ウダーンスの洞窟・トップ4

Beautiful view of the castle, there are more to come.

The ascent to the castle is currently closed due to forestry work

A beautiful view of the castle. A very nice bike path

A beautiful old castle on a hill.

Freundsberg Castle is located on a steep hill south of Schwaz. It was built around 1150 AD as the ancestral home of the Knights of Freundsberg. Initially there was only a residential tower, in which parts of the original frescoes are still visible, but when Duke Sigismund the Rich acquired the castle and court in the 15th century, he had it converted into a hunting lodge. The beautiful castle church from the late Renaissance was only added between 1634 and 1637. The city of Schwaz has owned the complex since 1812 and had the local museum established in the castle tower in 1948: it offers an interesting insight into the cultural and economic development of the silver city. On the top floor, the old tower apartment takes you back to the time of the sovereign Duke Sigmund.

One of the largest castle ruins is located in the municipality of Reith im Alpbachtal, directly on the national road near St. Gertraudi. It is the only castle with three towers. The advanced keep in the west, the Romanesque fortress with two keep towers, a round wall and the residential building (care home), once a gate tower. Kropfsberg was a border fortress of the Archdiocese of Salzburg. The first buildings were erected around 1147 and the palace was rebuilt around 1217. The first documented mention of the castle dates back to 1296. The nursing home was only built around 1753. The middle tower was hit by a bomb in 1945, but later rebuilt. The current owners are the Dkfm family. H. Vogl-Fernheim. The castle, one of the most stately in the entire country, was built around 1200 or even earlier by the archbishops of Salzburg to protect their possessions in the Zillertal and was managed by castellans and keepers. The most striking features of the castle are its three mighty towers, originally crenellated and not habitable, of which the sophisticated and specially walled main tower shows particularly careful and regular stonework and the others were later raised with residential floors.

Here you can cycle in a relaxed manner

Schloss Fügen is recognizable by the four wings with the two turrets, the marble arched portal and the large courtyard of the castle. The oldest parts date back to the middle of the 16th century, when Georg von Keutschach from Carinthia had a tower house built on this site. The arrow slits and lancet door are still visible. At the beginning of the 18th century, the old walls were converted into a baroque palace. Fügen Castle became famous in 1822, during a conference between Emperor Francis I. and Tsar Nikolaus I., when the Christmas carol "Silent Night, Holy Night" was first performed on this site by the Rainer Choir. The Christmas carol became famous all over the world. Today, the municipality of Fügen owns the castle which is used for cultural events.