Golling Castle is a hilltop fortress in Salzburg province overlooking the Salzach River, with documented origins tracing to 798 as a wooden fortification guarding a vital transit route. Transformed into stone by the 13th century, the castle now houses the Golling Castle Museum, opened in 1971, featuring fossil collections, minerals, historical timepieces, and a notable 30,000-year-old mammoth tusk. The historically-protected castle, owned and administered by the town, has earned multiple awards including the Austrian Museum Seal of Quality for its rotating exhibitions.
