We arrived at the Liechtenstein castle around 10am on a windy and quite cold Sunday morning. Our tour guide started talking about this castle and its history on our bus ride from the hotel and continued once we got to the castle. After that we had some time to walk and look around and take photos before leaving. We didn't go on a tour inside because of various reasons but that's okay...
Our tour guide told us that this castle is usually not on the list to visit for Serbian tourists mainly because of its location. As we found our Austria is made of nine states, Vienna being one of them and this castle is located is Lower Austria state (bordering Vienna) so when tourists visit Vienna, it's not really on their way and they mainly focus on many attractions in or nearby the city of Vienna. However, the castle was not that far from our hotel so they made it part of the "Vienna palaces" tour which is actually so nice and I'm glad I got to see something outside of the Vienna city.
Liechtenstein castle is located near a small town called Maria Enzersdorf and it was originally built in the 12th century. It was destroyed a couple of times before it was rebuilt. I am always amazed when I see something like this sustain over time and I try to imagine people standing/walking/living there over the years, right there where I was standing at that moment. I try to imagine different scenarios and life stories that happened during centuries and then I got brought back to the present moment where we were taking selfies with our smartphones - two different worlds in one spot.
As the name suggests, this castle was owned by the House of Liechtenstein but there was a period of time when it wasn't theirs before getting it back who later even got their own (micro)state with the same name. Nowadays, the castle hosts a film festival and scenes for a few movies were taken here.
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i went to Vienna in 2004 for my exchange group highschool i was very lucky got to live in spittal austria for 2 weeks
omg wiw you got $100 and wow @ranchorelaxo upvote thats so cool ro see steem people here i havent seen them in so long
i remember that walk area the pedestrian inly road
the turksih beer vender smiled and asked if we wanted beer and we eere like "were only 15 16" and he was like just smiling and gave us a free beer hahaha
i trunee my whole group into alcohooics
pilsner grosser etc and the girls started drinking heaby liqour vodka
then at the munich train station we bought vodka and the foreugn asian cashiers coukdnt read or something gave us 50 euros back as change lol we made money haha and then we got fireworks shot them drunk out the window bottle rockets haha
and then agahaha gaha german polizei came lol
LOL! That almost sounds like a movie, haha! Definitely an adventure to remember for life. :D
i should make a movie script
my exchange student took me drinking and i let this candle wax drip on am old table cloth and resturaunt owner was like "you ruined the table cloth" and i kept offering more euros like 20 to pay for it and she looked at us 15 and 16 yeat old kids and started blaming us for the iraq war and saying "you Americans think you can solve everuthing with money?" lol i was like yeah well do u want it or not,
people eithee loved us and worshipped us as cool american guys or hated us and despised us for conquering them in ww2 a funny joke i would always bring up which makde them laugh
every day we hearf a new folklore tale aboit an austrian man who
sold hos soul to the devil
Espero algún día visitar Austria. Viena me parece una ciudad interesante y muy bella. Gracias por compartir.
Si, Viena es muy bella y espero que algún día tengas la oportunidad de visitar! :)
vienna tiene los calles para pedestrianos, muy facil a caminar
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Great job on sharing your Vienna adventure and the visit to Liechtenstein castle! It's always exciting to explore new places and learn about their history. Even though the castle is not commonly visited by Serbian tourists, it's wonderful that you got to experience something outside of the typical tourist attractions in Vienna. The castle's history and the fact that it has sustained over time is truly remarkable, and your imagination of the different scenarios and life stories that occurred there is inspiring. Keep sharing your travel experiences and inspiring others to explore new places!
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Thank you so much for these kind words, I am glad you found this post interesting! I hope to travel more in the future so I can share more posts like this as it's one of my favorite things to write about! :)
Have a great day and once again thank you for your lovely comment!
i am part luxembourgish and during mu 2004 europe trip i got to visit new schwainstein disney castle oitside munich!