Wagrain Castle

Based on archaeological excavations from 2006 to 2009, it is assumed that the castle was built around 1200. It was first mentioned in a document in 1285. Wagrain belonged to the Lords of Goldegg, who held it as a fief of the Archbishopric of Salzburg. In the dispute over the German imperial throne, Wulfing I von Goldegg sided with King Ludwig of Bavaria in 1322. However, his liege lord, Archbishop Friedrich III of Salzburg, supported the Habsburg Friedrich the Fair. This led to the destruction of the fortresses of Goldegg, Wagrain, and Taxenbach by the Archbishop's troops after the Battle of Mühldorf. Unlike Goldegg, Wagrain was not rebuilt.

After the death of the last Goldegger in 1400, the Hofmark Wagrain first went to his daughter Dorothea and in 1449 to the Archbishop Siegmund von Volkersdorf of Salzburg. He enfeoffed the brothers Wiguleius and Bernhard Gradner with the lordship, but they had to relinquish it again as early as 1463. In 1593, the Welser family was ennobled with the predicate "zu Wagrain". The dense vegetation on the castle hill and the centuries-long use of the ruin as a quarry by the local population had led to only meager remains of the once stately castle protruding above ground level.

As late as 1939, large quantities of stone from the castle area were used for the construction of a swimming pool. The history of the castle also fell more and more into oblivion. However, the archaeological excavations carried out by the Federal Monuments Office between 2006 and 2009 brought significant insights into the building's history.