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Bezau is a town in the Bregenz Forest region, in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is part of the district of Bregenz. Bezau is a popular tourist destination around the year, due to its vicinity to ski resorts and hiking trails. Its picturesque church was built in 1906 and has as its patron saint St. Jodok. Another attraction is the museum of local history (Heimatmuseum), which is housed in a traditional Bregenz Forest wooden home.

Bezau with Kanisfluh around 1900

Post Office opened 16th December 1850
ZIP-Code (AT) 6870

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a, in use: 1910 - 1931

b, in use: 1910 - 1937

c, in use: 1929 - 1937

a, in use: 1941- 1964

b, in use: 1945 - 1964

c, in use: 1940 - 1964

e, in use: 1978 - ?

ja, in use: 26 Apr -
19 May 1982

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d, 24mm Ø, 49x24mm, in use: 1966 - 1976	d, 24mm Ø, 40x24mm, in use: 1979 - 1982	d, 24mm Ø, 40x24mm, in use: 1983 - 1984
d, 24mm Ø, 40x24mm, in use: 1984 - 1987	d, 24mm Ø, 39x21mm, in use: 1993 - 2000

The Bregenz Forest Railway

Bregenz Forest Railway from 1902 to 1980.

The Bregenz Forest Railway (German: Bregenzerwaldbahn, known colloquially as the Wälderbahn or Wälderbähnle), is an Austrian narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in), the so-called Bosnian gauge. It runs through the state of Vorarlberg and from 1902 to 1983 linked Bregenz on Lake Constance with Bezau in the Bregenz Forest on a 35.33 kilometre long railway line. Today only a 5.01 kilometre long section is still worked as a heritage railway. The remaining line has been closed and largely lifted.