The Bergfried at Freistadt is a 50-meter medieval tower keep built in 1363, with a 360-degree panorama over the Mühlviertel. Part of the best-preserved medieval fortification system in Upper Austria. Check museum-freistadt.at for hours. Freistadt is 45 minutes by train from Linz. Combine with the Böhmertor gate and the Braucommune cooperative brewery, also founded 1363.
castle in Freistadt
Bergfried
The Bergfried is a 50-meter medieval tower keep rising above Freistadt's intact town walls, and the 360-degree panorama from the top takes in the entire Mühlviertel plateau, the wooded hills rolling north toward Bohemia, and the compact grid of one of Upper Austria's best-preserved medieval towns below.
- Type
- castle
- Destination
- Freistadt
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Founded
- 1363
- Era
- Medieval
- Address
- 4240 Freistadt
- Coordinates
- 48.5122, 14.5064
- Official website
- Visit website