Schloss Niederweiden

Schloss Niederweiden can look back on a long history. In 1685, Ernst Rüdiger Graf von Starhemberg took over the dominion of Engelhartstetten with the village of Niederweiden. Around 1693, Graf von Starhemberg commissioned the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to design a small hunting lodge not far from the dilapidated village of Niederweiden. In 1726, Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired the Engelhartstetten estate with the castle, which was referred to in contemporary sources as "Jagdschloss Engelhartstetten" (Hunting Lodge Engelhartstetten), from the widow Maria Josepha Gräfin von Starhemberg for 177,000 guilders, and combined it with the Hof dominion. After the death of the art-loving field marshal in 1736, his niece Anna Victoria of Savoy-Soissons inherited both castles and gave them two years later to her Thuringian husband Joseph Friedrich of Saxe-Hildburghausen on the occasion of their marriage. In 1755, Maria Theresia acquired both castles for 400,000 guilders and gave them as a gift to her husband. The imperial couple only had 10 years together to use these properties, among other things, for hunting. With the death of Maria Theresia, Niederweiden gradually began its decline. Successively, individual pieces of furniture were transferred either to Schloss Hof or to Vienna. On the occasion of the Lower Austrian State Exhibition in 1986, titled "Prince Eugene and Baroque Austria," extensive restoration work also began at Schloss Niederweiden, which saved the castle from final decay and still makes it a popular excursion destination for visitors today.

Opening hours & season

• 14.03.2026 – 01.11.2026daily10:00–18:00