Austria · Restored
Hohenwerfen Castle
Hohenwerfen Castle is a medieval rock fortress perched on a 155-metre limestone pillar above the town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, built for the prince-archbishops of Salzburg in the 11th century. It served as a fortified residence, hunting retreat and state prison and remains a largely intact, museumized fortress today.
First raised
1075
Its prime
1617
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1617
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched atop a sheer 155-metre rock, the fortress reads as a compact complex of light-coloured plastered residential ranges and stout grey stone curtain walls. A long, angled masonry ramp and gatehouse descend the rock to a lower outer bailey with round towers capped by conical slate roofs; the inner keep is a rectangular palas with rows of windows and red-and-white shutters. Rounded bastions, crenellated parapets and wooded alpine slopes surround the site; at prime the buildings are intact and occupied.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1617.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Hohenwerfen Castle — including 3 interiors: front of the palas (residential range), prison / dungeon cells, weapons hall / armory. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Hohenwerfen Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1617 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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