By incorporating the four villages of Perjen, Perfuchs, Bruggen and Angedair (today's centre) Landeck was created in 1900. In 1923 Landeck got its city charter and became the capital of the district of Landeck with infrastructure of regional importance. Earlier than 1900 the name "Landeck" only referred to the medieval castle south of the town. During the Middle Ages the castle accommodated the regional court. Today it houses a cultural centre and the district museum. Due to its geographical position at the junction of west-east traffic over the Arlberg and the north-south traffic over the Fern- and Reschen Pass, Landeck has become an important traffic junction. Before the opening of the tunnelled bypasses in the north and east of Landeck, the traffic went through the town on its narrow roads causing severe pollution. Landeck is the starting point for public buses operating in the nearby valleys and an important railway station on the Arlberg route.