Dürnstein Castle, Dürnstein

Name: Dürnstein Castle
Address: Dürnstein, Austria

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Dürnstein Castle is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in Austria. It is located in Dürnstein, in the Lower Austrian Wachau region on the Danube river, at 312 metres above sea level. ()

Local name: Burgruine Dürnstein Built: 1130 (894 years ago)Demolished: 1645Coordinates: 48°23'52"N, 15°31'18"E

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Nearby attractions include: Burgruine Senftenberg, Gozzoburg, Steiner Tor, Piaristenkirche.

4 miNE
Forts and castles
Burgruine Senftenberg, Senftenberg
102 min walk • Burgruine Senftenberg is a castle in Lower Austria at the town Senftenberg, Austria. Burgruine Senftenberg is 271 metres above sea level.
3.8 miE
Restaurant, Forts and castles
Gozzoburg, Krems
97 min walk • The so-called Gozzoburg is a high medieval town castle in Krems on the Danube in Lower Austria.
3.5 miE
City gate
Steiner Tor, Krems
90 min walk • Steiner Tor is a preserved gate, originally built in the late 15th century but refashioned in the Baroque style in the city of Krems an der Donau, in the Wachau valley of Austria. It is considered the symbol of the city. Until the last third of the 19th century, the city of Krems was surrounded by a wall.
3.7 miE
Church
Piaristenkirche, Krems
95 min walk • The Piarist Church in Krems on the Danube, also called Kremser Frauenbergkirche, is the oldest church in the city. The Roman Catholic church may have been dedicated to St. Stephen, the patron saint of the diocese of Passau.
3 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
78 min walk • Kunsthalle Krems-Stein in Stein an der Donau is an international exhibition hall in Lower Austria, built from 1992 to 1995 according to the plans of architect Adolf Krischanitz in the former tobacco factory of the tobacco company in the district ...
3.7 miE
Church
Church of St. Veit, Krems
96 min walk • The parish church of St. Vitus in the town of Krems on the Danube is a Roman Catholic church. It is also called the "Cathedral of the Wachau".
3.7 miE
Church
Bürgerspitalskirche, Krems
94 min walk • The Bürgerspitalkirche of Krems an der Donau is a Roman Catholic church located on the Obere Landstraße directly in the center of the city. It is dedicated to St. James the Younger, the son of Alphaeus, and St. Philip.
3.4 miE
Church
Evangelische Pfarrkirche, Krems
88 min walk • Heilandskirche is a Protestant church building in Krems on the Danube. Built in 1912 and consecrated in 1913, it represents an early work by architect Otto Bartning.
3.6 miE
Art gallery, Church, Museum
Dominikanerkirche, Krems
92 min walk • The Dominican Church Krems is a former monastery church of the Dominicans with the patrocinium Peter and Paul in the city of Krems on the Danube in Lower Austria. The church has served the Provincial Gallery of Contemporary Art since 2011/2012 for...
2.8 miE
Church
Pfarrkirche hl. Nikolaus, Krems
71 min walk • The parish church of Stein an der Donau stands in Stein an der Donau on an extension of the Steiner Landstraße at the entrance to the Frauenbergkirche in the municipality of Krems an der Donau in Lower Austria.
2.8 miE
Church
Frauenbergkirche
72 min walk • The Frauenbergkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt in Stein an der Donau, a district of Krems an der Donau, is a former church and, since the mid-1960s, a memorial to the fallen of both world wars.