Chronological history of Vorarlberg
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500 B.C |
Beginning of Celtic settlement |
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15 B.C |
Conquest of the region by the Romans |
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17 A.D. |
Establishment of the Roman province of "Rhaetia" |
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50 |
Brigantium is granted Roman city rights |
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212 |
All provinces are granted Roman citizenship |
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233 |
Start of the Alemannian attacks |
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455 |
Occupation of the region by the Alemannians |
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493 |
Rule of the East Goths |
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500 |
Settlement by the Alemannians |
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536/37 |
Alemannia and Rhaetia join the Frankish Empire |
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610 |
St. Columbanus and St. Gall attempt missionary work in Bregenz |
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719 |
Foundation of the (Alemannian) Monastery of St. Gallen |
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806 |
Introduction of the Frankish county constitution in Rhaetia |
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1079 |
Destruction of Bregenz by the Abbot of St. Gallen |
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1182
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Count Palatine Hugo von Tübingen, later von Montfort, becomes the new sovereign |
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1190 |
Foundation of the city of Feldkirch |
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1235 |
First Montfort division (Montfort and Werdenberg) |
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1265 |
Foundation of the city of Bludenz by the Werdenbergers |
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1313 |
Immigration of the Valaise to Laterns and Damüls |
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1337 |
The Everlasting League of the Counts of Montfort-Feldkirch with Austria |
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1345 |
Siege of Feldkirch by Kaiser Ludwig the Bavarian |
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1362 |
Alliance of the counts of Montfort-Bregenz with Austria |
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1375 |
Sale of the county of Feldkirch to Austria |
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1376 |
Feldkirch charter of freedom |
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1399 |
Recording of Feldkirch city rights |
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1405 |
Feldkirch joins the Bund ob dem See (Appenzell, St. Gallen) |
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1445 |
The Confederates attack Vorarlberg |
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1474 |
Ewige Richtung (Peace with the Confederates) |
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1617 |
Settlement of Jews in Hohenems |
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1622 |
Murder of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen |
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1647 |
Conquest of Bregenz by the Swedes |
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1649 |
Jesuits erect a Lyceum in Feldkirch |
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1726 |
Establishment of a directory in Bregenz, (1750 Regional Office, |
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1752 |
Vorarlberg comes under the rule of the West Austrian government in Freiburg i. Br. |
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1768 |
Removal of the privileges of the City of Feldkirch |
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1782 |
Vorarlberg returns to the Tyrolean Gubernium in Innsbruck |
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1800 |
Occupation of the province by the French |
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1805 |
Transfer of Vorarlberg to Bavaria |
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1809 |
Upheaval against Bavarians and French |
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1814 |
Return of Vorarlberg to Austria |
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1820 |
Establishment of a vicariate general in Feldkirch |
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1848 |
Elaboration of a democratic constitution |
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1849 |
Vorarlberg united with Tyrol |
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1861 |
Restoration of a Vorarlberg state parliament |
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1884 |
Opening of the Arlberg railway |
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1918 |
Declaration of independence of the State of Vorarlberg |
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1919 |
Referendum for the annexation of Vorarlberg to Switzerland |
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1923 |
New state constitution |
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1938 |
Takeover by the National Socialists |
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1945 |
Occupation of Vorarlberg by the French |
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1945 |
First elections for the National Council and the State Parliament |
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1968 |
Establishment of the diocese of Vorarlberg in Feldkirch |
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1978 |
Opening of the Arlberg tunnel |