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with an

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in the

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borough of

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.¹ It is currently privately owned and rented out for a variety of private and public events.

History

Neuwaldegg manor arose from a farmstead acquired by the

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councillor Stefan Agler after the 1529

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. Agler was ennobled to the rank of ''

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'' by the

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emperor Ferdinand I and in 1539 received the title of an ''

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'' of Paumgarten and Neuwaldegg. The present-day palace was built around 1697 at the behest of Count Theodor von Strattmann, most probably according to plans designed by

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, and surrounded by a

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. In 1765 Field Marshal Count

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, confidant of Empress

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and her son

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, purchased the estate. He had the building again enlarged and the English landscape park laid out, one of the first in the

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. It included 17 reed cottages on the ''Hameau'' (

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for "

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") hill to accommodate Lacy's guests, as well as a

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built in 1794 that became his last resting place. When he opened his gardens to the public, they became a popular destination for Vienna day-trippers. Johann Adam Delsenbach 001

After Lacy's death in 1801, the princely Schwarzenberg family bought the palace and the large landscape park, which up to today is called Schwarzenbergpark, featuring two

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s located on the long Schwarzenbergallee avenue, along with a number of statues of

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s. However, the new owners had many art treasures transferred to

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, and over time the building and the gardens fell into a state of general neglect. Neuwaldegg was incorporated into the 17th district of Vienna on 1. January 1892. The

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finally bought the palace in 1951, while the park stretching uphill to the city limits was purchased by the municipal authorities in 1958 and has been redeveloped as a

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al area.

In Culture

The castle was the location for the television film ' from 2012 and ''Zurück ins Leben'' in 2013.

Notes

¹ The address is at XVII. Waldegghofgasse 3.

External links

Neuwaldegg Estate Management
{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Hernals Neuwaldegg