Mönchsberg
To the west of the Hohensalzburg fortress in Salzburg extends the Mönchsberg, a ridge almost 2km/1.75mi long, covered with deciduous forest and rising to some 60m/200ft above the old town, with fortifications dating from the 15th-17th C. The shady paths through the trees lead to a number of fine viewpoints. On the northeastern side of the hill will be found the Bürgerwehrsöller (Naturfreundehaus, "Friends of Nature House"), a terrace from which there is a fine view of St Peter's and the Cathedral.
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Above Neumayrplatz is the Cafe Wïnkler, from the terrace there is a magnificent view of the whole of Salzburg. On the southern side of the hill, reached from the Schartentor (gate, 1635) via the Oskar-Kokoschka-Weg, rises the Richterhöhe (508m/1,667ft), with towers belonging to the old fortifications and a monument to the geographer Eduard Richter (1847-1905); there is a superb panoramic view of the surrounding hills. To the north of the Cafe Winkler, above the Klausentor, lies the Humboldtterrasse, a rock platform which also affords panoramic views.
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Mülln
From the Humboldtterrasse on the Mönchsberg in Salzburg you pass down through the Monikapforte (1623), another relic of the old fortifications, into the district of Mülln, with an old Augustinian monastery which was taken over by Benedictines in 1835. The church (consecrated 1453), standing on higher ground, has an Early Baroque interior. The Bräustübl of the abbey has large rooms and a beautiful garden.
