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... to Schallaburg Castle 3 RE NA I GUIDED TOUR OF C S 2 S People A A SCHALLABURG CASTLE People S N Treasures & T C Explore Schallaburg Castle with all senses Treasures & Cultures L E Cultures E and listen to the stories of its old walls. C R A € 3,50 / person S E OPENING HOURS T S Family offer: free admission for the L T Mon.–Fri. 9 am–5 pm (last admission at 4 pm) E family’s children (aged 6–18) A Sat., Sun. and holidays 9 am–6 pm (last admission at 5 pm) U Duration: ca. 60 min. R Sat. 3 pm TICKET PRICES People A € N Sun. and holidays 10 am Adults 11,00 T Families € 20,00 BOOK YOUR TICKET & GUIDED l € nd Children aged 6 to 18 3,50 TOUR ONLINE: ha Treasures & en € www.schallaburg.at Sieb Families with a Lower Austria Family Pass 10,00 dl © Martina han ben ARCHERY The Lower Austria CARD or Culture Pass © Martina Sie After a brief introduction you can nock entitles you to one free admission. Cultures GROU your arrow, raise the bow, steady your LAY ND GUIDED TOUR OF “THE DANUBE – PEOPLE, TREASURES & CULTURES” P eyes on the target, and shoot away! € 3,50 per person (admission not included) From the Black Sea to 4 € 3,50 / person Duration: ca. 75 min. Mon.–Fri. 9.30 am / 11 am / 2 pm / 3.30 pm Schallaburg Castle 1 EXHIBITION Family offer: free admission for the 1 Sat. 9.30 am / 11 am / 1 pm / 2 pm / 4 pm 2 family’s children (aged 6–18) Sun. and holidays 9.30 am / 11 am / 12 noon / 1 pm / 2 pm / 3 pm / 4 pm Duration: ca. 60 min. Sat. 1.30 pm GUIDED FAMILY TOUR 3 € 3,50 per parent with their own children aged 18 or under (admission not included) 28 Mar. ARCHER Duration: ca. 60 min. Y Sun. and holidays 2.30 pm –– 6 EVENTS 2020 © COMBINED TICKETS T ............................................. o 2–3 May Family Day 08 Nov. 2020 m Admission to Schallaburg Castle and Melk Abbey: adults € 21,00 S on 21 May ................................................. Cider & Culture Admission to Schallaburg and Artstetten Castles: adults € 20,50 8 July–26 August .............. Holiday Fun at Schallaburg Castle CULTURAL PARTNERSHIP 14–16 August .......................... Arts & Crafts Melk Summer Festival, “The Ten Commandments”, June–August 2020 20 September ........................ Culinary Delights 15 % price deduction if you can show a Schallaburg ticket 4 27 September ........................ Memorial Day GETTING THERE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT 26 October ................................... Schallaburg Castle Hiking Day Information on how to reach Schallaburg Castle by public transport 28–29 November .............. Game Day © will be provided on our website www.oebb.at from March 2020. T o 11–13 December .............. Schallaburg Castle Christmas Fair m 6 S BY CAR on 5 West Autobahn A1, exit Melk or Loosdorf SCHALLABURG CARD 2020 FOR € 15,00 - Unlimited free admission to Schallaburg Castle Krems and its events from 28 Match to 8 November 2020 - Bring-a-friend days Melk Schallaburg St. Pölten - Exclusive guided tours Loosdorf Kulturbetriebsges.m.b.H. N 3382 Schallaburg 1 E - 10% price deduction on consumptions at the Linz D castle restaurant T +43 2754 6317-0 R Vienna [email protected] A - 20 % price deduction on exhibition catalogues Infographics © Fuhrer, Vienna G purchased at the box office © E CREDITS: owner and publisher: Schallaburg Kulturbetriebsges.m.b.H.; content: Dominik D a L - transferable to your children (aged 18 or under) for free Heher; exhibition didactics: zunder zwo; exhibition design and graphic design: Groenlandbasel; n ie T visual marketing concept: Gruppe Gut Gestaltung; illustration of Schallaburg Castle: la S - For details on benefits and conditions, visit M Aleksandra Stuchlik; print: Walla GmbH printing house, Vienna; evrrors and omissions at A excepted; prices are subject to change. Find our data privacy statement at ej C © Aleksandra Stuchlik www.schallaburg.at sc www.schallaburg.at/datenschutzerklaerung hek 5 © Alexander Kaufmann From the Black Sea ... The Danube began to carve out its route VIENNA CULTURAL EDUCATION millions of years ago. Today, it is the second Impressive traces