Municipality · Vorarlberg
Bildstein: living near Bregenz
Bildstein lies about 6 km south of central Bregenz. By public transport you reach Bregenz station in about 33 minutes. Recent sales in the Bregenz district came to €4,243/m², across all building ages.
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History & character
From First Mention to Pilgrimage Community
Bildstein is a municipality in the Bregenz district of Vorarlberg, first documented in 1379. The name of the municipality changed until 1857, when the current name was officially adopted. Bildstein was part of Bavaria from 1805 to 1814 and became an independent political municipality during this time. Since 1814, the area has belonged to Austria again. The Habsburgs ruled the places in Vorarlberg alternately from Tyrol and Vorderösterreich. The municipality is known beyond the region for the pilgrimage church in the town center, which is prominently visible. Today, Bildstein is situated at an altitude of 659 meters, surrounded by wooded areas and the highest point, Schneiderkopf, at 971 meters. With 768 inhabitants, the character of the locality has been preserved while also being a significant religious site and a quiet residential area.
Transit connections
Lines and modes from OpenStreetMap, frequency from the timetable (Stadtbus Bregenz, Landbus and ÖBB): local stops within walking distance, stations counted a little wider. As of: September 2026.
Access · travel time
Where can you get from here, by which mode, to which destination? The map colours every location in the town by real travel time (dark = fast).
Real travel time per inhabited location (250 m grid, clipped to the real town boundary) to destinations in Bregenz. Transit from the schedule router (Day = peak, Late = after 11pm), bike/walk/car over the street network (car computed without traffic, so rush hour takes correspondingly longer).
Climate & environment
On hot summer days, local cooling matters. Some water nearby brings a bit of cooling.
Where trees or woody vegetation grow, from satellite imagery (Copernicus, 5 m, 2021 data). There is no tree register like Bregenz’s here, the satellite view still shows the real green.
Light & shadow
Check the light anywhere. Type an address or click the map, pick a floor and drag through the day. The buildings cast their real shadows. Pan the map to explore.
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Real building heights (OpenStreetMap footprints with heights from the BEV laser scan), sun hours and shadows from sun position and geometry. How much of it reaches you also depends on orientation and windows. Terrain is included, from the official elevation model out to 12 km: a mountain to the south takes the winter sun just as the house opposite does. Where the sun only grazes a ridge, the figure remains an approximation. On the valley floor around Bregenz the southern horizon is low (1 to 8 degrees), but the Pfänder rises in the east: from the city centre it reaches 15.7 degrees and costs morning sun rather than midday sun. On the slopes (Thalbach 17, Fluh up to 25 degrees) and in the south of the market it counts for much more, most of all in Hohenems (29.6 degrees to the south-east) and in Feldkirch-Tisis, where the southern horizon at 22.1 degrees stands above the winter sun of 19.1 degrees.
What does living here cost?
Prices actually paid, per political district. Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Immobilien-Durchschnittspreise 2025. All districts compared →
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Frequently asked questions
How well connected is Bildstein by public transport?
From Bildstein you reach Bregenz station in the centre of Bregenz in about 33 minutes by public transport.
Where can I find flats and commercial space in Bildstein?
You can browse available homes and commercial spaces in Bildstein in the wohnwahn search, each honestly rated for location, climate, greenery and commute.