Laxenburg

Worth seeing in and around Laxenburg

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Franzensburg

   Franzensburg is a medieval style castle in Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austria. Built between 1801 and 1836, it was named in memory of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, who died in 1835.

   1.7 km · castle in Laxenburg, Lower Austria · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Laxenburg castles

   Laxenburg castles are imperial palaces and castles outside Vienna, in the town of Laxenburg owned in equal parts by Vienna and Lower Austria. The castles became a Habsburg possession in 1333 and formerly served as a summer retreat, along with Schönbrunn palace, for the imperial Habsburg dynasty.

   600 m · building in Laxenburg, Austria · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wiener Neustadt Canal

   The Wiener Neustadt Canal was Austria's only shipping canal, originally meant to reach from Vienna to Trieste's harbor to the Adriatic Sea. It became operational in 1803, and eventually covered 60 kilometres with 50 locks and a change in altitude of 103 metres between Vienna and Wiener Neustadt, where it terminated.

   1 km · canal · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein

   The Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein is a Baroque palace built in 1703 in Laxenburg, Lower Austria. Initially used as a summer residence, the palace also served as a museum, an educational institute, and a community center.

   400 m · palace in Laxenburg · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Filmarchiv Austria

   The Filmarchiv Austria is an organisation for the discovery, reconstruction and preservation of Austrian film record material: films themselves, literature about film and cinema, or film-related periodicals. With over 260,000 film titles, 2,000,000 photographs and stills, 48,000 cinema programmes, 16,000 film posters, 30,000 books, and an extensive collection of apparatus, documents and costumes, it is the largest such organisation in Austria.

   1.5 km · museum in Austria · Wikipedia

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Getting to Laxenburg

Airports

Vienna (VIE), 17 km · M. R. Štefánik (BTS), 65 km · Graz (GRZ), 138 km

• Feldkirchen bei Graz → Laxenburg

  136 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · €18–25
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• Linz → Laxenburg

  156 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €19–27
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• Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Laxenburg

  223 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · €29–40
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