Semmering
Semmering is an alpine pass connecting Lower Austria and Styria. The Semmering railway is a UNESCO world heritage site as it is the first high alpine mountain railway. Wikivoyage
Population 544 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Austria
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Carolus-Denkmal Memorial · 90 m -
Nittner-Gedenkstein Memorial · 90 m -
Carl Ritter von Ghega Memorial · 820 m - Gasthof Berghof Regional · 40 m
- Belvedere Hotel · 170 m
- Hochstraßenmuseum Museum · 300 m
- Hochstraßenmuseum Museum · 680 m
- Hochstraßenmuseum Museum · 870 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Festspiele Reichenau
August
The festival-performances are mostly theatre-plays in German language from Austrian writers around 1900. There are more than 100 performances of four different plays, a few piano recitals and artist's presentations.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Semmering); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.