Hohenwerfen Castle
Hohenwerfen Castle is a medieval rock castle, situated at an altitude of 623 metres, on a 155-metre rock pillar overlooking the Austrian market town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, approximately 40 kilometres south of Salzburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eisriesenwelt and Friedhof Werfen.
Eisriesenwelt
Cave
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The Eisriesenwelt is a natural limestone and ice cave located in Werfen, Austria, about 40 km south of Salzburg. The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the Alps. Eisriesenwelt is situated 3 km north of Hohenwerfen Castle.
Friedhof Werfen
Cemetery
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Friedhof Werfen is a cemetery, which is situated 1 km southeast of Hohenwerfen Castle.
Wasserkraftwerk Werfen
Power station
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Wasserkraftwerk Werfen is a power station, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Hohenwerfen Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tenneck and Pfarrwerfen.
Pfarrwerfen
Village
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Pfarrwerfen is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Pfarrwerfen is situated 3½ km southeast of Hohenwerfen Castle.
Pöham
Village
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Pöham is a village, which is situated 8 km southeast of Hohenwerfen Castle.
Hohenwerfen Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Austria
- Categories: fortress, museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Werfen, St. Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hohenwerfen Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة هوهن ويرفن”
- Basque: “Hohenwerfen gaztelua”
- Breton: “Kastell Hohenwerfen”
- Catalan: “Castell Hohenwerfen”
- Cebuano: “Schloss Hohenwerfen”
- Chinese: “霍恩韦尔芬城堡”
- Czech: “Burg Hohenwerfen”
- Czech: “Festung Hohenwerfen”
- Czech: “Hohenwerfen”
- Danish: “Burg Hohenwerfen”
- Dutch: “Hohenwerfen Castle”
- French: “château de Hohenwerfen”
- French: “Château de Hohenwerfen”
- German: “Burg Hohenwerfen”
- German: “Festung Hohenwerfen”
- German: “Hohenwerfen”
- Hebrew: “טירת הוהנוורפן”
- Hungarian: “Hohenwerfen vára”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Hohenwerfen”
- Indonesian: “Kastil Hohenwerfen”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Hohenwerfen”
- Japanese: “ホーエンヴェルフェン城”
- Japanese: “ホーヘンヴェルフェン城”
- Polish: “Zamek Hohenwerfen”
- Portuguese: “Burg Hohenwerfen”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Hohenwerfen”
- Portuguese: “Festung Hohenwerfen”
- Romanian: “Hohenwerfen Castle”
- Russian: “Хоэнверфен”
- Slovenian: “Grad Hohenwerfen”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Hohenwerfen”
- Spanish: “Castillo Hohenwerfen”
- Swedish: “Burg Hohenwerfen”
- Swedish: “Hohenwerfen”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Гоенверфен”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Hohenwerfen”
- Western Panjabi: “ہوہنورفن قلعہ”
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