--- title: Hartheim Castle url: "https://www.donauregion.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/401062/hartheim-castle.html" description: Back in 1898 the Renaissance-style Hartheim castle was made over to the Upper Austrian Provincial Charity Association and was adapted to suit the needs of physically challenged people. date: 2024-11-06 modified: 2024-11-06 --- # Hartheim Castle Hartheim Castle ================= Alkoven, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204737/0AF03A4BEDA9A7A5EFC609D8901E490D9CA65C705241C2A785FC1F7715317F5E/ausstellung-wert-des-lebens.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204738/0417FBBE9A26CE5CFC8F7F9E2442CB5B9F6837C574A6F67D61C10495B66CF2F4/schloss-hartheim.jpg) © Open copyright © Sigrid Rauchdobler Close copyright [ ![Learning and memorial site at Hartheim Castle in Alkoven: In the centre of the room is a large, three-dimensional construction with different coloured elements. Information boards with text and graphic representations hang on the walls. The windows allow plenty of natural light into the room.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204737/0AF03A4BEDA9A7A5EFC609D8901E490D9CA65C705241C2A785FC1F7715317F5E/ausstellung-wert-des-lebens.jpg "© Sigrid Rauchdobler") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204737/0AF03A4BEDA9A7A5EFC609D8901E490D9CA65C705241C2A785FC1F7715317F5E/ausstellung-wert-des-lebens.jpg) © Open copyright © Verein Schloss Hartheim Close copyright [ ![Schloss Hartheim learning and memorial site in Alkoven: A multi-storey building with towers and a red tiled roof can be seen on a green area surrounded by trees. There are several bicycle stands in front of the building.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204738/0417FBBE9A26CE5CFC8F7F9E2442CB5B9F6837C574A6F67D61C10495B66CF2F4/schloss-hartheim.jpg "© Verein Schloss Hartheim") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204738/0417FBBE9A26CE5CFC8F7F9E2442CB5B9F6837C574A6F67D61C10495B66CF2F4/schloss-hartheim.jpg) 1. 2. Schloßstraße 1 4072 Alkoven [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Schlo%C3%9Fstra%C3%9Fe%201%2C%204072%20Alkoven "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Schlo%C3%9Fstra%C3%9Fe%201%2C%204072%20Alkoven "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.28102912&lon=14.11382335&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-osm-summer-original&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) Back in 1898 the Renaissance-style Hartheim castle was made over to the Upper Austrian Provincial Charity Association and was adapted to suit the needs of physically challenged people. Since the 1950s Hartheim castle has been used as a residential building. A couple of years before, in 1939, the Upper Austrian Provincial Charity Association was expropriated and dissoluted in order to turn the castle into an extermination site for the T4 and 14f13 euthanasia programs. T4 was the code name for the euthanasia program concerning handicapped and ill people, whereas 14f13 stood predominantly for the killing of the physically and mentally ill inmates of the Mauthausen and Dachau concentration camps. Those people were sent to the Hartheim gas chambers and their bodies were burnt. The permanent exhibition "The Value of Life. Memorial - Learning - Understanding." portrays the destinies of people during World War II and takes a closer look at the zeitgeist and the sociopolitical dimension of those extermination campaigns. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Hartheim Castle** Schloßstraße 1 4072 Alkoven Phone +43 7274 6536 - 546Show no. E-Mail [office@schloss-hartheim.at](#mailto) Web [www.schloss-hartheim.at/](https://www.schloss-hartheim.at/ "New window") https://www.schloss-hartheim.at/ --- **Contact person** Mag. Florian Schwanninger Phone +43 7274 6536547Show no. --- **We speak the following languages** German English Spanish Italian [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ The exhibition "The Value of Life. Memorial - Learning - Understanding." is open spring to autumn: Mondays and Fridays: 09:00am to 3:00pm Tuesdays to Thursdays: 09:00am to 4:00pm Sundays: 10:00am to 5:00pm Closed on Saturdays **Closing day**- Saturday [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Parking**- Parking space: 80 - Parking area for disabled: 2 - Bus parking space: 3 [ Equipment ](#ttgCollapseAusstattung) ---------------------------------------- - Toilet facility - Food and drink available **Service**- Shop - Guided tour [ Prices ](#ttgCollapsePreise) -------------------------------- **Discounts (Age-related / Groups)**- Children [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - All weather - Suitable for groups - Suitable for schools [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. 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