page_title: Bludenz
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bludenz / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Peter in Bludenz, Vorarlberg &#160; This media shows the protected monument with the number 71588 in Austria. (Commons, de, Wikidata)
context_page_description: Bludenz is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative seat of the Bludenz District, which encompasses about half of the Vorarlberg's territory.
context_section_description: Archaeological finds indicate that settlement in the area of Bludenz began in the Bronze Age, and continued throughout the La Tène era. In 600 BC there was a Roman military training ground.
  Bludenz itself was first mentioned in the year 830 CE in an urbarium of the Raetian estates within the Carolingian Empire. The town was established by the comital Werdenberg dynasty; town privileges were granted in 1274. A stay by the Habsburg Duke Frederick IV of Austria, who had just received an imperial ban at the Council of Constance, is documented from 30 March 1416. Four years later, Bludenz passed into the Further Austrian possessions of the Habsburg dynasty.
  The Bludenz district headquarters are situated in the Castle of Gayenhofen, built in the 18th century.
caption: Priory of St. Peter in Bludenz
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