Feste Kufstein

Unlike the town of Kufstein, Feste Kufstein, the castle which rears above it on a precipitous crag, has survived the storms of the centuries relatively unscathed. It can be reached by a covered stepped lane to the right of the parish church or by a lift from the Römerhofgasse. First recorded in 1205, the fortress was considerably enlarged and strengthened after the Emperor Maximilian I captured it from the Bavarians in 1504. The 90m/295ft high Kaiserturm (Emperor's Tower) was built in 1518-22. There is a famous Heroes' Organ (Heldenorgel; 1931) in the Bürgerturm, with 4,307 pipes and 46 stops. The organ is played daily at noon (in summer also at 6pm) in memory of those who died in the two world wars; it can be heard 13km/8mi away. The