Stübing Castle

The first documented mention of Stübing occurred in 1130, when Bernhard (Bero) von Stübing, a member of the Traisen family, was named. With the extinction of the free line in the male lineage around 1175, the property likely passed to the sovereign and was subsequently granted to ministerials who adopted the name Stübing. In the early 14th century, the complex came into the possession of the Gradner family, followed by Erasmus Steinwald von Fladnitz, who bequeathed Stübing to his grandson Georg Breuner. The Breuner family shaped the castle for centuries, expanded it, and received a Burgfried in 1453. After various changes of ownership, including the Eggenberg and Sinzendorf families, Gottfried Graf von Dietrichstein acquired the lordships of Stübing and Waldstein in 1730. In the 19th century, after the estate had fallen into disrepair, Count Wilhelm Palffy-Daun von Erdöd had the castle renovated in the Windsor style starting in 1863. In 1960, it was sold to SOS Children's Village Austria and converted for its purposes.