Hohenems - Feldkirch (14a)
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Hohenems Schlossplatz
The Kobel Chapel at the entrance to the village of Götzis commemorates the residents' battles against Napoleon's armies.
The Neu-Montfort castle ruin is the landmark of Götzis and was built between 1311 and 1319 by the Counts of Montfort. Fifty years later, they sold their lordship to the Habsburgs, who thereby acquired the first piece of Vorarlberg in 1363.
Örfla Gorge near Götzis
Rankweil is known as a pilgrimage site through the Liebfrauenberg Church, elevated to Basilica minor in 1985. Built in 1657/1658, the ascent is worthwhile.
Feldkirch. Worth seeing is the St. Johann Monastery, which belonged for a long time to the Benedictine Monastery in Weingarten. Also interesting is the Schattenburg overlooking Feldkirch (with museum and restaurant). The high medieval castle is one of the best-preserved castle complexes in Central Europe. The castle was built around 1200 by Count Hugo, the founder of the city of Feldkirch.
Anmerkungen
Three cemeteries of different religious communities, a wild gorge, and the pilgrimage site Rankweil with its church standing on a hill are today's highlights.
Tipp des Autors
Alternatively recommended Stage 14b from Hohenems to Haag.
Orte entlang des Weges
From Hohenems, you can mostly follow the yellow-white hiking trail markers "Rheintalweg" and "Römerweg".
At the southern end of Hohenems, within a distance of about 3 km, we pass three cemeteries of three different religious communities: first the Christian cemetery near the St. Anton Chapel, then the Jewish cemetery (Hohenems had a large Jewish community until the war), and finally the new Islamic cemetery (Hohenems has about 10% Muslim population, mainly of Turkish origin).
From Götzis we hike through the wild romantic Örflaschlucht to St. Arbogast and Klaus. The pilgrimage chapel St. Arbogast was built at the beginning of the 18th century, but first mentioned as early as 1473. Since 1767, annual prayer processions take place every Saturday from May to September.
On the further way to Klaus, we pass the St. Loy Chapel, built in 1648. Loy, French for Eligius, is highly revered in Vorarlberg.
Klaus. The place name was first mentioned in documents in 890 as "Kalchern", which refers to the lime kilns at that time. A chapel was documented in 1265. Around 1500, a church was built and dedicated to St. Agnes.
During the Roman Empire, today's Rankweil was an important traffic junction where the fortified Roman roads converged, including the main road from Chur to Augsburg. The first documentary mention was in 842.
Passing the privately owned Amberg Castle, built in 1417 by Elector Ludwig III of the Palatinate, we arrive at our today's stage destination Feldkirch.