The parish church of Werfen stands below Hohenwerfen Castle, the 1077 archbishop’s fortress 155 meters above the Salzach. Werfen is the nearest rail stop for the Eisriesenwelt ice caves, the world’s largest accessible cave system at 42 km of passages. Free entry for the church; cable car and guided tour required for the ice caves. Werfen is 30 minutes from Salzburg by main line train.
church in Werfen
Pfarrkirche Werfen
The parish church of Werfen sits in the valley floor below Hohenwerfen Castle, one of the most dramatically positioned medieval fortresses in Austria, perched on a rock outcrop 155 meters above the Salzach river.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- Werfen
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Address
- 5450 Werfen
- Coordinates
- 47.4613, 13.2593