Mount Kapucinerberg

Mount Kapucinerberg rises 640 meters above sea level on the east bank of the Salzach River, directly opposite the Salzburg Museum. It is a hill, on top of which is located the ancient Catholic monastery of the Order of the Capuchins. This monastery was built at the turn of the XVI-XVII centuries by order of Bishop Wolf Dietrich von Reitenau. The monastery is still active, but tourists are not allowed to enter its territory. Only the monastery church is open for visiting, in which services are constantly conducted. The monks left the monastery only once, in 1938, on the orders of Adolf Hitler, who wanted to build a stadium here. In 1945, life in the monastery returned to normal.

In addition to the Capuchin monastery, there are a number of interesting, from a historical point of view, objects on the mountain. On its perimeter there is a dilapidated fortress wall leading to the fortress with the drawbridge Francis Schloss. There is now a restaurant in the wall. Not far away is also the house in which Stefan Zweig lived in the 30s. Climbing Capuchinerberg is possible in two ways - by the stairs leading from the embankment, and by the serpentine winding from Stefan Zweig Street on the opposite side of the hill.