Thierberg, Mountain summit in Tyrol, Austria

Thierberg is a 721-metre mountain in the north of Kufstein, mostly in Tyrol but extending to the Austrian-German border. It is surrounded by the Egelsee, Hechtsee, Längsee and Pfrillsee lakes. On its summit stand the ruins of Thierberg Castle and the Thierberg Chapel beside them.

Thierberg Castle was built around 1280 by the Freundsberg family on the mountain at 721 m above sea level. It later became a popular pilgrimage destination, and the adjacent Thierberg Chapel has been inhabited and maintained by a hermit for centuries. Since the early 2000s, a wooden staircase allows visitors to climb inside the ruin.

The chapel beside the castle ruin is called Thierbergkapelle and has been lived in and cared for by a hermit for centuries. The castle itself, built around 1280 by the Freundsbergers, later became a popular pilgrimage destination, which is why chapel and ruin are visited together today.

Two marked approaches reach the chapel and castle ruin: from Gasthof Neuhaus a Kreuzweg climbs in about 25 minutes, while a forest path from Hechtsee leads via a fork and the Aschau farm to the rear of the ruin. Since the early 2000s a wooden staircase inside the ruin allows visitors to climb to the roof for a 360° view over the Inn Valley.

Since the early 2000s, a wooden staircase inside the Thierberg castle ruin has let visitors climb to a newly built roof, where a 360° panorama of the Inn Valley opens up. The ruin stands at 721 m, and a hermit has long lived at and tended the chapel beside it.