Schloss Kittsee

Kittsee Castle is located on the edge of the town center. Surrounded by a park, this Baroque castle is one of the most important sights in northern Burgenland.It was built as a manor farm at the beginning of the 17th century, before it was enlarged and expanded into a castle complex under Johann Listy, who came from Transylvania. Another major renovation took place in the middle of the 18th century, when Prince Paul Anton Esterházy had it rebuilt in the Baroque style. At the end of the 19th century, Prince Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann and his family moved into the castle; he went down in history as the "Doctor of the Poor". Batthyány-Strattmann founded the Kittsee hospital and treated patients there free of charge. In 1969, the castle became the property of the municipality of Kittsee, and a fundamental renovation was subsequently carried out.From 1973 to 2008, the castle housed the Ethnographic Museum, an outpost of the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna.For over 30 years, the Pannonian Forum's concerts have regularly taken place in the castle, establishing the castle as an important cultural venue.