!!!Bezau

Bezau, Vorarlberg, market town (1962) in the district of Bregenz, alt. 
650 m, pop. 1708, area 34.42 km%%sup 2/%, centre of the Bregenzerwald 
mountain region, terminal stop of the Bregenzerwald-Museumsbahn train 
service. - District court, arts centre, commercial school, technical 
school of tourism, college of domestic science, cable railway to the 
Sonderdach (1,208 m) and Baumgarten (1,624 m mountains); primarily 
small businesses (esp. trade), wood processing, spinning; bi-seasonal 
tourism (105,000 overnight stays). - Parish church of St. Jodok 
(1907/08) with trompe l'oeil painting, high altar (17%%sup th/%  
century) altered in 1925, Franciscan church and monastery (1904 and 
1980); typical farms of the Bregenzerwald region with living quarters 
and stables being accommodated under the same roof (19%%sup th/%  
century); museum of local history in one of the farms dating from the 
18%%sup th/%  century.

!Literature
Marktgemeinde Bezau (ed.), commemorative publication to 
celebrate the conveyance of market town status, 1962.


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