The old town across the Salzach at night, long exposure
The Old Town Hall at night, photographed from close below with a wide lens
A row of narrow pastel house fronts at the foot of the Mönchsberg, the bare overhanging conglomerate rock face rising directly above their roofs and f
Looking along the narrow Judengasse on a summer afternoon
A dark bronze plaque with raised letters: 'HEXENTURM / HIER STAND EIN BEFESTIGUNGSTURM, IM 16.
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Salzburg After Dark: Witches, Executioners and the Plague

$18.95 per tour

A walk on lit streets through the town’s trials, gallows, plague years and the night the mountain fell. When Salzburg was afraid, who paid for it? History, not horror: real people, named from the records, told with care.

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Phones
2 included, extra phones $2.95 each
Length
About 90 minutes
Distance
About 2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Stops
9
Effort
Easy, almost level, on lit streets
Starts at
The Waagplatz, beside Mozartplatz
Ends at
Wolf-Dietrich-Straße at Paris-Lodron-Straße
Language
English

Content advisory: Contains descriptions of torture and of the execution of children, told without graphic detail.

This is a self-guided smartphone experience. No human guide will meet you.

Start when you want, pause whenever you like, explore side streets, and go at your own pace.

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The stops

  1. The Waagplatz: Where Sentences Were Read
  2. The Judengasse: A Name and Nothing Else
  3. The Old Town Hall: The Room Without a Stove
  4. Universitätsplatz: The Oven Fork
  5. The Bürgerspital: Every Coffin
  6. The Gstättengasse: Two in the Morning
  7. The Staatsbrücke: The Man Nobody Could See
  8. The Linzer Tor: The Executioner’s Book
  9. The Hexenturm: The Plaque

Finding the start

Start on the Waagplatz, the small square beside Mozartplatz in the old town.

Terrain and access

  • Made for the evening, and just as good by day. The route keeps to lit streets.
  • Almost level, with no mapped steps. One gentle climb of about 8 meters in the Linzer Gasse.
  • The stone paving is slippery when wet.
  • Four road crossings, all with lights or crosswalks.
  • Late-night bars along the Gstättengasse.

Tickets

No tickets needed.

Keep going

A bonus after the ending meets the executioner who stood godfather to Joseph Mohr, and it leads into Across the River.

Questions about this tour

Do I have to walk it at night?

No. It is made for the evening, and you can walk it by day too. The route keeps to lit streets.

Is it suitable for children?

It is not made for young children. It describes torture and the execution of children, without graphic detail. For teenagers, parents are the best judges.

Are there steps or hills?

No mapped steps. There is one gentle climb of about 8 meters in the Linzer Gasse, and the stone paving is slippery when wet.

Where does it end, and how do I get back?

At the corner of Wolf-Dietrich-Straße and Paris-Lodron-Straße. The Mirabellplatz bus stops are a few minutes away on foot.

What you get

  • An email from [email protected] with a link and an access code.
  • Use it on your phone or tablet in an up-to-date web browser, no app store needed. There is no account to set up before you start.
  • Download it on Wi-Fi before you go. After that it works offline: audio, text, map and pictures.
  • Your booking includes 2 phones, so two of you can follow along, each on your own. Extra phones are $2.95 each, or a group can share one phone on its speaker.
  • Play, pause and replay every part, skip back and ahead, or change the playback speed. Keep the screen on or tap play at each stop.

How it was made

Every fact in the narration is checked against a cited source, and legends are told as legends. The narration is written from that research. How our tours are made.

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