of the BRATISLAVA longest river in Europe. Like no other river Middle Ages in Hungary can still SCHALLABURG If you don’t want to take the exhibition trip upriver the Danube stands for the diversity of the be seen at the Danube Bend. on your own, why not take a guided tour with our © Bálint Balassa Museum, photo: European continent and its eventful Orsolya Hórvath cultural education team on a journey that could not history. People have been present on its be more enjoyable and rich in contrast. The trip banks and used it for their purposes for offers interesting background stories about thousands of years. Impressive cultures the objects, provides food for thought and Sounds of Vojvodina – the gusle ESZTERGOM encourages mixing and mingling. TIP: were already emerging along the river in The cultural heritage of the BUDAPEST BOOK YOUR GUIDED the Neolithic Age. Romans used the river different ethnicities in the Danube TOUR ONLINE! region is still alive today. as a border for their mighty empire, and the © Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia Habsburgs as the lifeline of their empire, which was called “Danubian Monarchy” for Saint Nicholas, patron saint of sailors a reason. Like every trip, this one provides FAMILY PROGRAMME Journeys on the Danube were countless impressions. On the way from the not without great danger until well into the 19th century. Black Sea to Schallaburg Castle these impres- Which city do the swans Pavol and Paul find par- Martin Johann Schmidt, also known as sions merge into the colourful mosaic that “Kremser Schmidt”, 1771 (detail) The Danube is beautiful. ticularly beautiful? What can Dino, the absent- © State Collections of Lower Austria still characterises the Danube region today. The Wachau region is an minded Danube newt, tell us about the flora and Sometimes, when I visit the ancient, man-made cultural market in Orșova, the humid landscape with characteristic fauna? Our animal residents on the Danube make Dino, the Danube newt air reminds me of Ada Kaleh wine terraces. the stories of their river accessible to the whole © Karl Thomas / allOver / picturedesk.com The primeval-looking People even today.” family, reveal the secrets of so many treasures, drake can live both in the and have many legends to tell. water and on land. Treasures & Ahmet Engür © Katrin Schubert European sturgeon former resident of the Cultures Until the construction of dams at the submerged island of Ada Kaleh © Jürgen Haberhauer Jürgen © Iron Gates, European sturgeons would © Cornelia Vinzens Chalice made of gold swim from the Black Sea up into Austria. from the Danube © Enno Kleinert / Picture Alliance / picturedesk.com Gold was panned in the Danube until the 19th century. Kilometre 0 – Sulina © Melk Abbey archives Kilometre 2,020 – the World The journey begins. Heritage Site of Wachau Visit the exhibition at Schalla- burg Castle, then depart to the From the Danube’s estuary on the confluence of the headwaters SULINA This postage stamp advertised at kilometre 2,845! Have a nice Black Sea to Schallaburg Castle – the construction of the Friendship NOVI SAD onward journey! Bridge, which has connected © Daniela Matejschek this exhibition takes you on an Bulgaria and Romania since 1954. inspiring journey upriver. © Schallaburg ORȘOVA The deepest spot of the Danube, at 130 metres, Iron Gate You will experience insights into the is located at the Iron Gates. Prince Eugene © Schallaburg BELGRADE history of the Danube region and After the victories of Prince Eugene at Petrovaradin and Belgrade the views of its diverse landscapes in Habsburg Empire rose to become Vinca near Belgrade was once the “Danube Monarchy”. stages rich in variety. People narrate the site of one of Europe‘s Prince Eugene in cuirass, Johann Gottfried most important Neolithic Auerbach, after 1716 © Belvedere, Vienna 1969, about life on the mighty river, while loan from the Friends of the Belvedere and the settlements. Vienna Economic Chamber © Late Neolithic and Eneolithic Collection, extraordinary exhibits create a vivid National Museum in Belgrade picture of its past, present and future. RUSE.