Fortress · Werfen, Salzburg
Hohenwerfen Castle
Festung Hohenwerfen · Burg Hohenwerfen
Hohenwerfen Castle is a fortified castle on a rock above the Salzach valley at Werfen in the state of Salzburg, run by Salzburger Burgen & Schlösser.
Why go
This record is the castle at Werfen; Salzburg is a travel base for it, not its container, and its falconry displays and falconry museum are not separate records. The operator, Salzburger Burgen & Schlösser, calls it a 900-year-old fortified castle on a rock above the Salzach valley and says a classic castle tour is included in the admission price. It says the armoury holds two exhibitions, 'Castle Times' on the castle's history and 'The Uprising' on the Salzburg Peasants' War of 1525 to 1526, that the castle also houses the Austrian Falconry Museum, and that falconers give bird of prey flight demonstrations several times a day. Its event calendar marks some days 'No flight demonstration'.
Near Hohenwerfen Castle
Cave
Eisriesenwelt
The Eisriesenwelt is a show ice cave in the mountains above Werfen in the state of Salzburg, visited on guided cave tours run by Eisriesenwelt GmbH.
3 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
Hellbrunn Palace
Hellbrunn Palace is the early 17th-century pleasure palace of Prince-Archbishop Markus Sittikus in the south of the city of Salzburg, with its trick fountains and park.
33 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Lake
Wolfgangsee
The Wolfgangsee is a lake in the Salzkammergut, shared by the municipalities of St. Gilgen and Strobl in the state of Salzburg and St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut in Upper Austria.
34 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Lake
Lake Zell
Lake Zell (Zeller See) is the lake beside the town of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg, lying wholly within the municipality of Zell am See.
34 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