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This page is a list of castles and castle ruins in Austria, arranged by state. A Burgruine is a ruined castle, a “castle ruin”. Burgenland. Forchtenstein Castle.
Hochosterwitz Castle: Carinthia: 1994 i, iii, iv (cultural) The castle, one of the most imposing medieval castles in Austria, is located on a high rock above a plain. The access to the castle is guarded by 14 fortified gates. Today's structure dates to the 16th century. [27] Heiligenkreuz Abbey: Lower Austria: 1994 i, ii, iii, iv (cultural)
Austrian castle stubs (168 P) Pages in category "Castles in Austria" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Hohensalzburg Fortress was selected as main motif for the Austrian Nonnberg Abbey commemorative coin minted on April 5, 2006. This was the first coin of the series "Great Abbeys of Austria". It shows the Benedictine convent of Nonnberg Abbey. In the hilltop on the background, the fortress and the Kajetaner church can be seen.
This is a list of castles from around the world. By country Africa. Castles in Ghana ... Castles in Armenia; Castles in Austria; Castles in Azerbaijan; Castles in ...
The Castle of Hellbrunn Coin. The castle is so popular and famous that it was the subject of a collectors coin: the Austrian 10 euro Castle of Hellbrunn Coin, minted on April 21, 2004. The obverse depicts the main access to the castle from its forecourt. In the background there are mountains of Salzburg on the northern rim of the alpine chain.
Kufstein Castle in 1889 by Aleksander Gierymski, National Museum in Warsaw. The fortress was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1205, where it was called Castrum Caofstein. At the time, it was a possession of the Bavarian Duke Ludwig and the bishop of Regensburg. In 1415, it was reinforced by Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria.
Hohenwerfen Castle (German: Festung Hohenwerfen, lit. 'Hohenwerfen Fortress') is a medieval rock castle , situated at an altitude of 623 metres (2,044 ft), [ 1 ] on a 155-metre (509 ft) [ 2 ] rock pillar overlooking the Austrian market town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Salzburg .