Pfongau Castle

Since the "imperial fiefdom seat or Pfongau Castle" was already very dilapidated in 1727, a demolition and new construction permit was obtained from the archiepiscopal court council. The old castle was demolished down to its foundations. The new Baroque castle was then completed by 1742. In 1738, the Meierhaus (steward's house) and the stables (Pfongau 2, Zipfwirt) were built. In 1841, there were plans to house a branch school of Sieghartstein here.

The castle is a two-story building on a rectangular floor plan. A central risalit with five window axes is indicated, and the facade is concluded by a cavetto cornice. A mansard hip roof covers the building. On the ground floor, the windows are secured with wrought-iron grilles in a diamond shape and provided with simple plaster surrounds. On the upper floor, there are multi-stepped plaster surrounds, connected by a central stone, but in a wave shape above the entrance portal. In the central axis, there is a round-arched portal, surrounded by rusticated rectangular forms. The keystone is a grotesque mask.

The interior of the castle is largely unadorned, as many renovations have been carried out. On the upper floor, coved flat ceilings with curved stucco fields are preserved. Some of these are artistically designed; for example, one contains the coat of arms of the Uiberacker family, and another features the fresco "Finding of the Boy Moses by Pharaoh's Daughter." The panel doors show intarsia paintings and still have the original fittings from 1740. In a southeastern room, the walls are decorated with paintings in rich Rocaille frames. Hunting scenes with the goddess Diana and Endymion are depicted; Josef Beer is a possible creator.

The castle is located near the branch church of Saint Martin, it is privately owned and not open to visitors. Rental apartments are housed in the castle.