Hohenwerfen Castle is a medieval stone fortress, located at 623 meters high on a rocky outcrop that overlooks the Austrian town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, south of Salzburg. The fortress is encircled by the Tennen Mountains and the Berchtesgaden Alps nearby. The castle gained worldwide recognition as the primary setting in the movie Where Eagles Dare. Constructed from 1075 to 1078 at the request of Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg amid the Imperial Investiture Controversy, the fortification ... (Read More)