Engelhof Castle

Engelhof Castle (also known as Nunzinger-Schlössl) is located in the Ennsdorf district of the statutory city of Steyr (Haratzmüllerstraße 66-68).

The building is first mentioned in documents in the 13th century as a farm on the Ennsleiten or as an estate on the Graben. At the beginning of the 16th century, it was owned by the Engel von Wagrain family. The name Engelhof presumably derives from this family. From 1543 onwards, the owners are known almost without interruption. From 1543 to 1561, the Zuvernumb family owned the castle, and until 1604, the Strasser family. Engelhof was elevated to a noble seat in 1625.

In the 17th century, the owners included Georg Henkel von Donnersmark (1604–1622), followed by: the iron master and supreme chamber count of the Hungarian mining towns Johann von Wendenstein (Kerzenmandl) zu Prandtenberg (1622–1629), Ignaz Marienbaum von Homberg (1629–1659), Paul Panz (1659), Petrus von Aichen (1659), iron master Gottlieb Schröffl von Mannsberg (1659–1676), Countess Anna Maria Lamberg (1676–1682) and the municipality of Steyr (1682). From 1682 to 1773, the castle belonged to the Jesuits. After the dissolution of the order, Engelhof returned to the city of Steyr. The city sold the building in 1778 to Josef and Rosa Rienzhofer, followed in 1790 by Josef and Anna Rienzhofer. In 1837, Johann Nutzinger acquired it from Rienzhofer's widow. Franziska Schallmann (1849–1859) and Johanna Nutzinger (1859–1880) followed. Then Engelhof came to Franziska Haas (1880–1887). In 1887, the timber merchant Carl Reder acquired the estate, followed in 1925 by Josef Reder. Even today, the castle is still owned by the Reder-Hrad family.