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Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz–Sevelen – Vaduz Government Building loop from Buchs SG
RoutesBike touring routes & trailsSwitzerlandEastern SwitzerlandSt. Gallen
Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz–Sevelen – Vaduz Government Building loop from Buchs SG
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Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz–Sevelen – Vaduz Government Building loop from Buchs SG
02:41
45.7km
160m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 21, 2026
Tips
Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route
After 13.9 km for 73 m
After 35.7 km for 150 m
After 38.7 km for 142 m
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Start point
Train Station
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10.8 km
Cycle Path Along the Alpine Rhine Towards Trübbach
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Very easy to ride - except in headwinds. In addition, thanks to the high dam, you always have a bit of a view. Unfortunately, you always have the noise of the highway, which usually runs right next to the dam.
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12.5 km
Alpine Rhine Bridge 🇨🇭Sevelen🇭🇹Vaduz
Highlight • Bridge
Great cycling route along the Rhine with a beautiful wooden bridge
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12.7 km
Old Rhine Bridge Vaduz–Sevelen
Highlight • Bridge
Old Rhine Bridge, Vaduz from 1901
The Old Rhine Bridge is a covered wooden bridge that connects the communities of Vaduz and Sevelen.
In 1901 the 135 m long old Vaduz-Sevelen Rhine bridge was completed. Today it is the last remaining wooden bridge over the Rhine. There was already a wooden bridge over the Rhine here 30 years ago, but after this bridge was raised twice due to the Rhine correction, a new building became necessary.
After the dam burst in Schaan in 1927, the old Rhine bridge was raised again. The bridge is covered and was thoroughly renovated in 2009 and 2010. It is only open to non-motorized traffic and is particularly popular with cyclists.
Text / Source: tourismus.li
tourismus.li/lie/ort/Alte%20Rheinbr%C3%BCcke%20Vaduz
The Old Rhine Bridge is a covered wooden bridge that connects the communities of Vaduz and Sevelen.
In 1901 the 135 m long old Vaduz-Sevelen Rhine bridge was completed. Today it is the last remaining wooden bridge over the Rhine. There was already a wooden bridge over the Rhine here 30 years ago, but after this bridge was raised twice due to the Rhine correction, a new building became necessary.
After the dam burst in Schaan in 1927, the old Rhine bridge was raised again. The bridge is covered and was thoroughly renovated in 2009 and 2010. It is only open to non-motorized traffic and is particularly popular with cyclists.
Text / Source: tourismus.li
tourismus.li/lie/ort/Alte%20Rheinbr%C3%BCcke%20Vaduz
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13.9 km
Peter-Kaiser-Platz
Highlight • Monument
Vaduz
Vaduz was first mentioned in documents in 1150 AD. In 1719, Emperor Charles VI united. Vaduz with the rule of Schellenberg and elevated the area to the Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein. Today Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the seat of the authorities and the state parliament and has been a princely residence since 1939. The first documented mention dates back to 1150. The county of Vaduz, which includes the main part of today's principality, emerged from the old judicial district of Vaduz in 1342 through the division of the Sargansisch- Werdenberg property.
At Vaduz Castle, which was built around 1300, the Counts of Werdenberg zu Vaduz, the Barons of Brandis from the Emmental, the Counts of Sulz from Klettgau in Baden and the Counts of Hohenems from Vorarlberg ruled as sovereigns. In 1592, Vaduz was granted market rights by Emperor Rudolf II.
In 1712, Prince Johann Adam of Liechtenstein acquired the County of Vaduz and seven years later Emperor Charles VI united it. with the rule of Schellenberg and elevated the area to an imperial principality. Vaduz became the capital and Vaduz Castle has been the permanent residence of the Princes of Liechtenstein since 1939.
The Principality of Liechtenstein is an independent state in the Alpine region between Switzerland and Austria and covers an area of 160 km2. Vaduz lies on the eastern bank of the Rhine, at the foot of the Three Sisters massif. The former farming village, which was known for its excellent wine, has become a busy residential town with banks, commercial buildings and service providers.
Text / Source: Municipality of Vaduz
vaduz.li/vaduz
Vaduz was first mentioned in documents in 1150 AD. In 1719, Emperor Charles VI united. Vaduz with the rule of Schellenberg and elevated the area to the Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein. Today Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein, the seat of the authorities and the state parliament and has been a princely residence since 1939. The first documented mention dates back to 1150. The county of Vaduz, which includes the main part of today's principality, emerged from the old judicial district of Vaduz in 1342 through the division of the Sargansisch- Werdenberg property.
