlberg) valleys. Bludenz likes to market itself as a “five
valley city”, but the fifth valley, the Große Walsertal, only flows into
the Walgau near Ludesch, a few kilometers west of Bludenz. 48.5 percent
of the municipality's area is forested. Neighboring communities of
Bludenz are Nüziders, Raggal, Innerbraz, Bartholomäberg, St. Anton im
Montafon, Lorüns, Stallehr and Bürs.
Opposite Bludenz, on the
other side of the Ill, in the Rätikon, stands the 2107 m high Bludenzer
Mittagsspitze, a rugged elevation in a side ridge of the Vandanser
Steinwand from Bludenz's perspective. The mountain is located in the
south of the city, where the sun is at midday.
The drinking water
for Bludenz comes from several hundred meters above the city, at the
foot of the western flanks of the Breithorn and Elsalp towers, as well
as from springs located on the southern flank of the Katzenköpfe. The
city partially uses the gradient to generate electricity and operates a
small drinking water power plant in Hinterplärsch, built in 1998, with a
maximum output of 125 kW.
Bludenz has a climate that is
significantly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. The average annual
precipitation recorded by the nearby Bürs measuring station from 1971 to
2000 is 1341 mm and the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C. However,
the official records for the majority of the populated Bludenz municipal
area already show an average annual rainfall of between 1500 and 1800
mm, in the northeastern areas on the slopes, e.g. B. Rungelin, even 1800
to 2100 mm/a. On the summit areas of Hohen Fraßen and Breithorn, which
are drained on the south and west sides by the Galgentobelbach, an
average of 2400 to 2700 mm of precipitation fell per year, and on the
Gamsfreiheit and Weißes Rössle an enormous 2700 to 3000 mm of
precipitation per year, even by Central European standards.
Bludenz is often one of the places with the highest daytime temperatures
in Vorarlberg, also due to its proximity to the Brandner Valley, which
is considered to be a particularly foehn region. The mountains from
Hoher Fraßen to Elsspitze, Gamsfreiheit and Weißes Rößle, which tower
over the city by around 1,400 meters, protect Bludenz from cold winds
from the north to northeast. The average temperature in Bludenz rose by
almost three degrees between 1982 and 2022.
There is an automatic
weather station from the Central Institute for Meteorology and
Geodynamics (ZAMG) in the municipal cemetery, whose current measured
values are permanently presented on the Internet.
The largest private companies in Bludenz are the Getzner Textil
company (founded by Christian Getzner), the Fohrenburg brewery as well
as the Suchard chocolate factory and the Bertsch power plant
manufacturer. Other larger companies include the ÖBB, which operates
extensive facilities in Bludenz, as well as the city administration
(around 270 employees) and the state hospital.
In 1903, the Swiss
watch manufacturer Obrecht & Co settled in the house of the manufacturer
“Dörler” on Rathausgasse in Bludenz. In 1906, pocket watch production
moved to the new building on Klarenbrunnstrasse, and the watch factory
continued as Plangg & Pfluger from 1922 to 1967.
In 1834, Karl
Blum founded the first modern paper factory in Vorarlberg on the site of
the burnt-down “Brunnental” spinning mill, and the building was later
taken over by the Swiss chocolate producer Suchard. The chocolate
factory began production in Bludenz in 1888 as a subsidiary of Philipp
Suchard's Swiss parent company. Every year, the “Milka Chocolate
Festival”, a promotional event aimed specifically at children and
families, is held in the city center. 30,000 visitors came to the 25th
anniversary in 2008.
The Bludenz retail sector is under severe
pressure from the two shopping centers built on the Bludenz city limits
in Bürser municipality. There were fierce political disputes over the
newly built “Valblu” indoor swimming pool, the hospital and the
artificial ice toboggan run, as well as over a shopping center that was
built in the old Kronenhaus in the old town of Bludenz.
In 2003
there were 260 commercial businesses in the area with 3,863 employees
and 282 apprentices. A total of 6,345 employees subject to payroll tax
were counted.
