Surrounding landscapes of Eastern Styria

Witch hunting at Riegersburg

---

April 23rd 2008
Well, it's spring now and time for me to go out and explore parts of Austria I've never seen before. One of these places is Riegersburg...one of the coolest castles (Burg) I've seen so far, which lies on the Styrian border of Burgenland, which used to be the border to the former Ottoman Empire. German makes the difference between castle (Schloss) and castle used for defense (Burg); for example, ... read more

Europe » Austria » Styria » Riegersburg

---

Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more