Schloss Fuschl

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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,{{r|rg|p=425}} and a museum holding objects relating to the film Sissi, parts of which were filmed in the castle.{{r|region}}

History

The castle was built in about 1450 by the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, who used it as a hunting lodge.{{r|land}} In 1816 the prince-bishopric of Salzburg was dissolved and the property passed to the Austrian state. It fell into disrepair.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

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.{{cn|date=May 2022}} His property was confiscated, and Schloss Fuschl became the summer residence of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister,{{r|art|page=41}} who used it for diplomatic receptions for Germany's allies. In 1955 the property was restored to the von Remiz family.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

It was made into a hotel in the 1950s,{{r|land}} and is currently part of the Rosewood Hotel Group franchise.

References

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Arthur Mitchell (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=EKe2nFkNFZwC&pg=PA41 Hitler's Mountain: The Führer, Obersalzberg and the American Occupation of Berchtesgaden]. Jefferson, N.C.; London: McFarland. {{ISBN|9780786424580}}>

[https://web.archive.org/web/20210307000822/https://www.salzburg.gv.at/kultur_/Seiten/fuschl.aspx Schloss Fuschl]. Land Salzburg. Archived 7 March 2021.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20220912040215/https://fuschlsee.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430016594/sissi-museum.html Sissi Museum]. Fuschl am See: Fuschlsee Tourismus GmbH. Archived 12 September 2022.

Jonathan Bousfield, Rob Humphreys (2008). The Rough Guide to Austria. London: Rough Guides.

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Category:Castles in Salzburg (federal state)

Category:Hotels in Austria

Category:Economy of Salzburg (federal state)

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