Trauttmansdorff Palace

The origins of Palais Trauttmansdorff date back to 1525, when one of the two houses in Bürgergasse, which would later form the palace, was already owned by a lady from the Trauttmansdorff family. The second house was acquired in 1614 by Sigmund Friedrich von Trauttmansdorff, who subsequently had the two buildings merged into a city palace between 1615 and 1620. Following Count Alois Trauttmansdorff's purchase of Palais Herberstein, Palais Trauttmansdorff became the largest city palace in Graz. Around 1720, the late Renaissance facade underwent a Baroque transformation. In 1850, an interior renovation was carried out by master builder Georg Lindner, after which the palace was rented out. A bomb hit during World War II on November 1, 1944, destroyed one wing.