Hermannshöhle, Kirchberg am Wechsel

Name: Hermannshöhle
Address: Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria

#1 among attractions in Kirchberg am Wechsel

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Cave

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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. The cave is part of the European Protected Area Northeastern Marginal Alps: Hohe Wand - Schneeberg - Rax. It is visited by tourists, speleologists and zoologists.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 47°37'2"N, 15°58'56"E

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Hermannshöhle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Schloss Gloggnitz, Historic Post Office, Christkönigskirche, Burg Kranichberg.

4.6 miNW
Forts and castles, Baroque architecture
Schloss Gloggnitz, Gloggnitz
119 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.
6.5 miNW
Museum
Historic Post Office
166 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.
4.5 miNW
Church
Christkönigskirche, Gloggnitz
116 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...
2 miN
Forts and castles
Burg Kranichberg
51 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.
3.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Burg Wartenstein
95 min walk • 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.
4.5 miNW
Church
Evangelische Pfarrkirche Gloggnitz, Gloggnitz
114 min walk • Gloggnitz Evangelical Parish Church is located in Hoffeldstraße in the municipality of Gloggnitz in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria. The Trinity Church belongs to the Evangelical Superintendency A. B. Lower Austria.
5.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Kraftwerk Gloggnitz, Gloggnitz
132 min walk • The Gloggnitz power plant is located on Reichenauer Straße on the northwestern outskirts of the town in the municipality of Gloggnitz in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria. The hydroelectric power plant is a listed building.
4.4 miN
Forts and castles
Schloss Stuppach
112 min walk • Stuppach Castle is the ancestral castle of the Counts of Wurmbrand-Stuppach. It is located in the town of Gloggnitz, cadastral municipality of Stuppach, in Lower Austria at the foot of the Semmering.
4.9 miNW
Tunnel
Semmering Base Tunnel, Gloggnitz
126 min walk • The Semmering Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel under construction between Gloggnitz and Mürzzuschlag in Austria underneath the Semmering Pass. The existing route is 41 km in length and the Semmering Base Tunnel will be 27.3 km in length.
7.6 miNW
Locality
Payerbach
194 min walk • Payerbach is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.