The city's debt was 35.1 million euros in 2008 and
41.5 million euros in 2018. Based on the economic data from 2023,
Bludenz would need 49 years to pay off its debt.
In particular, the partially vertical, several hundred meter high
rock walls of the 2009 m high Breithorn (also called Gaisberg), the
Elsspitze (1980 m) and the Elsalp towers in between constantly provide
weathering material, which, depending on the water flow, flows from the
Galgentobelbach into the city area and, in extreme cases, even into the
Ill can be transported. Although huge masses of rock were necessary to
fill the 3.6 km² large alluvial fan through the stream, as far as
records go back, there were no devastating deposits of rubble there.
That's why there were hardly any structural precautions against debris
flows.
When heavy rain fell in December 1918 after a cold spell,
a mudslide reached the Lindau-Bludenz railway line. As a result, in the
side branches of the Galgentobelbach, especially in the Muttersberg and
Mittlawaldtobel at the foot of the above-mentioned. Rock walls, the
first torrent barriers were built in the 1920s and 1930s.
After
the Second World War, the construction of the stream continued. A medium
flood in December 1991, which was again caused by heavy rain following a
cold wave, deposited around 20,000 m³ of sediment and wild wood in the
lower reaches. However, as a result of the construction work, it caused
only relatively minor damage.
The Daneubrücke, located at the
northeastern end of the South Tyrolean settlement at an altitude of 661
m, continues to pose a significant risk. If it were blocked by driftwood
and rubble, the flood-bearing stream would overflow its banks to the
left and right of the bridge and, due to the convex shape of the surface
of the alluvial fan, would flow through the densely built-up South
Tyrolean settlement and through Obdorf. Therefore, in 2004, a large
rubble and wildwood retention barrier was built above the bridge, at the
northeastern end of the easily accessible part of the Galgentobel. Below
this there is a debris collecting basin with a maximum capacity of
around 5000 m³ and a slot barrier. Dams were also built in
Hinterplärsch. If the basin is full, these are intended to limit the
stream from breaking out to the side. Some of the worn out protective
structures from the pre-war period had to be replaced.
In March
2007, around 10,000 m³ of rock fell into the Muttersbergtobel. These are
now gradually being transported away by the stream and once again show
the need for construction measures.
Another bottleneck is the
very low passage of the stream under the ÖBB site. In order to reduce
the risk of blockages there, another collecting basin for solids and an
additional slot barrier were built north of the nearby federal road
bridge. The bottom of the culvert under the tracks and the rest of the
stream up to the Ill is covered with steel rails so that boulders can be
quickly transported away from this critical area by the dragging force
of the water.
The assessment basis for the construction work
after the 1991 flood was a cloudburst with 70 mm of rain within one hour
over the entire catchment area (7.2 km²) of the stream and a continuous
rain of 168 mm/d on frozen or water-saturated ground. For the former,
depending on the calculation model, an average water flow of 42 to 56
m³/s was calculated; for the latter, a daily water load of the stream
was 750,000 m³, which contains 75,000 m³ of debris and wild wood. An
average stream flow of 50 m³/s is considered a “HQ 150” (a flood that
statistically occurs once in 150 years). Furthermore, it had to be taken
into account that debris that penetrated into the Ill had already dammed
it several times and/or pushed it to the southwest.
Numerous
garden houses in the South Tyrolean settlement and other buildings (see
picture above) in the vicinity of the stream were demolished on official
orders. These would have either hindered the outflow or, being carried
away by the stream, would have provided additional fuel that would
promote blockages.
With an HQ 300 of the Ill, major flooding in
the urban area is to be expected.
illwerke vkw AG also maintains
a typhon warning system that is intended to warn the population of
Montafon, Bludenz, Brandnertal and Walgau about tidal waves. If the dam
wall of the Silvretta or Kopssee were to break when the water was full,
the tidal wave would arrive in Bludenz after around 45 minutes and reach
an altitude of around 562 m above sea level. A. put under water. The
station area would then be flooded to a depth of around 4 m. In acute
emergencies, the fire brigade sirens are also switched on, the church
bells are rung (storm bells lasting at least 20 minutes) and radio
announcements are made. A test alarm takes place annually in November.