At Vaduz Castle, which was built around 1300, the Counts of Werdenberg zu Vaduz, the Barons of Brandis from the Emmental, the Counts of Sulz from Klettgau in Baden and the Counts of Hohenems from Vorarlberg ruled as sovereigns. In 1592, Vaduz was granted market rights by Emperor Rudolf II.
In 1712, Prince Johann Adam of Liechtenstein acquired the County of Vaduz and seven years later Emperor Charles VI united it. with the rule of Schellenberg and elevated the area to an imperial principality. Vaduz became the capital and Vaduz Castle has been the permanent residence of the Princes of Liechtenstein since 1939.
The Principality of Liechtenstein is an independent state in the Alpine region between Switzerland and Austria and covers an area of 160 km2. Vaduz lies on the eastern bank of the Rhine, at the foot of the Three Sisters massif. The former farming village, which was known for its excellent wine, has become a busy residential town with banks, commercial buildings and service providers.
Text / Source: Municipality of Vaduz
vaduz.li/vaduz
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13.9 km
Vaduz Government Building
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Government district, Vaduz
Southern town center of Vaduz at the foot of the Schlosswald, bordered by the English building on the north side and the Vaduz parish church of St. Florin on the south side.
In the late Middle Ages, this section of the Lindau-Milan imperial road below Vaduz Castle was home to a stately home, the stately (private) chapel of St. Florin with court chaplaincy buildings, the so-called Tschagga tower (→ residential towers) and a customs house; the court sessions and the Landammann elections of the County of Vaduz took place near the nearby linden tree. Poeschel suspects that this is the center of the Gaugrave's, later Werdenberg, property in the Vaduz area. Since the 16th century, the area, which was originally located away from the village, developed into the so-called Amtsquartier (today the government district) through the settlement of state and later state authorities.
In 1585, the construction of a "Cantzley" building is mentioned for the first time, which could be the Landvogtei or today's Rheinbergerhaus. The latter is documented as an official building in 1617/19, in the 18th/19th century it was the office and residence of the rent master, later the seat of the princely domain administration; since 1968 it has housed the Liechtenstein Music School. The Landvogtei, also mentioned in 1617/19, was (with interruptions in the 18th century) the residence until 1918, and until 1865 also the official seat of the Landvogt (or from 1848 the state administrator). The Estates' Parliament also met in this building, known as the Administrator's House, from 1818 to 1862. Between the Administrator's House and the Rheinberger House there was the former stately court with the "Schelmahüsli" that served as a prison until the 19th century.
The administrator's house is attached to the former stately tavern, which was built around 1500. From 1637, this also served as a customs office and from 1865 to 1905 as a government building. The Liechtenstein National Museum has been located here since 1972. To the north of it, the Estates House was built in 1866-67 as a meeting place for the state parliament, which also housed the district court offices, district judges' apartments and a prison. From 1905, it was used as a secondary school, from 1961 as a state library and was demolished in 1970. From 1903-05, the current government building with the state parliament hall was built between the administrator's house and the parish church built in 1872 (also a cathedral since 1997). Other official buildings in the government district are the Schädlerhaus (today the civil registry office, among other things), the Liechtenstein State Bank (1952), the State Archives (1962) and the post office and administration building (1975).
A project by the Ticino architect Luigi Snozzi, which emerged from an urban planning ideas and project competition (1984–87), to redesign the entire area between the Engländerbau and the parish church was rejected in a referendum in 1993. Adopting Snozzi's basic urban planning idea (slope foot development), the new state parliament building designed by Hansjörg Göritz (Hannover) was built between the administrator's house and the government building between 2002–07. The extension of the State Museum (1999–2003) by the architects Brunhart, Brunner, Kranz (Balzers) and the new archive and administration building (2006–09) by the architects Keller and Brander (Vaduz) complete the development at the foot of the slope.
Author: Michael Pattyn
historisches-lexikon.li/Regierungsviertel
Southern town center of Vaduz at the foot of the Schlosswald, bordered by the English building on the north side and the Vaduz parish church of St. Florin on the south side.
