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Digital Walking Tour Au in the Bregenzerwald

Audio guide on the trail of the Vorarlberg baroque master builders

Discover Au in the Bregenzerwald digitally: the baroque master builders walking tour and audio guide by i.appear takes you on a journey through the history of the Vorarlberg school of baroque master builders – multimedia, interactive and free of charge. Everything runs in your smartphone browser, no app download and no registration.

The tour begins in Au, where Franz Beer grew up as the son of a master builder family, and leads via Bregenz and Konstanz to Bezau. A journey through architectural heritage, biographies and places – narrated by the baroque master builder himself.

Baroque master builders

i.history – Travel through time across the Bregenzerwald and Lake Constance region

Baroque master builder Franz Beer – a journey through three centuries

Master baroque builder Franz Beer leads you personally on an audio guide walk from Au in the Bregenzerwald via Bregenz, Konstanz and Rheinau back to Bezau, where his life ended around 300 years ago. As your narrator, he guides you through the tour and tells of his origins, his apprenticeship, his travels and his work across the Lake Constance region.

The result is a digital walking tour that connects architectural heritage, biographies and places and makes history personally tangible. The locations include 3D models of historical buildings, augmented reality on site and an in-depth audio guide.

Created as part of the Digital In&Out research project, in collaboration with vorarlberg museum, the University of Konstanz, the Barockbaumeister Museum in Au and the Design Department of the FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences.

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Route of the baroque master builders tour

The audio guide leads through several places in the Lake Constance region and connects Vorarlberg with southern Germany and Switzerland:

  • Au in the Bregenzerwald – birthplace and home of the Beer master builder family
  • Bregenz – workplace and commission area
  • Konstanz – connections across Lake Constance
  • Rheinau (Switzerland) – monastery and baroque architecture
  • Bezau – final stage of the journey

How the digital walking tour works

1. Scan the QR code

On site at the starting point or in advance via the link – the walking tour opens directly in your browser.

2. Discover the locations

Follow the map to the locations. GPS unlocks the content – audio guide, 3D models, AR and videos.

3. Experience and marvel

Immerse yourself in the world of the baroque master builders. No download, no account, no advertising – just set off.

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