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KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen / Mauthausen Memorial Erinnerungsstrasse 1 4310 Mauthausen, Austria Tel: +43 7238 2269-0

Opening times

01.03.–26.10.: daily, 09:00 am to 05:30 pm (last entry 4:45 pm)

27.10.–29.02.: Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00 am to 03:45 pm (last entry 03:00 pm), closed Mondays

Closed: Christmas (24.12.–26.12.), New Year's Eve/New Year's Day (31.12.–01.01.)

During the opening times, the bookshop in the visitor centre will assist you.

Our bookshop provides information on the memorial and its educational programmes, brochures, selected literature and audioguides.  

Access to the memorial site is free of charge and possible without registration.

An overview of our tours and educational programmes, including prices, is available here .

We do not advise visiting the Mauthausen Memorial with children under the age of 14.

Visiting the Mauthausen Memorial with dogs or other animals is not permitted.

More information here: Visitor regulations

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From 1938 to 1945, the Mauthausen Concentration Camp was at the centre of a system of over 40 subcamps and was the main site of political, social, racist and anti-Semitic persecution by the National Socialist regime on Austrian territory. Of a total of around 190,000 people imprisoned here, at least 90,000 were murdered.

The task of the Mauthausen Memorial is to ensure public awareness of the history of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its subcamps, the memory of its victims, and the responsibility borne by the perpetrators and onlookers. At the same time it promotes public critical engagement with this history in the context of its significance for the present and future. Therefore it researches and documents the history of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its sub-camps, and empowers its visitors through exhibitions and educational programmes to deal with the history of concentration camps.

It aims at pointing out comparable present day developments, tendencies and processes and to raise levels of awareness, in particular surrounding issues such as the reactivation of National Socialist ideology, anti-Semitism, racism, minority discrimination and anti-democratic activities.

Thus, the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial is a former crime scene, a memorial site, a cemetery for thousands of people murdered here and a place of historical-political education.

Tour procedure:

From Vienna, a certified guide will accompany you to Mauthausen and explain the most important information about Austrian history and the Second World War on the way to the memorial. On site, pedagogically trained mediators of the memorial take care of the participants.

The tour will be held in English and will take place mostly outdoors. Please come dressed according to the weather.

Bus tours to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial will take place every Sunday from March 23, 2024.

Drinks and snacks will be available for purchase at the bistro of the Memorial.

The minimum age is 14 years. Younger children cannot participate.

We ask for your understanding that visiting the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial with dogs and other animals is not permitted.

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Mauthausen Concentration Camp – tickets, prices, timings, what to expect

The Mauthausen Concentration Camp traces its origin to 1938, when it was founded as a Nazi concentration camp by Hitler.

This site transports you back to when Austria was in the clutches of dictatorship and slavery, and forced labor became very common. 

The camp housed workers who usually worked in mines,  quarries, munitions factories, arms factories, and plant assembling.

There is so much to know and learn at the  Mauthausen Concentration Camp that we recommend you visit this site, which echoes bone-chilling stories of inmates.

In this article, we’ll share everything you should know before booking tickets for Mauthausen Concentration Camp, from what one can expect at the exhibition to opening hours and many more!

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The Mauthausen Austria Concentration Camp tour is almost a full-day tour with significant history lessons. 

From the meeting point (mentioned on the ticket), board air-conditioned tour vehicles that will take you to Vienna. 

During the bus journey, keep your ears out and hear your tour escort’s stories about the Mauthausen Memorial. 

Soak in mesmerizing views of Lower and Upper Austria from the comfort of your seats.

Upon arrival at Mauthausen Memorial & Museum, grab your audio guide and embark on a self-guided tour. 

Explore the SS Quarters, the Gas Chamber, the Wiener-Graben Quarry, the Prisoners’ Barracks, the Stairs of Death, Camp Prison, and the Mauthausen Museum.  

After the tour, stop at your own expense for lunch at a local restaurant. 

After lunch, board the vehicle to drop you off at the Vienna State Opera House in downtown Vienna.

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Tickets for Mauthausen Concentration Camp are available online or at the attraction.

Online ticket prices tend to be cheaper than tickets at the venue.

When you buy online, you can avoid the long queues at the attraction’s ticket counters.

Because Mauthausen Concentration Camp memorial sell a limited number of tickets, during peak days they may sell out.

So booking early helps avoid last-minute disappointment.

Go to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp ticket booking page, select the number of tickets and date, and buy the tickets.

Tickets get delivered to your email address after the purchase.

There is no need to get printouts of the ticket.

You can show the e-ticket on your smartphone when you arrive at the meeting point and get on the bus for a long day trip to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp.

A Mauthausen Memorial & Museum ticket costs €148 for all visitors below 99 years. 

The bus/coach starts at 8.30 am from the meeting point.

With this ticket, you get admission to the Mauthausen Memorial & Museum and an audio guide available in many languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Russian, and Hungarian). 

The ticket includes transportation to and fro from Vienna in air-conditioned vehicles, ensuring full comfort. 

On your way to the museum, look through your windows at scenic views. 

Ticket Cost: €148

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The Mauthausen camp is located in Mauthausen, 9 miles (15 km) east of Linz on the Danube.

You can arrive at Mauthausen Concentration Camp via train, bus, or car. However, we strongly suggest traveling by your personal vehicle or renting a cab. 

Address: Erinnerungsstraße 1, 4310 Mauthausen, Austria. Get Directions

The Mauthausen train station is within 3 miles (5 km) from the memorial.

The camp is just a short walk from Mauthausen OÖ Gedenkstätte/Memorial (Bus No. 361) bus stop.