In the late Middle Ages, this section of the Lindau-Milan imperial road below Vaduz Castle was home to a stately home, the stately (private) chapel of St. Florin with court chaplaincy buildings, the so-called Tschagga tower (→ residential towers) and a customs house; the court sessions and the Landammann elections of the County of Vaduz took place near the nearby linden tree. Poeschel suspects that this is the center of the Gaugrave's, later Werdenberg, property in the Vaduz area. Since the 16th century, the area, which was originally located away from the village, developed into the so-called Amtsquartier (today the government district) through the settlement of state and later state authorities.
In 1585, the construction of a "Cantzley" building is mentioned for the first time, which could be the Landvogtei or today's Rheinbergerhaus. The latter is documented as an official building in 1617/19, in the 18th/19th century it was the office and residence of the rent master, later the seat of the princely domain administration; since 1968 it has housed the Liechtenstein Music School. The Landvogtei, also mentioned in 1617/19, was (with interruptions in the 18th century) the residence until 1918, and until 1865 also the official seat of the Landvogt (or from 1848 the state administrator). The Estates' Parliament also met in this building, known as the Administrator's House, from 1818 to 1862. Between the Administrator's House and the Rheinberger House there was the former stately court with the "Schelmahüsli" that served as a prison until the 19th century.
The administrator's house is attached to the former stately tavern, which was built around 1500. From 1637, this also served as a customs office and from 1865 to 1905 as a government building. The Liechtenstein National Museum has been located here since 1972. To the north of it, the Estates House was built in 1866-67 as a meeting place for the state parliament, which also housed the district court offices, district judges' apartments and a prison. From 1905, it was used as a secondary school, from 1961 as a state library and was demolished in 1970. From 1903-05, the current government building with the state parliament hall was built between the administrator's house and the parish church built in 1872 (also a cathedral since 1997). Other official buildings in the government district are the Schädlerhaus (today the civil registry office, among other things), the Liechtenstein State Bank (1952), the State Archives (1962) and the post office and administration building (1975).
A project by the Ticino architect Luigi Snozzi, which emerged from an urban planning ideas and project competition (1984–87), to redesign the entire area between the Engländerbau and the parish church was rejected in a referendum in 1993. Adopting Snozzi's basic urban planning idea (slope foot development), the new state parliament building designed by Hansjörg Göritz (Hannover) was built between the administrator's house and the government building between 2002–07. The extension of the State Museum (1999–2003) by the architects Brunhart, Brunner, Kranz (Balzers) and the new archive and administration building (2006–09) by the architects Keller and Brander (Vaduz) complete the development at the foot of the slope.
Author: Michael Pattyn
historisches-lexikon.li/Regierungsviertel
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14.1 km
Government Quarter, Vaduz
Highlight • Historical Site
Government District, Vaduz
Southern town center of Vaduz at the foot of the hillside of the castle forest, bordered by the English building on the north side and the Vaduz parish church of St. Florin on the south side.
In the late Middle Ages, on this section of the Reichstrasse Lindau–Milan below Vaduz Castle, there was a manorial court, the manorial (own) chapel of St. Florin with court chaplaincy buildings, the so-called Tschaggaturm (→residential towers) and a small customs house; The court sessions and the Landammann elections for the County of Vaduz took place near the nearby lime tree. Poeschel suspects that this is the center of the gaugrave's, later Werdenberg's, possessions in the Vaduz area. Since the 16th century, the area, which was originally located away from the village, has developed into the so-called official quarters (today the government district) through the settlement of manorial and later state authorities.
In 1585 the erection of a «Cantzley» building is mentioned for the first time, which may have been the Landvogtei or today's Rheinbergerhaus. The latter is occupied as an office building in 1617/19, in the 18th/19th In the 19th century it was the office and residence of the pension master, later the seat of the princely domain administration; since 1968 it has housed the Liechtenstein Music School. The bailiff, also mentioned in 1617/19, was the residence (with interruptions in the 18th century) until 1918, and until 1865 also the official seat of the bailiff (or the provincial governor from 1848). The Estates Parliament also met in this building, known as the Verweserhaus, from 1818 to 1862. Until the 19th century, between the Verweserhaus and the Rheinbergerhaus, there was the former manorial courtyard with the «Schellahüsli», which served as a prison.