With its location in Walgau and at the entrance to the three valleys Klostertal, Montafon and Brandnertal, Bludenz is an important transport hub in the south of Vorarlberg. In particular, the west-east connection through Walgau and Klostertal to neighboring Tyrol via railway and expressway is important for the development of Bludenz as a transport hub.
The Bludenz train station, which opened in 1872, is now a railway
junction that links the Lindau–Bludenz railway, the Arlbergbahn and the
Bludenz–Schruns railway, which opened in 1905, the latter operated by
the private Montafonerbahn. All three routes are electrified. There is a
lively dispersal and formation of freight trains in the city's
marshalling yard. Bludenz is particularly important as the starting
point of the western ramp of the Arlbergbahn. Among other things,
passing the Arlberg line often requires shortening the trains and adding
additional locomotives. The railway changed life in Bludenz
significantly. As a result, the city was long considered a “railway
town”.
A Railjet stops in Bludenz every hour during the day in
the direction of Innsbruck/Vienna and in the direction of
Feldkirch/Bregenz/Zurich, and night trains to and from Vienna/Graz stop
every day. At least two regional trains run every hour from Bludenz
towards Lindau from early morning until late at night. On the nights
before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays there is a continuous
hourly train service between Bludenz and Bregenz. Public transport to
Montafon is provided by the Montafonerbahn, which runs every half hour
or hour and runs until after midnight. It also serves the “Bludenz-Moos”
and “Brunnenfeld-Stallehr” stops in the municipal area.
After the
regional train service between Bludenz and Langen am Arlberg was first
thinned out and has been completely discontinued since 2010, the bus
line to Klostertal, previously numbered 90 and numbered 720 since 2022,
took over the sole connection of the towns on the railway line to public
transport.
Bludenz is the end point of the Rheintal-Walgau motorway A 14, which
merges here into the Arlberg expressway S 16. There are four motorway
junctions in the city's municipal area, namely Bludenz/Nüziders,
Brandnertal, Bludenz/Bürs and Bludenz-Ost/Montafon. There are also
junctions in the area of the S 16, namely Bings and Braz. The
Bludenz/Bürs junction was generously renovated and expanded by almost 30
million euros by 2021.
Parts of the old town are set up as
pedestrian zones, including the middle section of Werdenbergerstrasse,
through which through traffic used to pass.
This is significant simply because of the traffic on the A 14/S 16,
which runs very close to the outside of the city limits. In 2017, an
average of 28,000 vehicles passed the section between the Brandnertal
and Bludenz/Bürs exits every day. In the station area, northwest of the
station in a strip that extends to approximately St.-Anna-Straße, in
Mokry, in large parts of the Klarenbrunn settlement and in Brunnenfeld,
a 24-hour continuous noise exposure averaged over day, evening and night
was recorded in 2017 55 to 60 dB(A) was detected. Some houses in
Unterbings and Unterradin directly on the S 16 are exposed to sound
non-stop with an average of 55 to 70 dB(A) - sometimes even despite the
noise barrier.
Another significant source of noise pollution
comes from road traffic in Bludenz. The width of the strip along State
Road 190, which runs through the city for a length of around 4.3 km and
has an average 24-hour continuous sound exposure of at least 55 dB(A),
is up to approx 100 m. In some streets east of the train station, some
of which are densely lined with residential buildings, there are even
constant levels of between 60 and 75 dB(A). In the middle section of
Werdenbergerstrasse, which has been converted into a pedestrian zone,
only a short section of just under 100 m is exposed to sound levels of <
55 dB(A), averaged around the clock.