The Mauthausen OÖ Linzer Straße/Wasserwerk (Bus No. 360, 361, and 366) is approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) walk away from the camp. 

You can either take a 20-minute walk or rent a cab to reach the site. 

If you’re traveling by car, turn on Google maps and get started.

Click here to view the nearby car parking lots. 

The timings of Mauthausen Concentration Camp vary based on the season of the year.

From March to October (Summer), you can visit from 9 am to 5.30 pm, with the last entry at 4.45 pm.

From October to February (Winter), the tours are available from 9 am to 3.45 pm, with the last admission at 3 pm.

The memorial site remains closed on Mondays, Christmas, and New Year. 

The Mauthausen Concentration Camp journey begins at 8.30 am, and you should be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the bus. 

If you arrive late, you will miss the tour!

The Mauthausen Concentration Camp tour takes eight to nine hours. 

The to-and-fro journey from the meeting point to the museum is about five hours, and the Mauthausen Memorial & Museum tour lasts three hours. 

So when you are planning for the tour, reserve the whole day. 

Here are some frequently asked questions about Mauthausen Concentration Camp.

Mauthausen Concentration Camp Tickets are available online or at the attraction. 

Though the site is very educational, bringing kids here may not be a good idea as they’d hardly understand the historical aspects of the tour.  

The parking area is next to the Memorial and main office and food area building. The parking is free. 

Yes, the toilet is located in the Visitor Center.

Guests are allowed to eat only in the Visitor Centre, the Bistro, the break room of the former Administration Building, and the visitor spaces of the former Infirmary.

Yes, visitors can light candles, but they can only be lit next to the memorial monuments and gravestones. 

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On August 8, 1938, just a few weeks after the Nazi occupation of Austria, prisoners from the Dachau, concentration camp near Munich, were transferred to the Austrian town of Mauthausen, near Linz.

They were brought to the rock quarry there, known as the “Wiener Graben”, where they began to build the granite fortress-prison of the main camp, mostly with their blood, bodies, bare hands and backs. It was known as the “mother camp” for all of Austria, comprising some 49 sub-camps.

Between Aug. 8, 1938 and May 5, 1945, about 195, 000 persons, men and women, were forced into these camps.

Most of the people were imprisoned under the Nazi “protective custody” laws, that is, they were consider dangerous to the Third Reich of Germany and Austria, and therefore, these two nations, now joined, had to be “protected” from these people because of their racial origin, nationality, political affiliation or religious belief.

It should be noted that Austria contributed more volunteers for the SS, per capita , than did Germany.

The Mauthausen camp was one of the most infamous in the entire Nazi alternate universe of human destruction. Many people, most of whom were innocent of any crimes, were tortured to death in its rock quarry, and in the tunnels of Mauthausen-Gusen, the most infamous of the sub-camps.

The policy of death through work was instituted by Chief of SS, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler. Prisoners were to be given only the most primitive tools, and also, whenever possible, they were to work with their bare hands.

This policy was known as “Primitivbauweise”. In Mauthausen it resulted in a harsh, stone world, deprived of any human kindness and compassion.

It is there today still… sitting on a small mountain-top in the astonishingly beautiful and bucolic Austrian countryside, maintained by the Austrian government.

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Mauthausen Concentration Camp Memorial Day Trip from Vienna

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Mauthausen concentration camp in Upper Austria was one of the largest labour camp complexes in the Third Reich. Between 1938 and 1945 about 200,000 people from all over Europe were imprisoned in Mauthausen. About half of them lost their lives. Today, Mauthausen Memorial stands as a reminder of the darkest days of Austria’s history.

Become acquainted with the history of Mauthausen Memorial during the 2-hour ride from Vienna. Listen to your guide explaining the historical context and learn about life at Mauthausen concentration camp before its liberation in May 1945. Upon arrival at the Memorial explore the preserved historic premises at your own pace with audio-guides (available in 11 major languages). See the Wiener-Graben quarry, the Stairs of Death, the SS-Quarters, the Camp Prison, the Gas Chamber and visit the newly re-opened Mauthausen Museum.

Heading back to Vienna stop at a local restaurant for lunch (own expense). Your tour concludes at the Vienna State Opera House.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Tour start: 8:30am
• Meeting point: Tourist-Info Wien, Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna (Google Maps)
• Duration: 8.5 hours
• Group size: max. 35 people
• Tour language: English
• Guided Tour to Mauthausen Memorial from Vienna
• Roundtrip Transportation to and from Vienna
• Accompaniment by friendly english-speaking tour escort
• Free admission to Mauthausen Memorial
• Self-guided tour of the camp with audio-guides (available in English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish)
• Hotel pick up & drop-off

ADDITIONAL INFO

• This tour is not recommended for children aged 13 and under
• Guaranteed departure with a minimum of 4 people
• Wheelchair & stroller accessible

CANCELLATION POLICY

• You can cancel your tour up to 24 hours before tour start free of charge, receiving a full refund.
• No refunds will be provided for later cancellations and no-shows.

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Reviews (201).

I went with my rather mature 11 year old son, and we found this tour to be very good. Our tour guide was wonderful, compassionate, and informative. While I understand this tour is not appropriate for younger kids, it was appropriate for my child and important history for us to learn.

Excellent trip great tour guide and bus driver. Very professionals and polite. The tour was very interesting and impressive. Something very amazing to never let us forget about the terrible things that happen there. If you have the opportunity this is your sign for it!

The bus was comfortable, the guide there was engaging, and the guide through the camp was outstanding. She had many thought provoking questions instead of just reciting facts. Well worth the trip.

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