The Verweserhaus is attached to the former stately tavern that was built around 1500. This also served as a customs building from 1637 and as a government building from 1865 to 1905. The Liechtenstein National Museum has been located here since 1972. To the north of it, the Estates House was built in 1866-67 as a meeting place for the state parliament, which also housed the offices of the regional courts, judges' apartments and a prison bar. It was used as a secondary school from 1905, as a state library from 1961 and demolished in 1970. Between 1903 and 1905, today's government building with the state parliament hall was built between the administrator's house and the parish church built in 1872 (also the cathedral since 1997). Other official buildings in the government quarter are the Schädlerhaus (today, among other things, the registry office), the Liechtensteinische Landesbank (1952), the state archive (1962) and the post office and administration building (1975).
A project by the Ticino architect Luigi Snozzi, which emerged from an urban planning ideas and project competition (1984-87) to redesign the entire area between the English building and the parish church, was rejected in a referendum in 1993. The new state parliament building planned by Hansjörg Göritz (Hanover) was built in 2002-07 between the administration building and the government building, adopting Snozzi's basic urban planning idea (hillside development). The extension of the State Museum (1999-2003) by the architects Brunhart, Brunner, Kranz (Balzers) and the new construction of the archive and administration building (2006-09) by the architects Keller and Brander (Vaduz) complete the hillside development.
Author: Michael Pattyn
historisches-lexikon.li/Regierungsviertel
Southern town center of Vaduz at the foot of the hillside of the castle forest, bordered by the English building on the north side and the Vaduz parish church of St. Florin on the south side.
In the late Middle Ages, on this section of the Reichstrasse Lindau–Milan below Vaduz Castle, there was a manorial court, the manorial (own) chapel of St. Florin with court chaplaincy buildings, the so-called Tschaggaturm (→residential towers) and a small customs house; The court sessions and the Landammann elections for the County of Vaduz took place near the nearby lime tree. Poeschel suspects that this is the center of the gaugrave's, later Werdenberg's, possessions in the Vaduz area. Since the 16th century, the area, which was originally located away from the village, has developed into the so-called official quarters (today the government district) through the settlement of manorial and later state authorities.
In 1585 the erection of a «Cantzley» building is mentioned for the first time, which may have been the Landvogtei or today's Rheinbergerhaus. The latter is occupied as an office building in 1617/19, in the 18th/19th In the 19th century it was the office and residence of the pension master, later the seat of the princely domain administration; since 1968 it has housed the Liechtenstein Music School. The bailiff, also mentioned in 1617/19, was the residence (with interruptions in the 18th century) until 1918, and until 1865 also the official seat of the bailiff (or the provincial governor from 1848). The Estates Parliament also met in this building, known as the Verweserhaus, from 1818 to 1862. Until the 19th century, between the Verweserhaus and the Rheinbergerhaus, there was the former manorial courtyard with the «Schellahüsli», which served as a prison.
The Verweserhaus is attached to the former stately tavern that was built around 1500. This also served as a customs building from 1637 and as a government building from 1865 to 1905. The Liechtenstein National Museum has been located here since 1972. To the north of it, the Estates House was built in 1866-67 as a meeting place for the state parliament, which also housed the offices of the regional courts, judges' apartments and a prison bar. It was used as a secondary school from 1905, as a state library from 1961 and demolished in 1970. Between 1903 and 1905, today's government building with the state parliament hall was built between the administrator's house and the parish church built in 1872 (also the cathedral since 1997). Other official buildings in the government quarter are the Schädlerhaus (today, among other things, the registry office), the Liechtensteinische Landesbank (1952), the state archive (1962) and the post office and administration building (1975).
A project by the Ticino architect Luigi Snozzi, which emerged from an urban planning ideas and project competition (1984-87) to redesign the entire area between the English building and the parish church, was rejected in a referendum in 1993. The new state parliament building planned by Hansjörg Göritz (Hanover) was built in 2002-07 between the administration building and the government building, adopting Snozzi's basic urban planning idea (hillside development). The extension of the State Museum (1999-2003) by the architects Brunhart, Brunner, Kranz (Balzers) and the new construction of the archive and administration building (2006-09) by the architects Keller and Brander (Vaduz) complete the hillside development.
