Austria · 19th century
The Deutschmeister-Palais or Palais Erzherzog Wilhelm is a building in Vienna located at Parkring 8.
It was designed in the years 1864–1868 by the Danish-Austrian architect Theophil von Hansen (1813–1891) as a residence for Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827–1894), who at that time was Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (Deutschmeister). The facade of the building includes statues by the Austrian sculptor Joseph Gasser von Valhorn.
From 1938 to 1945 it was the seat of the Viennese SS headquarters, then from 1945 to 1974 it served as the Federal Police Department in Vienna. Today it holds the offices of the OPEC Fund for International Development.
Text adapted from “Deutschmeister-Palais” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deutschmeister-Palais ranks #4,652 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #124 of the 240 mapped in Austria. Founded 1868, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 37 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vienna, 1 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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