Schloss Fuschl

Schloss Fuschl 'is a castle in Hof bei Salzburg in the Austrian state Salzburg and is located on Lake Fuschl. Built in the style of the Renaissance, it served as a [[hunting lodge]) from the 15th century onwards and now houses a hotel of the five star hotel category.

Location

The castle is located in the cadastral community of Vorderelsenwang of the municipality of Hof near Salzburg in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung, on the west end of the Fuschlsee on a peninsula. The historical, four-storey castle tower rises above the woodland of the peninsula, otherwise the plant can not be seen from afar.

Hunting lock Fuschl

The castle of Fuschl was probably built in the middle of the 15th century during the reign of the Archbishops (1452- 1461) and Cardinal Burkhard von Weißpriach (1461-1466) and served as a hunting lock. However, the precise period of construction is not known. The first written mention of a forster-episcopal hunt dates back to 1545. Under the Archbishop Wolf Dietrich the residence was extensively repaired in 1593 (construction of water pipes, dog stalls for hunting, sheep shed, cleaning). The official of the office Altentann had to teach the bed linen for the announced archbishop. There are & nbsp; a. (1619-1653) from 1624. In 1669, the castle was judged as "well preserved and preserved"; It was inhabited only by the archbishop and his court. In 1704, the Herrenhaus was adapted as an apartment for the huntsman who had previously lived in Herrenkuchl. In 1762 all windows were glazed.

In 1803, the dissolution of the spiritual imperial princes Salzburg resulted in the end of episcopal rule. After five changes of ownership in 1816, Salzburg finally came to the Austrian Emperor Austria, and thus the Schloss Fuschl; It is administered by the Saline Office of Hallein. It deteriorated noticeably, because it was used as a residence for foresters and was not maintained. In 1833, the castle was advertised for auction but found no buyer. Therefore it had to be leased until 1851. In 1864, the shipbuilder from Linz, Michael Fink, who had already acquired possessions from Schloss Rif, bought it. In 1873, his daughter Amalie and her husband Michael Erl, royal-Bavarian Ober-Auditeur (military prosecutor) followed him. It furnished the Schloss Fuschl with a number of paintings and furniture, some of them valuable, but they could not be found since the end of the Second World War. In 1894 came the possession of Colonel Alfred von Erl, who lives here during the summer months. In 1910 the Fritz and Babette Steinbacher couple from Munich followed; Followed by the pair of brothers Eduard and Martin Mayer, Postwirt in Hof. These sold the property 1929 to Gustav Edler of Remiz and his wife Hedwig (a granddaughter of the German Großindustriellen August Thyssen).

In 1939, the Schloss ( Stiftung Haus Fuschl ) was illegally leased to the Foreign Minister of the Reich Joachim von Ribbentrop through the detour of a foundation. When the lawful proprietor, Gustav Edler von Remiz, a friend of Ribbentrop's brother-in-law Stefan-Karl Henkell, protested against the expropriation, he (also because of his active affiliation to the " ) In the concentration camp Dachau, where he died on 29 August 1939.

In 1945 an American soldier's home was established here. In 1947 the first retirement was made to Mrs. Hedwig von Remiz and her co-heirs. At that time, a hotel was also established in the castle. Harriet Countess of Walderdorff led here from 1954 as a tenant a castle hotel. 1959 bought Dr. h.c. Carl Adolf Vogel the castle and invested extensively. By elaborate PR measures he helped the hotel to world fame.

The building stands today under monument protection and was completely renovated between January 2005 and June 2006. The construction costs amounted to around 30 million Euros.