Kufstein Fortress

Kufstein Fortress sits on a rock above the old town and the river Inn. It is first documented in 1205 as "Castrum Caofstein". In 1504, during the War of the Succession of Landshut, Emperor Maximilian I besieged and captured the town and castle and then had the complex expanded into a fortress. The town of Kufstein has owned it since 1924.

What to see

• Bürgerturm with the Heroes' Organ (Heldenorgel) – the open-air organ was inaugurated in 1931 and enlarged in 2009; it plays daily at set times.
• Fortress and local history museum in the former barracks, including finds from the Tischofer Cave.
• Museum in the state prison and the exhibition on medieval punishment.
• Exhibition on Emperor Maximilian I and the Fuchsturm tower.

You can walk up or take the fortress lift or the "Kaiser Maximilian" panorama railway. Please check current opening hours, organ times and prices with the fortress.