Due to a decrease in the
sound pressure level when sound propagates outdoors of only approx. 3 dB
per doubling of the distance, the noise emissions from the A 14/S 16 and
road traffic in the Bludenz/Nüziders settlement area up to the peaks of
Hohen Frassen, Elsspitze and Gamsfreiheit , can be clearly heard in many
slopes criss-crossed by hiking trails in the north and northeast of
Bludenz and in the hillside settlements such as Rungelin, Halde and
Oberdaneu.
For many years, the city has been struggling in the winter season with the congestion of the low-level road network caused by ski holidaymakers who try to escape traffic jams on the A 14 / S 16 in the direction of Arlberg and Montafon by switching to state and secondary roads. For the first time, on one of the most popular alternative routes, Klostertaler Straße = Landesstraße 97 between St. Peter's Monastery and Bings, driving bans were issued for transients on a busy Saturday in February 2023 due to the change of holidaymakers in the tourist resorts, in order to protect car drivers even when the highway/ To prevent the expressway from passing through the municipal area. A traffic light on the L 97 artificially created delays and was intended to influence the navigation devices so that they guided the drivers onto the expressway. However, the success of the first attempt was very limited, so work continues to curb alternative traffic.
Public city transport has consisted of three since March 21, 1997 and
has consisted of four city bus lines since December 2022, which connect
the districts of Südtirolersiedlung, Brunnenfeld and Rungelin and now
also the community of Bürs with the train station. Lines 501 and 502 run
every half hour on weekdays from around 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Line 503
mostly runs every hour; it is out of service on Sundays and public
holidays. The city bus routes close on Saturdays, Sundays and public
holidays between around 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The city bus timetables
are coordinated with the train timetable.
Electric buses will run
on a line called Ringlinie 504 to Bürs, which has been set up since the
timetable change in 2022 and will initially run in trial operation for
two years. This line also connected the two large shopping centers in
Bürs to the city bus network.
Country bus lines run from the post
office and Bludenz train station to Walgau, the Brandner Valley and the
Klostertal.
All buses and trains in the Bludenz area can be used
with tickets from the Vorarlberg Transport Association.
There are several cycle streets in Bludenz. A national cycle path runs along the Ill near the A 14 and along the Alfenz parallel to the S 16. A continuous cycle path connection Bludenz – Bürs was completed in 2022.
Bludenz and Bürs want to jointly build a district heating network called “local heat Bludenz-Bürs”, which according to initial plans is around 11 km long, in order to, among other things, reduce the consumption of natural gas and the dependence on it (in the first four months of 2023, Austria still covered its natural gas needs to between 47 and 74% from Russia). In Bludenz, around 87 percent of all households relied on natural gas or heating oil (which are actually only available abroad) in mid-2023. For this purpose, a biomass heating plant that will be fired with local wood and wood residues will first be built. In a second expansion stage, it is planned to feed the waste heat from Lünerseewerk II into this network. Potential objects that could be connected to this district heating network are in Bludenz, for example. B. the South Tyrolean settlement, the state hospital, the train station and the ÖBB workshops as well as the Mokrysiedlung and in Bürs, for example, the Zimbapark and the development in the area around the St. Martin church. The establishment of an operating company is planned for the project (shares: City of Bludenz 26%, illwerke vkw AG 69%, Agrargemeinschaft Bürs 5%).
The former gondola cable car, whose valley station is in Hinterplärsch, was replaced in 2002 by a detachable single-cable gondola with eight-person gondolas. The journey time each way is around ten minutes. The railway is in operation daily from around the end of April to the beginning of November, otherwise Friday to Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During the period around Christmas and New Year's Eve, operations are suspended due to maintenance work.
In Bludenz there are eight kindergartens, five elementary schools and
one middle school.
In January 2003 there were 5,064 students in
the area, of which 844 were at general secondary schools (AHS;
Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Bludenz) and 2,875 at vocational
secondary schools (Federal Commercial Academy, tourism schools). There
is also the state vocational school in Bludenz (LBS: metal,
mechatronics, automotive, trade and office). The middle school is also
located near the school center on Schillerstrasse.
Other
facilities include a music school and the Bludenz adult education
center.