Author: Michael Pattyn
historisches-lexikon.li/Regierungsviertel
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Naturschutzgebiet Gampriner Seelein
Nature Reserve
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28.2 km
Rhine River Near Ruggell
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on the Rhine cycle path
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35.8 km
Schlössli Sax
Castle
10
44.2 km
Werdenberg — Old Town, Castle and Lake
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Werdenberg with historical city rights
Werdenberg is a town with historical town charter in the eastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The town of Werdenberg belongs to the municipality of Grabs and is located 0.5 km west of Buchs. It boasts of being the smallest town in Switzerland with around 55-60 residents. Of the around 40 houses, some only serve as holiday homes. Werdenberg is often visited by tourists because of its very well-preserved medieval houses and the museum in Werdenberg Castle. The Werdenberg Castle Festival has been taking place in Werdenberg Castle since 1985.[
The county of Werdenberg included the castle and town of Werdenberg of the same name, the villages of Grabs, Buchs and Sevelen as well as jurisdiction over the Wartau domain (Wartau Castle and village of Gretschins). The noble family of the Counts of Werdenberg split into several side lines in 1277. The actual county of Werdenberg remained with the line of the Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg.
In 1402 they pledged the County of Werdenberg to the Counts of Montfort-Tettnang, from whom it passed to the Counts of Sax-Misox in 1483. In 1485 the city of Lucerne acquired the county and passed it on to the Barons of Kastelwart in 1493. However, the county remained connected to the Confederation through a castle law with Lucerne, even when the county changed hands again to the Barons of Hewen in 1498. Werdenberg also fought on the side of the Confederates in the Swabian War. In 1517 the Barons of Hewen sold Werdenberg to the canton of Glarus for 21,500 guilders.
Glarus administered Werdenberg very strictly as a bailiwick - the Glarus lords were anything but popular in the Rhine Valley. Because of the confusing legal situation between the counties of Werdenberg and Sargans in the Wartau rule, there were repeated disputes between the bailiffs, which in the “Wartau trade” of 1694/95 were brought up to the federal parliament.
With the fall of the old Confederation and the founding of the Helvetic Republic in 1798, Werdenberg became part of the canton of Linth. When this was dissolved again with the mediation constitution of 1803, Werdenberg became part of the canton of St. Gallen.
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Werdenberg is a town with historical town charter in the eastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The town of Werdenberg belongs to the municipality of Grabs and is located 0.5 km west of Buchs. It boasts of being the smallest town in Switzerland with around 55-60 residents. Of the around 40 houses, some only serve as holiday homes. Werdenberg is often visited by tourists because of its very well-preserved medieval houses and the museum in Werdenberg Castle. The Werdenberg Castle Festival has been taking place in Werdenberg Castle since 1985.[
The county of Werdenberg included the castle and town of Werdenberg of the same name, the villages of Grabs, Buchs and Sevelen as well as jurisdiction over the Wartau domain (Wartau Castle and village of Gretschins). The noble family of the Counts of Werdenberg split into several side lines in 1277. The actual county of Werdenberg remained with the line of the Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg.
In 1402 they pledged the County of Werdenberg to the Counts of Montfort-Tettnang, from whom it passed to the Counts of Sax-Misox in 1483. In 1485 the city of Lucerne acquired the county and passed it on to the Barons of Kastelwart in 1493. However, the county remained connected to the Confederation through a castle law with Lucerne, even when the county changed hands again to the Barons of Hewen in 1498. Werdenberg also fought on the side of the Confederates in the Swabian War. In 1517 the Barons of Hewen sold Werdenberg to the canton of Glarus for 21,500 guilders.
Glarus administered Werdenberg very strictly as a bailiwick - the Glarus lords were anything but popular in the Rhine Valley. Because of the confusing legal situation between the counties of Werdenberg and Sargans in the Wartau rule, there were repeated disputes between the bailiffs, which in the “Wartau trade” of 1694/95 were brought up to the federal parliament.
With the fall of the old Confederation and the founding of the Helvetic Republic in 1798, Werdenberg became part of the canton of Linth. When this was dissolved again with the mediation constitution of 1803, Werdenberg became part of the canton of St. Gallen.
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45.7 km
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Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
18.0 km
12.9 km
6.00 km
4.59 km
4.12 km
126 m
Surfaces
44.3 km
917 m
300 m
161 m
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This year, I set the start and end of my ride in Schaan; before and after, I rode the Buchs-Schaan connecting route, each about 5km long.
The weather this year was even more mixed than usual for a slowUp.
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Lots of people take advantage of this, which leads to congested traffic on the Rhine dam!
Finally, we made a detour to Grabserberg.
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