Haunted Places in Austria (42)

Explore 42 haunted places in Austria — castles, hotels, churches, ruins and more. Every location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• 🌾 The Devil's Mill on the Wienerberg Vienna The robber knight threw his wife into the mill well. The ground opened — and every midnight he grinds on under the devil's whip.
• 🏚️ Schaunberg Castle Ruin Oberösterreich In Upper Austria's largest castle ruin, two bloodied figures appear among the crumbled walls at midnight.
• ⚰️ Cemetery of the Nameless Vienna In the Cemetery of the Nameless by the Danube the unknown drowned were buried – and in the fog their figures are said to return.
• 🛣️ Pinzgau Road (B311) Salzburg On the Pinzgau road a woman in black stops cars at night – warns of an accident, then dissolves into the dark.
• ⛪ Catacombs of St. Stephen's Cathedral Vienna Thousands of plague dead were tipped into the pits beneath the cathedral — and black shadows are said to move in the oldest passages.
• 👻 Blood Alley Vienna The Templars were cut down here and blood ran down the street. In the cellars beneath the Fähnrichhof, bloodied Templar figures are said to appear.
• ⚔️ The Poor Sinners' Lane at the Goose Meadow Vienna Count the people in the alley before you enter. An even number and you pass safely — an odd one, and disaster finds you within the year.
• 👻 The House at the Skull Vienna The rake ordered a skull to send its mistress to him by night. She came — and only a priest who happened to be present kept her from taking him.
• ⛪ The Ride of the Dead at Heiligenkreuz Lower Austria At midnight the dead soldier fetched his sweetheart on a snow-white horse, calling out: how bright the moon shines, how fast the dead ride.
• 🌾 The Witch's Mill in Hütteldorf Vienna The witch danced in a stone circle by the water and called the spirits. The priest drowned with her got out a curse that came true.
• 🌲 The Wedding Lime Tree in Sievering Vienna The groom threw a bottle at the priest and told him to go to hell. Lightning took the lime tree — the devil took him.
• 👻 The Spectral Cat of the Katzensteig Vienna A poisoner ate her own deadly dish, believed she was a cat and fell from the roof ridge. Since then a great white cat walks the rooftops.
• 🌲 The Lament Tree Vienna Wailing tones came from the lime tree by the leper house at night. The priest who went with a cross was seized by the shadow and vanished with it.
• 🏚️ The Metal Owlet of Rauhenstein Lower Austria The bell founder was forced to cast the bell that would toll at his own son's death. Ever since, the death bell tolls by itself.
• 👻 Doctor Faust and the Little Red Man Vienna In the cellar tavern Doctor Faust swallowed the pot-boy whole — then made the devil painted on the wall leap out alive among the guests.
• 🏰 The Lion's Bride of Neugebäude Palace Vienna Four-year-old Berta led an escaped lion back to its cage and was named the Lion's Bride. On her wedding day she stepped inside one last time. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪ The White Lady of the Scots Abbey Vienna When lights kindle in the cloister passages at midnight, Berta von Rosenberg walks. The white lady's visit has never meant anything but a death.
• 👻 The White Lady of the Theresianum Vienna The white lady stepped in to a fevered pupil — he died soon after. The gatekeeper who merely glimpsed her fell into nervous fever himself. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪ The White Lady of Hernals Vienna Sooner would the bells ring on Good Friday, said Gundl. At midnight a woman in white pulled the bell rope — and Gundl was gone.
• 👻 Hofburg Palace Vienna In the imperial palace the White Lady appeared as a herald of death to the House of Habsburg – and whispers still drift from Sisi's chambers. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Greillenstein Castle Lower Austria At Greillenstein a headless count plays pranks, a white countess watches over her descendants – and the grass grows taller in the executed man's wheel tracks. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Porcia Castle Kärnten Hard-hearted Katharina von Salamanca was cursed by a poor farmer – and is said to haunt the Renaissance castle in Spittal to this day. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Primmersdorf Castle Lower Austria In the baroque manor by the Thaya a white monk appears at night in a blue-yellow glow beside the beds – then vanishes straight through the wall.
• 🚇 Spinnerin am Kreuz Vienna Vienna's gallows stood beside the column for centuries — and the shadow of the condemned is said to lie over the hill still.
• 🌲 The Agnes Spring on the Hunters' Meadow Vienna At the spring people drew circles in blessed chalk against the spirits, waiting for Agnes or Karl to appear at midnight.
• 🌲 The Acorn Warden of the Anninger Lower Austria The spirit guarded the oak for three days to win the girl — but a squirrel ate the acorns. Ever since, the Acorn Warden rages.
• ⛪ The Ghost in the Augustinian Church Vienna Boys ringing the bell met a white man with a threatening raised hand. One broke his foot fleeing; three others fell gravely ill.
• 👻 The Basilisk House Vienna A basilisk hatched from a rooster's egg by a toad lurked in the well — until a baker's boy was lowered with a mirror and let its own gaze kill it.
• 🚇 The Danube Maiden in the Stadtpark Vienna Beneath the Danube lies a palace of green glass where the souls of the drowned are kept captive under upturned earthen pots.
• 👻 The Ghost Castle on the Leopoldsberg Vienna Lights are carried from room to room in the ruined castle's windows — and all go out at once when the clock strikes twelve.
• 👻 Dear Augustin at the Griechenbeisl Vienna In 1679 the bagpiper Augustin passed out drunk, was thrown onto the corpse cart, and woke alive in the plague pit among the dead. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🌲 The Dragon of the Kahlenberg Vienna A bloodthirsty dragon lay in its lair on the hill and struck at everything living, until the Viennese trapped it in planks and smothered it in smoke.
• 🏚️ The Ghost Mill of Siebenhirten Vienna The knight rode out to ask the ghosts their favourite colour. By morning his white helmet plume had turned coal black.
• 👻 The Walking Nuns of the Neudeggerhof Vienna At night nuns ride out of the gateway on white horses, while others silently go about their old chores in the courtyard. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 The Ghost of Rauheneck Lower Austria The ghost in the ruin waits on a tree. Only when its wood becomes a cradle and that child becomes a priest can the spell break.
• 🏯 The Little Castle on Pötzleinsdorfer Straße Vienna Locals called the house simply 'the little castle'. Here a knight murdered his wife — or nuns atoned in the deep cellar vaults.
• 🚇 The Staff in Iron Vienna A locksmith's boy paid three drops of heart's blood for a gate-penny. The little red man was the devil — and ordered the iron ring for Vienna's oak.
• 🛣️ The Wild Ride near Inzersdorf Vienna The farmer helped the carter out of the rut and climbed aboard. The horses' eyes caught fire — four days later he came home in rags.
• 🏰 Walchen Castle Oberösterreich In Walchen Castle a White Lady wanders – the countess who died in 1736 and never left her home. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 The Castle Spirit of Liechtenstein Castle Lower Austria A little grey man moves along the wall at dusk. The castle spirit seeks gold grains and a shining stone inside the hill below. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🌲 The Water Sprite of the Ottakring Brook Vienna The water sprite guarded the spring so fiercely that anyone who came near became vermin — and let one wanderer choose: gnat or spider.
• 🏛️ At the Stinking Worm Vienna A dragon-like beast was found in the cellar, and its stench was so sharp and foul that it gave the whole house its name.

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Austria?

Haunted Places lists 42 haunted locations in Austria, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Austria?

Among the most notable in Austria: The Devil's Mill on the Wienerberg, Schaunberg Castle Ruin and Cemetery of the Nameless.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Austria?

Yes — 9 of the haunted places in Austria are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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