6 Sights in Bad Vöslau, Austria (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Bad Vöslau, Austria. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 6 sights are available in Bad Vöslau, Austria.

Sightseeing Tours in Bad Vöslau

1. Naturdenkmal Schneckenreservat

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Naturdenkmal Schneckenreservat Karl Gruber / CC BY-SA 3.0 at

Das Naturdenkmal Hansybach auch Hörmbach oder Hirmbach genannt, ist ein kleines Bachreservat in Bad Vöslau in Niederösterreich, in dem drei Wasserschneckenarten geschützt werden sollen. Dieses Naturdenkmal ist eines von 13 auf dem Gemeindegebiet. Es befindet sich auf gemeindeeigenem Grund und wurde durch die Stadtgemeinde großzügig saniert. Im Jahr 1979 wurde das Naturdenkmal durch einen Informationspavillon ergänzt.

Wikipedia: Naturdenkmal Hansybach (DE)

2. Hl. Johannes der Täufer

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The parish church of Gainfarn is located in the district of Gainfarn in the municipality of Bad Vöslau in the district of Baden in Lower Austria. The Roman Catholic parish church, which is subordinate to the patronage of St. John the Baptist and incorporated into Melk Abbey, belongs to the deanery of Baden in the Archdiocese of Vienna. The church and the former cemetery are listed as historical monuments.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche Gainfarn (DE)

3. Schloss Gainfarn

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Schloss GainfarnRoberto Verzo from Bad Voeslau / Lower Austria, Austria / CC BY 2.0

Gainfarn Castle is a castle in the Bad Vöslau cadastral municipality of Gainfarn and today houses the music school of Bad Vöslau. Since the estates of Gainfarn and Großau belonged together for a long time, Gainfarn Castle has a very similar history of development and ownership as Merkenstein Castle in the neighbouring village of Großau.

Wikipedia: Schloss Gainfarn (DE)

4. St. Jakob

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The parish church of Bad Vöslau is located in the town of Bad Vöslau in the district of Baden in Lower Austria. The Roman Catholic parish church, which is subordinate to the patronage of St. James the Elder and incorporated into Melk Abbey, belongs to the deanery of Baden in the Archdiocese of Vienna. The church is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Katholische Pfarrkirche Bad Vöslau (DE)

5. Ruine Merkenstein

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Ruine Merkenstein

The Merkenstein ruins are the remains of a castle in Lower Austria near Bad Vöslau in the Großau cadastre. In some sources, it is mentioned as early as the year 1141. The first definite mention is in the Codex Falkensteinensis in 1170. Ludwig van Beethoven dedicated two Lieder to the ruin.

Wikipedia: Merkenstein ruins (EN)

6. Jubiläumswarte

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The Jubilee Observatory, also known as the Harzberg Tower, in Bad Vöslau in Lower Austria, is an observation tower on the Rudolfshöhe, the summit of the 466 m high Harzberg. From the tower you have a view of the Vienna Basin, the Leitha Mountains and the Schneeberg.

Wikipedia: Jubiläumswarte (Bad Vöslau) (DE)

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