To be privately owned
CastleKlagenfurt am Wörthersee-Annabichl
Annabichl Castle
Annabichl Castle is located in the north of the city of Klagenfurt in the Annabichl district, which is named after the castle. The east-facing main facade overlooks Sankt Veiter Straße, an important Klagenfurt thoroughfare from the north, from a hill approximately 30 meters high.
It was built between 1580 and 1587 by Georg von Khevenhüller for his second wife Anna. The facade was baroqueized in 1755.
It is a three-story building with five window axes facing east. This facade is elaborately designed, while the west facades are very plain. To the south is a baroque chapel dedicated to Saint Anna. It was built after 1774. The castle has a historic terraced garden that extends to St. Veiter Straße. Originally, the garden extended even further to the east.
Owners+
- from construction: Khevenhüller family
- 1690: Jakob von Aicholt
- 1748: Ernst Freiherr von Schneeweiß
- 1757: Count Sobeck-Kornitz
- 1764: Johann Gottfried von Heister
- 1774: Archduchess Marianne, daughter of Maria Theresia
- 1792: Paul von Dietrich
- 1778: Marianne Wawasch and Josef Knauer
- 1806: Josef Schmaus
- 1811: Prince Franz von Rosenberg
- 1887: Josef Pamperl
- 1896: Marianna von Hardy, née Henriquez
- 1958: Lothar Freiherr von Sternbach
- 1960: Austrian Young Workers' Movement (ÖJAB), which transformed it into Europahaus
- Today: Private ownership
The castle is used only privately and is not publicly accessible.
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