Castle
Burg Wels
🇦🇹 Austria
The imperial Burg Wels is a palace-like castle in the southeast of the town centre of Wels (Upper Austria). The building, which goes back to the Middle Ages, was among others in the possession of the Babenbergs and the Habsburgs. Today the building is owned by the town and houses the Wels municipal museum and the Museum of the Expellees.
Machine-translated from “Burg Wels” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burg Wels ranks #5,554 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #148 of the 201 mapped in Austria. The nearest day-trip guide is Linz, 25 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Burg Wels?
Burg Wels stands in Austria, at 48.1567°, 14.0281°.
How famous is Burg Wels?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,554 of 8,134 worldwide, and #148 in Austria. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Burg Wels?
Linz Palace, about 25 km away.
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