Hofmannsthal Castle

The Hofmannsthal-Schlössl, formerly Maria-Theresien-Schlössl and Fuchsschlössl, is a small castle in the 23rd Viennese district of Liesing.

The Hofmannsthal-Schlössl is located at Ketzergasse 471 in the Rodaun district. The baroque complex consists of a two-story manor house and a likewise two-story annex (Stöckl) with a gate wall in between, behind which a rectangular courtyard extends.

There, a Biedermeier open staircase leads up to the manor house. The stage designer Alfred Roller designed its vestibule at the beginning of the 20th century. The manor house has stucco ceilings from the 18th century and is furnished with wall paintings in the style of Johann Christian Brand, Louis-seize furniture, and several portrait paintings from the 18th century. On the ground floor of the annex (Stöckl) there is a chapel with a barrel vault with lunettes.

The building was erected in 1724 for Prince Trautson. Maria Theresia of Austria bought it a few years later and gave it to her confidante and chief court mistress Countess Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard. For these reasons, the small castle was also known as Maria-Theresien-Schlössl and Fuchsschlössl. After the death of the Countess, the estate changed hands several times.

In 1901, the newly married Viennese writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal rented a room in the Schlössl. Hofmannsthal lived here until his death in 1929. His wife Gerty continued to live here until she had to flee to England in 1938 after the annexation of Austria. The next resident was the National Socialist regional poet Maria Grengg, who lived in the Schlössl from the early 1940s until her death in 1963.

In 1988, the Hofmannsthal-Schlössl was restored. It can be visited by prior arrangement.