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title: "Guards' Armory"
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description: Count Joachim Enzmilner and his legacy
date: 2025-02-03
modified: 2026-03-02
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# Guards' Armory

Guards' Armory
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   Windhaag bei Perg, Oberösterreich, Österreich

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 Eva-Magdalena-Straße 7
 4322 Windhaag bei Perg

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 **Count Joachim Enzmilner and his legacy**

 335 years ago, the then Count Joachim Enzmilner, owner of Windhaag Castle, . . .

. . . to use the weapons in the armoury there for possible defence. The associated equipping of a castle guard in 1662 is therefore regarded as the founding year of the resulting citizens' corps. 1785 saw the actual founding of a rifle corps, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on 3 August 1885.

Opening hours by appointment 07264/4255 (Windhaag municipal office)

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 **Guards' Armory**

 Eva-Magdalena-Straße 7
 4322 Windhaag bei Perg

  Phone [ +43 7264 4255 ](tel:+4372644255)
  E-Mail [gemeinde@windhaag-perg.at](#mailto)
   Web [www.windhaag-perg.at](http://www.windhaag-perg.at "New window")
   http://www.windhaag-perg.at

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  **Contact person**
 Gemeindeamt Windhaag bei Perg Waffenkammer der Bürgergarde

  Phone [ +43 7264 4255 ](tel:+4372644255)

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 **We speak the following languages**

German

English

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**May to October Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 11.00 to 17.00**
Outside opening hours by arrangement with the municipality of Windhaag bei Perg (07264/4255)

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 **Accessibility / arrival**By car:
West motorway from Vienna or Salzburg, exit Enns via Mauthausen to Perg and Windhaag

By train:
Train to Perg station, bus connection to Windhaag

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- Toilet facility

 **Service**- Guided tour

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 **General price information**Adults € 4.00
Children € 1.50
Families € 6.00
Groups € 3.00
Church + frescoes € 3.00

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- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for schools
- Suitable for single travelers
- Suitable for friends
- Suitable for couples

 **Season**- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter

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Please get in touch for more information.

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