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Mittersill Castle
Mittersill Castle (Schloss Mittersill) is a medieval castle on the northern side of the Salzach valley above the town of Mittersill in Salzburg, Austria. Historically it served as the seat of the archbishops in Upper Pinzgau and later as a regional court; today the building survives and has been adapted for modern use.
Its prime
1550
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1550
What Mittersill Castle looked like in its prime.
Set on a rocky terrace about 140 m above the Salzach valley, the castle is built in a horseshoe plan opening to the east with a fortified curtain wall to the south. The west façade is marked by two round turrets added in the 16th-century rebuilding, while the southern turret—called the "Witches' Tower"—contains an upper-floor chapel. The complex consists of contiguous stone wings around a central courtyard, pitched roofs and crenellated defensive walls following the hill's contour.
Its story
The story of Mittersill Castle.
The first records of the castle date to the 12th century, when Pinzgau lay under the control of the Duchy of Bavaria and the Counts of Lechsgemünd — subsequently styled "of Mittersill" — decided to establish their family seat here, on the northern side of the Salzach valley some 140 metres above the town.
In 1228 the fiefdom of Pinzgau came under the control of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, and the castle was made the seat of the archbishops in Upper Pinzgau. It served as a regional court for almost the next 600 years — including the witch trials in Pinzgau, which started in the 16th century and continued into the 18th.
In 1880 the castle was auctioned for 4,000 guilders to the grain merchant Anton Hahn, who sold it two years later to Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich; she employed the architect Carl Gangolf Kayser on renovations. The castle enjoyed a very glamorous period from 1935 to 1967 under Baron Hubert von Pantz, and in 2009 it was bought by two local families, who opened a restaurant in 2010 and later turned it into a hotel open to the public.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1550.
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Clans who held Mittersill Castle.
The families that held Mittersill Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Lechsgemünd
The Counts of Lechsgemünd, subsequently styled "of Mittersill", made the castle their family seat in the 12th century.
Larisch von Moennich
Bought in 1882 by Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, who employed Carl Gangolf Kayser on renovations.
