The best-known castles and palaces in Upper Austria
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
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Upper Austria's castles cluster around its towns. The Linzer Schloss sits in the center of Linz, with Schloss Auhof (built 1350) 4 km out and Schloss Ebelsberg 5 km from Ansfelden. Steyr has Schloss Lamberg in town and Schloss Rosenegg 3 km away. Wels is the base for Schloss Pollheim (1 km), Schloss Starhemberg (16 km) and the Ruine Stauff (25 km). Further out: Burg Clam, 13 km from Amstetten, and Schloss Mondsee, 24 km from Salzburg.
Of the 170 castles and palaces RLQuest knows in Upper Austria, 146 have a Wikipedia article, about six in seven. Almost every stop comes with background reading. RLQuest doesn't need you to read it; it needs you to get there, and it checks that you did from the track on your phone.
Every dot is a place. The numbers mark the highlights listed below.
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
A selection, best known first, with the nearest larger town next to each.
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Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Borders: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0); Canada: Statistics Canada. As of 2026-10-02. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.
