Schloss Fuschl is a
castle
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in the municipality of
Hof bei Salzburg, in the
Land Salzburg in western Austria. It stands on a
peninsula
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Etymology
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at the western end of
Lake Fuschl, a glacier lake. It contains a collection of old master paintings, and a museum holding objects relating to the film ''
Sissi'', parts of which were filmed in the
castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
.
History
The castle was built in about 1450 by the
Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, who used it as a
hunting lodge. In 1816 the
prince-bishopric of Salzburg was dissolved and the property passed to the Austrian state. It fell into disrepair.
By the 1930s it was owned by
Gustav Edler von Remiz, who was a supporter of the
Fatherland Front and was imprisoned by the
Nazis
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in
Dachau
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, where he died. His property was confiscated, and Schloss Fuschl became the summer residence of
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ulrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician and diplomat who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. ...
, Nazi foreign minister, who used it for diplomatic receptions for Germany's allies. In 1955 the property was restored to the von Remiz family.
It was made into a hotel in the 1950s, and is currently part of the
Rosewood Hotel Group franchise.
References
Castles in Salzburg (federal state)
Hotels in Austria
Economy of Salzburg (federal state)
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