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Marktgemeinde Egg

Egg is a market town in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district of Bregenz. It is the most populous and also the largest municipality of the Bregenzerwald.Egg is located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the district of Bregenz southeast of Lake Constance at an altitude of 561 meters. The highest elevation is the Hohe Ifen with the Schneckenlochhöhle, the largest cave in Vorarlberg.

Culture and sights

Parish church of St. Nicholas in Egg
Parish church of St. Joseph in Großdorf
Egg Museum
Gschwendtobel bridge: Alois Negrelli (planned the Suez Canal) constructed the wooden bridge between Egg and Lingenau in 1834. This covered wooden bridge with a sixfold reinforced hanging truss over the Subersach is still today, despite its old age, a masterpiece of engineering and carpentry. It was the first suspension bridge to be self-supporting by means of an explosive structure.
Suspension bridge between Lingenau and Egg: This wire bridge (suspension bridge) was for a long time the only connection between Lingenau and Egg or Vorder- and Mittelbregenzerwald. It is 57 meters long and lies about 15 meters above the water level of the Subersach. The bridge was built in 1901 and today the footbridge is only used as a hiking trail