Feldkirch, the old district capital of Vorarlberg and the most westerly town in Austria, lies some 35 kilometers south of Bregenz, where the River Ill carves its way through a rocky gorge from the Wallgau into the Rhine Valley.
Inhabited since the Bronze Age, the town preserves its historic Old Town center and Schattenburg Castle. Dominating the town and providing superb views over Feldkirch, Schattenburg can be reached by a steep track.
Once the seat of the Counts of Montfort from the early 12th century until 1390, the castle has a beautiful courtyard with a wooden ambulatory and a palace with a banqueting room.
