Hohenems

Hohenems is a town in the westernmost Austrian  state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies in the middle of the Austrian part of the Rhine valley. With a population of 15,200 it is the fifth largest municipality in Vorarlberg. Hohenems' attractions include a Renaissance  palace dating back to the 16th century and a Jewish museum.
The town is located at 432 m above sea level, about 16 km south of Lake Constance.  The oxbow lake of the river Rhine in the west, forming the border of Austria as well as EU to Switzerland, and the mountainside in the east implies the narrowest point of the Austrian Rhine valley. The Schlossberg ("castle mountain"), elevation 740 m, depicts a distinctive backdrop of the town centre.