The Festung Hohensalzburg is a fortress that was built in 1077 by Archbishop Gebhard von Helfenstein as a bailey with a wooden wall to protect the salt business and eventually but was expanded due to war with Hungary and Peasants or to protect other interests by rulers such as Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach between 1495 and 1519. It is erected atop the Festungsberg mountain in the city of Salzburg. The money that was used to fund in building this fortress is through the money they earned from the salt business. Here is a view when you get on top of the castle.
The Festungsbahn is 121 years old because it was built in 1892. It was originally powered by water balance. The street that connects the Festungsbahn is called Festungsgasse. A ‘gasse’ is an alley. The oldest railway in the world is the reiszug which was built in 1495 and it is man-powered. It goes from the halfway to the mountain and to the top of where they can get the goods that are transported. It goes through five walls and its significance is that it transports the goods and essentials to live for those who live in the festung. Here is the train that transports the goods, now it just transports tourists bound to the actual fortress.
It was so cold when I got to the top, we were using an audio device to guide us where we should look, but instead I hid in one of the walls because it was so windy and cold, I could not stand it.
Here is the inside of the fortress, it looks like it has its own little community. The fortress used to house the soldiers and their families, so there was a school for the children, a church, and many other things.
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