Altpernstein Castle

The panorama terrace of Altpernstein Castle is open to visitors on selected Sundays as well as on request. For the Sundays on which it is open, please refer to the website of Altpernstein Castle www.burgaltpernstein.at

Guided tours of the castle for groups are available upon request. The Knights' Hall and the rooms of Altpernstein Castle can be reserved as a location for various festivities - in this case, please contact us by e-mail!

4563 Micheldorf, Altpernstein 1/ burgaltpernstein@isk-austria.at/ www.burgaltpernstein.at

Between Kirchdorf and Micheldorf lies the elevated Altpernstein Castle. The ravine between the castle rock and the mountainside - replacing the moat - is spanned by a stone bridge and leads to a two-storey gate building. Above the house stone portal are two openings that belonged to the lift mechanism of the drawbridge. The courtyard is enclosed by the elongated four-storey residential wing with a steeply pitched roof and the tower, which has been almost completely demolished and blocked up. In the courtyard itself is a marble fountain. The west side of the castle was secured by a simple wall with turrets in front. This enclosure has been converted into a viewing terrace.

In the residential wing is the knights' hall and an armoury. However, the porch housing the chapel is of interest, especially because of the still well-preserved, once feared dungeons. The gate wings are iron-clad, only they are not ordinary iron sheets but flattened armour, as can still be seen today. To secure the entrance, two towers were built on the opposite slope; the lower one is a square tower, popularly called the "powder tower", the upper one is a round tower.