OBJECTS OF INTEREST - LAND SALZBURG:

Open Air Museum Salt Mine Hallein Castle Hohenwerfen Giant Ice World – Werfen Liechtenstein Gorge Großglockner & High Alpine Road High Mountain Reservoir Krimmler Waterfall Wild- & Fun Park Ferleiten Castle Mauterndorf Parish church Altenmarkt

OBJECTS OF INTEREST - LAND SALZBURG:

Castle Hohenwerfen – Werfen, approximately 30 km

The castle towers above the Salzach Valley as a strategic fortress on a 155 meter high prominent rock formation approximately 40 km south of the town Salzburg. Majestically the castle is surrounded by the powerful courses of the Tennen and Hagen Mountains. The fortress is an affiliated castle to the fortress Hohensalzburg and also goes back to the 11th Century. In 1938 the castle changed into the possession of the Salzburg district and was used as training centre by the Austrian State Police until 1987. Over the course of the centuries it was converted and extended several times.
For many centuries Hohenwerfen served as a prison. Even rulers such as archbishop Adalbert III. (1198), count Albert of Friesach (1253), the Styrian governor Siegmund (1525) and archbishop Wolf Dietrich of Raitenau (1611) were kept prisoners in this fortress. Today the castle presents itself as genuine "adventure castle" with numerous events. Extra highlight:
Birds of Prey-Show (Falcons etc.)

Opening Hours:
1 April to 7 November – in April Monday shut!
April, October, November: 9:30 am to 4 pm
May, June, September: 9 am to 5 pm
July, August: 9 am to 6 pm