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Fortress Hohensalzburg

Hohensalzburg Fortress is a large medieval fortress in the city of , . It sits atop the mountain at an altitude of 506 m. It was erected at the behest of the prince-archbishops of Salzburg.
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  • Opening hours:
    8:30 AM—8:00 PM
    October—April: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: office@festung-hohensalzburg.at
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortress in Salzburg, Austria
  • Also known as: “Hohensalzburg Castle” and “Hohensalzburg Fortress”
  • Address: Mönchsberg 34, Salzburg, 5020
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of Salzburg and University of Salzburg.

Church
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Salzburg Cathedral is the seventeenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in the city of , Austria, dedicated to Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius. is situated 310 metres north of Fortress Hohensalzburg.

University
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The , also known as the Paris Lodron , is an public university in , Salzburg State, named after its founder, Prince-Archbishop Paris Lodron. is situated 470 metres east of Fortress Hohensalzburg.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 130 metres northwest of Fortress Hohensalzburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Festungsberg and Nonnberg.

Locality
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is a mountain in the in , which rises to an elevation of 542 metres. It is the site of the Hohensalzburg Fortress, which towers over Salzburg's historic city centre to the north, and forms part of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Locality
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is a locality.

Fortress Hohensalzburg

Latitude
47.79521° or 47° 47′ 43″ north
Longitude
13.04787° or 13° 2′ 52″ east
Elevation
540 metres (1,772 feet)
Inception
1077
Open location code
8FVMQ2WX+34
Open­Street­Map ID
way 58379993
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6324597
Wiki­data ID
Q679292
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Fortress Hohensalzburg” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Zaltsburq qalası”
  • Basque: “Hohensalzburg gaztelua”
  • Bavarian: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • Bavarian: “Festung Hohnsoizburg”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa Hohensalzburg”
  • Cebuano: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • Chinese: “萨尔茨堡要塞”
  • Chinese: “薩爾茨堡要塞”
  • Croatian: “Festung Hohesalzburg”
  • Croatian: “Utvrda Hohensalzburg”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Hohensalzburg”
  • Danish: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • Dutch: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • Dutch: “Hohensalzburg”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo Hohensalzburg”
  • Esperanto: “Fortreso Hohensalzburg”
  • Estonian: “Hohensalzburgi kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • Finnish: “Hohensalzburg”
  • French: “Forteresse d’Hohensalzburg”
  • French: “forteresse de Hohensalzburg”
  • French: “Forteresse de Hohensalzburg”
  • French: “Forteresse dHohensalzburg”
  • Georgian: “ჰოენზალცბურგი”
  • German: “Festung Hohensalzburg Gesamtanlage, Freiflächen archäologisches Fundhoffnungsgebiet”
  • German: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • German: “Hohensalzburg”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Χόχενσαλτσμπουργκ”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο Χοενσάλτσμπουργκ”
  • Hebrew: “טירת זלצבורג”
  • Hungarian: “Hohensalzburg vára”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Hohensalzburg”
  • Italian: “Castello di Salisburgo”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Salisburgo”
  • Italian: “Hohensalzburg”
  • Japanese: “ホーエンザルツブルク城”
  • Korean: “호엔잘츠부르크 성”
  • Korean: “호엔잘츠부르크성”
  • Latvian: “Hoenzalcburgas pils”
  • Macedonian: “Хоенсалцбург замок”
  • Macedonian: “Хоенсалцбуршки замок”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hohensalzburg”
  • Norwegian: “Hohensalzburg”
  • Persian: “دژ هوهنسالزبورگ”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Hohensalzburg”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Hohensalzburg”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Hohensalzburg”
  • Russian: “Хоэнзальцбург”
  • Serbian: “Хоенсалцбург”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Hohensalzburg”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Hohensalzburg”
  • Swedish: “Festung Hohensalzburg”
  • Thai: “ป้อมปราการโฮเอินซัลทซ์บวร์ค”
  • Ukrainian: “Гогензальцбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Гоензальцбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Гогензальцбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Гоензальцбург”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Hohensalzburg”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Hohensalzburg”

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