Burg Wartenstein

#1013 among destinations in Austria

Forts and castles

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Wartenstein Castle is a well-preserved castle complex in the cadastral municipality of the same name Wartenstein in the municipality of Raach am Hochgebirge near Gloggnitz in the district of Neunkirchen in southern Lower Austria. The high-altitude castle towers visibly above the Schwarza valley on a hill in front of the Großer Otter between Grasberg and Raachberg, directly on state road 134. The castle is a listed building.

Coordinates: 47°39'2"N, 15°55'9"E

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Lower AustriaAustria

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Burg Wartenstein – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Zauberberg, Hermannshöhle, Villa Wartholz, Semmering railway.

4.3 miW
Winter sport, Ski area
Zauberberg, Semmering
111 min walk • Zauberberg is a ski area in eastern Austria, at Semmering Pass on the border of the states of Styria and Lower Austria. It is approximately midway between Vienna and Graz, about one hundred kilometres from each.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Hermannshöhle, Kirchberg am Wechsel
95 min walk • Hermannshöhle near Kirchberg am Wechsel is the largest dripstone cave in Lower Austria and is operated as a show cave. It was declared a natural monument in 1931 and is home to many bat species.
5.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Villa Wartholz, Reichenau an der Rax
139 min walk • The Villa Wartholz or Castle Wartholz is a former imperial villa in Reichenau an der Rax in Lower Austria.
4.1 miW
, Scenic railroads, Tours
Semmering railway, Semmering
106 min walk • The Semmering railway in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag, was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track.
4.3 miW
47°37'56"N • 15°49'48"E
Karl VI Monument, Semmering
111 min walk • Memorial
1.7 miN
Forts and castles, Baroque architecture
Schloss Gloggnitz, Gloggnitz
43 min walk • Gloggnitz Castle, a former Benedictine monastery, is located in Gloggnitz in southern Lower Austria. The castle is best reached on the S6 via the Gloggnitz exit.
2.8 miNW
Museum
Historic Post Office
72 min walk • The Historical Post Office in Küb was opened in 1905 in the village of Küb in the municipality of Payerbach an der Semmeringbahn. Closed in 2004, the post office is now a museum in the municipality.
5.1 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Schloss Reichenau, Reichenau an der Rax
129 min walk • Reichenau Castle in the market town of Reichenau an der Rax is an extensive complex which developed from a former four-sided complex around a rectangular courtyard. The entire complex is listed as a historical monument.
1.9 miNE
Church
Christkönigskirche, Gloggnitz
49 min walk • The Catholic Parish Church of Gloggnitz is located in the municipality of Gloggnitz in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria. The Roman Catholic Christ the King Church belongs to the deanery of Gloggnitz in the vicariate Unter dem Wienerwald...
5.2 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Schloss Rothschild, Reichenau an der Rax
134 min walk • Rothschild Palace or Hinterleiten Palace in Hinterleiten in the Lower Austrian municipality of Reichenau an der Rax was built between 1884 and 1889 in the Neo-Louis XIII style for Nathaniel Meyer Freiherr von Rothschild according to plans by Amand...
2.5 miE
Forts and castles
Burg Kranichberg
65 min walk • Kranichberg Castle is a hilltop castle about 5 km southeast of Gloggnitz in the cadastral municipality of Kranichberg in the market town of Kirchberg am Wechsel in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria.