Burg zu Burghausen

Name: Burg zu Burghausen
Address: Burg 48, Burghausen, Burghausen, DE
Telephone: +49 8677 4659

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Burg zu Burghausen is a Gothic castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, above the old town on a ridge between the Salzach and Wöhrsee.

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Why go

The castle complex stretches 1,051 metres along the ridge.
The courtyards once held several hundred horses, workshops, homes, offices and churches.

Opening hours

Today09:00 – 18:00Show all

Monday09:00 – 18:00

Tuesday09:00 – 18:00

Wednesday09:00 – 18:00

Thursday09:00 – 18:00

Friday09:00 – 18:00

Saturday09:00 – 18:00

Sunday09:00 – 18:00

Don't miss

Chapel of St. ElizabethGothic chapel dated 1255, beside the keep on the town-facing side of the main castle.Main castle, town-facing side
Dürnitz knights’ hallTwo vaulted rooms on the town-facing side of the main castle.Main castle, town-facing side
Arsenal and gunsmith’s towerThe second courtyard’s large arsenal dates to 1420.Second courtyard
St. George’s GateThe gate protecting the second courtyard was built in 1494.Second courtyard
Chapel of St. HedwigThe fourth courtyard’s late Gothic outer chapel was built in 1479–1489.Fourth courtyard

Know before you go What's inside Tips for your visit With kids

Know before you go

Castle opening hours: daily, 09:00–18:00.
The grounds remain accessible outside those hours, except during special events.
Tickets can be bought online through the castle’s own website.
The state castle museum and gallery can be visited without a guided tour.

What's inside

Opposite the Dürnitz, the Kemenate houses the Burghausen City Museum.

Tips for your visit

Address: Burg 48, Burghausen, Upper Bavaria.
For enquiries, call +49 8677 4659.

With kids

A discovery booklet is available for children visiting the castle.
Children’s birthday tours can be arranged in the main castle or at Pulverturm, with stories and legends.

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Wöhrsee occupies a former arm of the Salzach.
Burg zu Burghausen - Wikipedia
The Grain Tower and Grain Measure Tower stored animal feed and were also used for stabling.
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1533
Built before 1533, the Pulverturm defended the western valley beside Wöhrsee and is linked to the main castle by a battlement.
Burghausen Castle - Wikipedia

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History

The castle housed ducal consorts and widows and safeguarded ducal treasures.

Bronze AgeThe castle hill was inhabited.
1025The castle was first mentioned in writing; it had been founded earlier.
c. 1090A major expansion left fragments of the palace hall.
1168The castle passed to the Wittelsbachs.
1180Duke Otto I began a major expansion.

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1255Duke Henry XIII began building the main castle, and it became a second residence of the dukes of Lower Bavaria.
1392–1503The dukes of Bavaria-Landshut extended fortifications across the castle hill.
1447Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, died there as Henry’s prisoner.
1471A court ordinance recorded the large household serving the duchess’s court.
After 1475Major alterations accommodated a new duchess living alongside her mother-in-law.
Under Duke GeorgHe completed the works, making the castle the region’s strongest fortress.
1505After Bavaria’s reunification, the castle’s military defenses were modernized amid Ottoman threats.
1634–1641Swedish field marshal Gustav Graf Horn was imprisoned in the main castle.
1779The castle became a border castle after the Treaty of Teschen.
1800–1801French troops demolished the northern outworks, exposing the only level approach.
1896Renovation of the main castle began.
From 1899Painter Maximilian Liebenwein occupied Liebenwein Tower and decorated its interior in Art Nouveau style.
Since the 1960sThe wider complex has been undergoing restoration.

Tours and audio guides

Artillery and fortifications tour: Explains how artillery shaped the castle’s defenses from the mid-15th to early 17th century.
Pulverturm tour: Covers the tower’s four floors and the histories of the tower and castle.
Main castle guided tour: Visits the old treasury, shield wall, cellar, Gothic Hall and St. Elizabeth Chapel, then climbs the seven-storey keep.
Guided route to Pulverturm: Follows the castle wall down to Wöhrsee, then climbs a covered passage to the tower on Eggenberg.

How to get there

On footThe only level entrance is about a kilometre north of the main castle.

Sources: Burghausen Castle - Wikipedia · Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung | Burg Burghause… · Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung | Burg Burghause… · Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung | Burg Burghause… · Burg zu Burghausen - Wikipedia · Château de Burghausen - Wikipedia · checked 29 Sep 2026

Where

Burg 48, Burghausen

Website: burg-burghausen.de/
Phone: +49 8677 4659

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Questions and answers

Does anyone still live in Burg zu Burghausen?

Parts of the complex are rented as homes, and other spaces are used for events.

Was Burg zu Burghausen used as a prison?

Louis VII of Bavaria died there as a prisoner in 1447. Swedish field marshal Gustav Horn was imprisoned in the main castle from 1634 to 1641.

When did Burg zu Burghausen become a border castle?

It became a border castle after the Treaty of Teschen in 1779.

How did Burg zu Burghausen escape demolition?

Local residents stopped a planned demolition after the garrison was disbanded.

When was Burg zu Burghausen restored?

Renovation of the main castle began in 1896. Restoration across the wider complex has continued since the 1960s.

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