Riegersburg Castle - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

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About Riegersburg Castle

A beautiful medieval castle situated on a dormant volcano above the town of Riegersburg in the Austrian state of Styria. The castle is owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and contains a museum with changing exhibitions. The impressive basalt crag on which the castle was built was populated already 6000 years ago. With its extensive fortifications, this largest Baroque castle in Styria, was rightly known as the strongest fortress in the Occident.

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Schloss Tabor

Schloss Tabor

15.47km from Riegersburg Castle

The Tabor Castle in Neuhaus am Klausenbach is located in the three-country Raab nature park in the border region of Austria , Hungary and Slovenia .The castle with a hook-shaped floor plan had the Styrian mercenary leader Ulrich Pessnitzer built in 1469. The courtyard of the castle with two-storey arcades is used in summer for the performance of an opera and for numerous other events. The round tower with the heraldic cartouche is also worth seeing.

Freilichtmuseum Ensemble Gerersdorf

Freilichtmuseum Ensemble Gerersdorf

24.52km from Riegersburg Castle

A privately founded open-air museum in 1976 in the municipality of Gerersdorf-Sulz in Burgenland. The visitors are introduced to the way of life of the farmers and craftsmen in this region back then, be it on an independent tour of the authentically furnished buildings or on a guided tour. In addition, the extensive information material provided explains the individual buildings.

Herberstein Zoo

Herberstein Zoo

25.4km from Riegersburg Castle

A majestic zoo at Schloss Herberstein in Styria, Austria. It has so many animals and birds and also Due to the steep slopes around the castle Herberstein, count Johann Maximilian I zu Herberstein chose to give up the idea of keeping cattle around the castle, and he chose to bring fallow deer from Italy, to browse the environment around the castle and this became the origin of the present zoo.

Stubenbergsee

Stubenbergsee

26.96km from Riegersburg Castle

The Stubenbergsee is an artificial bathing lake below the Styrian village of Stubenberg, municipality of Stubenberg am See . It lies at the foot of the Kulm. The approximately 40 hectare lake was created between 1968 and 1971. Various leisure facilities such as restaurants, changing facilities, boat and bicycle rentals, beach volleyball courts, surfing school, children's playgrounds, etc. and sunbathing areas are mainly located on the east and north banks.

Burg Güssing

Burg Güssing

30.16km from Riegersburg Castle

Güssing Castle was built in 1157 on the steep rock of an extinct volcanic cone. After several changes of ownership, the castle came into the possession of the Batthyány family in 1524. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was expanded into a fortress and was intended to serve as a bulwark - especially against the armies from the east. With the loss of its strategic importance, the castle was abandoned to decay in the 18th century.

Pöllauer Tal

Pöllauer Tal

34.92km from Riegersburg Castle

The Pöllauer Tal is a valley of the Joglland in Styria . It has been a nature park since 1983 as well as one of the small regions of Styria. There are special places in the nature park that are called nature park jewels. These are natural beauties, natural monuments or places of power that have often developed through the centuries-long interaction of nature and man, such as gorges, caves, ponds, moors, waterfalls and original springs. These locations are easily accessible and freely accessible.

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Styria

Styria

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A beautiful state in Austria. It is called as The green heart of Austria is known for its variety of different types of landscapes. Styria has 788 mountains higher than 2000 metres. There is an inexhaustible spectrum of outdoor activities to choose from. No matter if it’s summer or winter, most people will find their favourite past time. The state largely forested state has 7 natural parks and one national park.

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