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Vorarlberg borders Tyrol to the east, as well as three countries including Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
You can easily travel from Bregenz to the capital of Liechtenstein; Vaduz, in 45 minutes', and to Zürich in less than 2 hours by car, and travelling to Stuttgart and Munich will take about 2.5 hours. Even though Vorarlberg boasts the second smallest geographical area after the Austrian capital Vienna and has the second-smallest population, the population density here is second-highest after the capital and is 397K.
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Even though Vorarlberg isn't a big federal state, it offers a variety of geographical locations.
Here visitors can find several mountain ranges, including the Verwall, the Arlberg, the Silvretta and the Rätikon, as well as rivers such as the III (a tributary of the Rhine), the Rhine itself, the Bregenzer Ach and the Dornbirner Ach. The federal-state is also known for its lakes including Lake Constance, Lüner Lake, Silvretta Reservoir and Vermunt Lake, just to name a few. Lüner Lake is considered to be the largest mountain lake in the Alps even before the construction of a hydroelectric dam in 1958. The Piz Buin is the highest mountain in the region with a height of 3,312 m and can be found in the Silvretta range, surrounded by glaciers.
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The climate in this federal state is comfortable for living, as the summer temperatures are usually from +20 °C to +25 °C and July is considered to be the sunniest month. In January the average temperature is +3 °C.
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The federal-state is divided into four districts including Bregenz, Dornbirn, Feldkirch and Bludenz. Bregenz is the capital of not only the same-named district but the whole federal state too.