Feldkirch Cathedral - formerly the town parish church - is a late Gothic church building with a high nave and a lower side aisle. It is dedicated to St Nikolaus.

The Romanesque building, first mentioned in a document in 1287, was severely damaged in several town fires. Master builder Hans Sturn set about rebuilding it and was able to complete the late Gothic work in 1478. Worth seeing are the wrought-iron pulpit from 1520, which with its nine tonnes can withstand any preacher, and the St. Anne's Altar by Wolf Huber, a Feldkirch painter who became court painter and master builder of Passau. The colourful stained glass windows with scenes from the Bible are by Feldkirch artist Martin Häusle. Behind the main altar, they depict the church's patron saint, St Nicholas, and St Catherine of Alexandria. in 1968, the former parish church was elevated to cathedral status on the occasion of the founding of the Feldkirch diocese.

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The Johanniterkirche (Church of St John the Baptist) was the first church in Feldkirch's old town centre. The Knights of St John helped Count Hugo von Montfort to found the town and received the Johanniterkirche in return. The town founder established a hospice under the direction of the Order of St John in 1218 in the course of the Crusades. The Knights of St John later gave up the hospice, but their church was preserved. Its destruction in 1799 during the Napoleonic Wars put an abrupt end to pastoral care and the baroque church became a stable. It was not until the middle of the 19th century that its original function as a church was resumed. The reliefs at the entrance and some frescoes date from this period. Outside on the gable peak you can discover the so-called "Bläsi", a small, bell-ringing man from 1510.

Since 1995, the church has presented itself as an extraordinary and impressive exhibition space for contemporary art and installations from Germany and abroad. An atmospheric combination of art, spirituality and archaeology. www. johanniterkirche.at

When a devastating plague epidemic raged in Feldkirch in 1467, the citizens promised to build a church to avert the disaster. The church in question, the Liebfrauenkirche (Church of the Annunciation, St Sebastian and St Anthony), was built a few years later in 1473 by Hans Sturn, builder of the cathedral. It owes its present appearance to a Baroque remodelling in the 17th century, but the typical Gothic architecture is still recognisable. The baroque features are and were particularly recognisable in the onion dome and the furnishings. The paintings on the side walls can still be seen today, including inscriptions with the names of the donors who made the construction of the church possible.

The Liebfrauenkirche has been a Serbian Orthodox parish church since 1990. In the same year, an iconostasis (picture wall) was installed between the chancel and the worshippers' room.

The Kapuzinerkloster in Feldkirch was founded in 1602. in 1605, the monastery building in the north-east of the town outside the former town walls was completed and the Church of the Immolation of the Virgin Mary was consecrated. The Kapuzinerkloster has a cloister which is popular with visitors. Services can be celebrated together with the Capuchin monks in the Church of the Immolation of the Virgin Mary.

The town's patron saint, St Fidelis von Sigmaringen, who was guardian of the monastery in 1621, is particularly venerated here. He was a missionary in Graubünden, in neighbouring Switzerland. He was slain there. His head is venerated in the Fideliskapelle in the monastery. Various mementos of the martyr can also be found in his former study, which is attached to this chapel. The monastery has an extensive specialised theological library with currently around 22,000 volumes. Since 1995, Feldkirch has been twinned with the German town of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg, the birthplace of St Fidelis.

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At the beginning of the 19th century, Johann Zimmermann from Feldkirch bought the large area. He cultivated half of the land and left the other half as forest. Zimmermann had the Letzehof farm built and planted extensive orchards. The textile manufacturer Christian Getzner later bought the farm at auction. The estate remained in the possession of the Getzner family, who farmed it themselves for many years. in 1980, Getzner's grandson Helmut Gaßner inherited the farm, which he has since made available to monks expelled from Tibet as a monastery.

Around ten Buddhist monks permanently live in the Buddhist monastery on the Letze. Some of them are teachers and masters, others are students. The prayer room and library can be visited at any time during the day. It is not necessary to book in advance. Meals are served at 12.00 noon and in the evening at 7.00 pm. If you inform the cook in good time, you can eat in the monastery.

The stupa on the Letze was erected in 1987 in memory of Geshe Rabten Rinpoche. A stupa is a symbolic representation of the mind of a Buddha.
A carefully constructed stupa is said to have a strong positive effect on the surrounding area. It appeases negative forces and promotes harmony and peace among beings. This is why the term shanti stupa is also used, which means peace monument.