Every UNESCO World Heritage Site in Austria
The top 3 according to 250 votes from people: Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg · Semmering Railway · Hallstatt–Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape. (Updated Apr 3, 2025.)
Austria has twelve World Heritage Sites, from Salzburg's old town and Schönbrunn (both 1996) to the Great Spa Towns of Europe and the Danube Limes (2021). Here they all are in order of inscription, with their state and a short description. Five are shared with other countries, and the historic centre of Vienna has been on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2017.
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Top 12
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Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Salzburg, inscribed 1996. Baroque prince-archbishops' city at the meeting point of Italian and German culture, with its cathedral, Residenz and Hohensalzburg Fortress.
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Semmering Railway
Lower Austria and Styria, inscribed 1998. Europe's first mountain railway, built over 41 km in 1848–1854; its tunnels and viaducts are still in use.
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Hallstatt–Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Upper Austria and Styria, inscribed 1997. Salt mining since the 2nd millennium BC; gave its name to the Iron Age Hallstatt culture.
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Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
Vienna, inscribed 1996. Summer residence of the Habsburgs, by Fischer von Erlach and Pacassi; home to the world's oldest zoo still in operation.
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Fertő / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
Burgenland, inscribed 2001. A steppe-lake landscape settled for eight millennia; shared with Hungary.
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City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
Styria, inscribed 1999. For centuries the seat of a branch of the Habsburgs; old town listed in 1999, Schloss Eggenberg added in 2010.
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Lower and Upper Austria, inscribed 2017. Austria's only natural World Heritage Site: beech forests in the Dürrenstein wilderness area and Kalkalpen National Park.
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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Carinthia and Upper Austria, inscribed 2011. Five Austrian sites, for example at Mondsee and Attersee, from about 5000 to 500 BC; shared with five other countries.
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)
Lower and Upper Austria, Vienna, inscribed 2021. Roman frontier fortifications along the Danube; the Austrian section is 357.5 km long; shared with Germany and Slovakia.
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Wachau Cultural Landscape
Lower Austria, inscribed 2000. A Danube valley about 40 km long between Melk and Krems, with abbeys, castles, vineyard terraces and old towns.
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Historic Centre of Vienna
Vienna, inscribed 2001. Habsburg capital and Europe's music capital, from the Baroque to the Ringstrasse; on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 2017.
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The Great Spa Towns of Europe (Baden bei Wien)
Lower Austria, inscribed 2021. Eleven spa towns in seven countries; Austria's is Baden bei Wien.
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Comments (8)
Die Semmeringbahn ist echt unterschätzt. Einmal im Herbst mitfahren, die Viadukte über die Kalte Rinne sind der Wahnsinn.
Neusiedler See mit dem Rad rundherum, auch über die ungarische Seite. Sehr empfehlenswert, aber Wind beachten!
wusste gar nicht dass Baden bei Wien welterbe ist
Wien auf der Roten Liste wegen dem Heumarkt-Projekt, typisch.
Dass die Buchenwälder im Dürrenstein die einzige Naturerbestätte sind, hätte ich nicht gedacht. Dachte immer, die Hohen Tauern wären drauf.
Die Wachau im Frühling zur Marillenblüte, mehr muss man nicht sagen.
Graz + Eggenberg 👌
Hallstatt ist schön, aber im Sommer kommst du vor lauter Reisebussen kaum durch den Ort.