Wiener Neustadt - Main Sights

Main Sights

• The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
• Former church of St. Peter an der Sperr, erected in the 13th century and modified in the mid-15th century by the imperial architect Peter von Pusica. Secularized in the 19th century, it is now used for exhibitions.
• The Theresian Military Academy, a 13th century formerly four-towered castle which was later used as residence by Frederick III of Habsburg. The latter had it enlarged and the St. George Chapel built in the mid-15th century: it has notable glassworks and houses the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I. It became seat of the Academy in 1752. Destroyed during World War II, it has been rebuilt to the original appearance.

• Water tower
• Tower of Tortures (early 13th century), now housing a private weapons collection.
• Mariensäule (a plague column at Hauptplatz)
• Church of the Capuchins, documented from the 13th century. Of the original construction today the Gothic choir (late 14th century) and the statues of St. Mary and St. James can be seen.
• The medieval walls, built using part of the ransom of Richard I of England.
• Communal Museum of Wiener Neustadt
• City archives
• Flugmuseum Aviaticum
• Industrial museum
• Hospital museum
• Kurt Ingerl-Gedenkraum

• Mineralogical museum
• Tower museum in the cathedral