Schloss Fuschl

Schloss Fuschl is a castle in the municipality of Hof bei Salzburg, in the Land Salzburg in western Austria. It stands on a peninsula 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.

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 in Dachau, where he died. His property was confiscated, and Schloss Fuschl became the summer residence of Joachim von Ribbentrop, 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.

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Schloss Fuschl ranks #3,025 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #71 of the 201 mapped in Austria. Founded 1450, it is older than 49% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 454 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,506 times in the last 60 days, more than 86% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Salzburg, 16 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.

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