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Schloss Moosham: medieval castle in Salzburg, Austria

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:26:16 +0000

Schloss Moosham is a medieval castle perched at about 1,079 m above sea level in the Lungau region of Salzburg, Austria.

First documented around 1191.
It served for centuries as a seat of the Prince‑Archbishops of Salzburg and, more ominously, was the site of infamous witch trials (the Zaubererjackl witch trials) between 1675‑1690, with many men, women and children condemned.
The castle remains privately owned (by the Wilczek family) but is open to the public.
Today, visitors will find a combination of historic architecture, preserved interiors including torture‑chamber exhibits, and scenic views of the region

Opening Hours & Guided Tours

Visits are only possible as part of guided tours.
Typical seasonal schedule:
- 1 May–30 Sept: Tue–Sun (except Monday) at 10:00, 11:00, 14:00 & 15:00.
- 1 Oct–30 Oct: Tue–Sun (except Monday) at 11:00 & 14:00.
- 16 Dec–30 Apr: Tue–Sun (except Monday) at 11:00 & 14:00.
- The museum is closed 1 Nov–15 Dec.
Admission: Around €15 for adults, €7 (+) for children in some family/children tours.
Special children’s tours: Typically offered in summer (June–Aug) every Thursday at ~10:00 for children aged 5+

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SoSAM5c-74

University of Salzburg, 1622 - Austrian public university

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:47:11 +0000

The University of Salzburg, also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, PLUS), is an Austrian public university in Salzburg municipality, Salzburg state, named after its founder, Prince-Archbishop Paris Lodron.

Established in 1622, the university was closed in 1810 and re-established in 1962. Nowadays, it has around 18,000 students and 2,800 employees; it is the largest educational institution in Salzburg state. It is divided into four faculties: Catholic Theology, Law, Cultural and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences.

Benedictine University

On 23 July 1622, Archbishop Paris Lodron appointed the scholar Albert Keuslin first rector of the Benedictine university. Keuslin, a graduate of the Jesuit University of Dillingen, had established the Akademisches Gymnasium, a secondary school, at Salzburg five years earlier. By resolution of Emperor Ferdinand II, issued on October 8, the Gymnasium was raised to a university. While the Thirty Years' War raged outside the Archbishopric of Salzburg, the university was built up and maintained by a federation of Benedictine abbeys from Salzburg, Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria. In its early years, courses taught were theology, divinity, philosophy, law, and medicine.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the Prince-Archbishopric was secularized as the Electorate of Salzburg in 1803. It was ruled by Archduke Ferdinand III of Austria, a brother of Emperor Francis I, who established a Faculty of Medicine. After Salzburg was annexed by the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810, however, the university was closed on 24 December and replaced by a Lyzeum college with sections for divinity and philosophy, as well as a school for medicine and surgery. After the Napoleonic Wars, Salzburg became part of the Austrian Empire.

The divinity section was again converted to a faculty in 1850. In World War I, plans were evolved to relocate the Francis Joseph University from Czernowitz to Salzburg, though never carried out.

Locations

The University of Salzburg has no central campus, occupying several buildings in Salzburg's historic centre: parts of the Salzburg Residenz building (Toskanatrakt) and on Kapitelgasse south of Salzburg Cathedral. The university library is located between the Kollegienkirche (the University Church) and the Großes Festspielhaus; attached to it is the Große Aula, or ceremonial hall.

The traditional faculty building of Humanities (Communication Studies, Sociology and Political Science) is located by the Rudolfskai, only 100 metres from Mozartplatz and Papagenoplatz. The Faculty of Sciences is housed in the second largest building in Salzburg after Hohensalzburg Fortress, and is located just further south next to Schloss Freisaal Castle and Frohnburg Castle.

Completeted in 2011, the Unipark Nonntal campus (replacing the old location at the Akademiestraße) is home to the departments of modern languages, and cultural and social sciences. The building is 17,000 square metres in size, with 5,500 students and 300 academic staff. There is a library and an Auditorium Maximum. Financing for the construction of the Unipark Nonntal was enabled by successful negotiations between Salzburg’s state governor Franz Schausberger and the Federal Ministry of Education. Originally designed in 2002 by architects Storch Ehlers Partners, it was constructed in three years.

Smaller university offices and institutes are scattered throughout the city, with arts and music being taught at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. [source]

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDlLtCF4bvo

Hochkönig - mountain group, Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:21:58 +0000

The Hochkönig is a mountain group containing the highest mountain (Mount Hochkönig) in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria. The Berchtesgaden Alps form part of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Location

It lies to the west of the town of Bischofshofen in the Austrian state of Salzburg, 42 km due south of the city of Salzburg. Hochkönig is separated from the rest of the Berchtesgaden Alps, and more specifically from the Steinernes Meer (stone ocean) by the mountain pass Torscharte at 2246 m. The summit itself is at the southern edge of a large limestone plateau, which is covered by the glacier known as the "Übergossene Alm", however this glacier is currently shrinking at a rate of 6.2% per year, and is likely to vanish in the relatively near future.

The edge of the summit plateau is surrounded by an almost circular chain of mountains:

Hochseiler, 2,793 m above sea level (AA)
Lammkopf, 2,844 m above sea level (AA)
Hochkönig, 2,941 m above sea level (AA)
Großer Bratschenkopf, 2,859 m above sea level (AA)
Kleiner Bratschenkopf, 2,684 m above sea level (AA)
Torsäule, 2,587 m above sea level (AA)
Schoberköpfe, 2,707 m above sea level (AA), 2,630 m above sea level (AA) und 2,663 m above sea level (AA)
Floßkogel, 2,437 m above sea level (AA)
Eibleck, 2,354 m above sea level (AA)
Hohes Tenneck, 2,455 m above sea level (AA) [source]

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Vyg5yuqE8

Hormart Expeditions - One-stop expedition directory - Recent listing in AUT- Places

Schloss Moosham: medieval castle in Salzburg, Austria

University of Salzburg, 1622 - Austrian public university

Hochkönig - mountain group, Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria

Schloss Moosham: medieval castle in Salzburg, Austria