Right in my backyard is this beautiful medieval castle. It was built in 1077 under the orders of Gebharb von Helfenstein, the same man who began building Schloss Hohenwerfen. About a week after we arrived in Salzburg, my roommate, our suite-mate, and I took the afternoon to climb up to the fortress.
The castle was only attached once, but it didn't fall. Through out other wars it was used as barracks and storage. And during WWI it held Italian prisoners of war.
Now it holds a few restaurants, as well as a lot of museum space. A display of instruments, weapons, and other items during the medieval ages are inside the fortress. As well as a bunch of WWI items.
I couldn't quite figure out what they all were about since everything was in German. But it was still super neat to look at. The mask above on the bottom left was a torture device that people were forced to wear for periods of time.
Though the best part of the castle was definitely the views of the city of Salzburg.
There was also a church, and some great ruins that they had just found recently.
And the previous main reception room of the fortress now holds classical music concerts.
As always, all the pictures can be found on facebook or this link:
As always, all the pictures can be found on facebook or this link:*photo 2 was slighly edited
photo of me by Noelle
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