Lebenberg Castle

Lebenberg Castle is located about one kilometer from Kitzbühel on the 80-meter high Lebenberg hill.

After the Reichertsheimer von Wagrain acquired the castle in 1446, they had a new residential tower built halfway up the hill, which was referred to as Lebenberg from 1500 onwards. Later owners included the Vinsterwalder family (1531–1545), Jänisch (until 1551), Lang von Wellenburg (until 1559), and Ungnad (until 1601). In 1693, Johann Philipp von Lamberg acquired the neighboring lordships of Lebenberg, Münichau, and Kapsbrunn.

In 1885/88, Hugo Graf Lamberg opened one of Kitzbühel's first guesthouses in the small castle. He leased some apartments to the first English winter sports guests. From 1930 to 1961, the Counts Schlick were the new owners, who first ran it as a convalescent home and from 1950 as a hotel. Today, the five-star hotel belongs to the Austria-Trend-Hotel Group. In 2006, the Schlosshotel Lebenberg became the namesake for the Catholic non-dueling secondary school fraternity Lebenberg Kitzbühel.