Herberstein Palace

The origins of Palais Herberstein lie in the amalgamation of two bourgeois houses, one of which once housed the mint. After the mint's dissolution, King Ferdinand transferred the building in 1528 to Siegmund von Dietrichstein. Before 1581, it came into the possession of Georg Sigmund von Herberstein, before undergoing further changes of ownership, including the Barons von Thurn and Wilhelm von Gera. In 1602, Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg acquired the property, and after his son Johann Anton acquired the neighboring house, both houses were transformed into a city palace for the Eggenberg family. After the male line of the Eggenbergs died out, the palace passed back to the Herberstein family by inheritance in 1742. Count Johann Leopold von Herberstein then commissioned the Baroque master builder Josef Hueber to undertake a late Baroque style renovation. Heinrich Formentini created the Rococo stucco work and ovens.