Enzesfeld Castle

With Vridrich de Engelscalcsesuelede, a document from 1125 in the Klosterneuburg Salbuch refers to an existing manor. The originally water-surrounded castle was probably built around the turn of the 11th to the 12th century.

The Engelsschalksfelder family resided here almost until the middle of the 14th century. After the Enzesfelder family died out, the lordship passed to the Lords of Wallsee, who held it until the end of the 14th century. Ulrich IV bequeathed Enzesfeld to his cousin Bernhard von Pettau. Subsequent owners included Ludwig von Tobar, the Counts Cavriani, and the Barons von Concin. In 1477, the castle was conquered by the troops of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus.

However, it was able to withstand a renewed attack eleven years later. Both in 1529 and 1683, Enzesfeld was devastated by the Turks. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle was expanded into a palace. However, the owners changed rapidly. These included the Counts Abensberg-Traun, Brandis, Hoyos, Colloredo, Zinzendorf, Khevenhüller-Frankenburg, as well as a Princess Montecuccoli. In the 19th century, there was almost a new owner every decade. These were the Barons Braun, Dalberg, Puthon, Widmann, Eskeles, and the Princes Schönburg-Hartenstein.

The heyday of the palace began only in 1880, when it was acquired by Nathaniel Baron von Rothschild. He and his nephew Eugen, who owned it from 1911 to 1963, expanded it and generously furnished the rooms with partly valuable furniture. From 1938 to 1945, the property was expropriated. During World War II, parts of the Wehrmacht and SS troops were quartered here. In the first weeks after the end of the war, the palace served as a Russian hospital. In 1963, Baron Hubert von Pantz acquired the estate. He founded Golfpark Enzesfeld GmbH, which transformed the palace back into a well-maintained country estate. The company has since changed owners several times.