Bergschlössl

The origins of the site date back to the 15th century, when it was part of the Stockhof, a princely fief. In 1708, the city of Linz acquired the area to extract clay and build a brick shed. The Bergschlössl was built between 1717 and 1718 under the direction of the Linz master builder Johann Michael Prunner, commissioned by the syndic Johann Jakob Mäderer von Ehrenreichscron. A wall with a three-door portal then surrounded the house and garden. The small castle changed hands multiple times, including the Jesuit College Nordicum and noble families such as the Counts of Hohenwart, Thürheim, Weißenwolff, Clam, and Hohenfeld. In the 18th century, murals were created in the Sala Terrena and on the first floor, some of which used the park as a motif.