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Burg Hohenwerfen is a castle south of the Austrian city of Salzburg. The castle is majestically surrounded by the Berchtesgaden Alps and the Tennengebirge mountain range. The fortification is a "sister" of Hohensalzburg Castle. Both castles are dated from the 11th century.
It was built between 1075 and 1078 during the Investiture Controversy by the order of Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg as a strategic bulwark atop a 155 meter rock high above the Salzach valley. In 1931 the fortress, then owned by Archduke Eugen of Austria was severely damaged by a fire and, though largely restored, finally had to be sold to the Salzburg Reichsgau in 1938. After World War II it was used as a training camp by the Austrian Federal Gendarmerie (rural police) until 1987.
Nowadays the bastion, enlarged and renovated several times over the centuries, functions as an adventure castle for its visitors. Among the numerous attractions offered by the fortress are guided tours showing its extensive weapons collection, the historical Salzburg Falconry with the falconry museum as well as a stylish fortress tavern. The historic Falconry Center is a special attraction, offering daily flight demonstrations by various birds of prey.
You might like this, ~A.K.~, the Burg can be seen several times in the background in The Sound of Music, while they are singing Do Re Mi. Neat, huh?
This last picture is the one that made me decide to do a blog post. I took one look at it a literally said in my head, ''Dude epic awesomeness! I wanna own that!''
Have a wonderful day.
I tried, really I tried. I had a subject all planed, I had pictures and I was doing research. But, at the last minuet, yesterday afternoon, I decided not to do the post. I had very good reasons, and I am glad that I am not going to do it. So, that meant that I didn't have a blog post.
Finding a cool castle isn't difficult, my Ever Faithful List of Castles makes that easy, very easy. It is just hard to do a good post in a small amount of time. And I didn't even have a tiny amount of time. I spent the evening looking for a cool-looking castle that didn't have to much information that I could do a post on.
That is when I saw Liechtenstein Castle. I had seen it before (There is a picture of if on the left side of my blog.), but I didn't do a post on it because I could find hardly any information on it, information in English, that is.
Do you remember Lichtenstein Castle? Well, I found it whilst I was looking up Liechtenstein Castle, the only difference is an 'e' after the first 'i'.
Liechtenstein ("bright stone") Castle is located near Maria Enzersdorf in Lower Austria bordering Vienna. It is near the edge of the Wienerwald a Viennese forest. It was originally built during the 12th century, but it was destroyed by the Ottomans in 1529 and 1683. The castle remained in ruins until it was rebuilt 1884.
Today, the castle is mainly known for the Nestroy Theatre Festival held annually during the summer months. The castle is currently closed to visitors.
I think that the castle is quite spectacular looking, very tall and grand.
Have a wonderful day.
