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Schloss Schönborn

Schloss Schönborn is an early 18th-century Baroque palace in Göllersdorf, Lower Austria, built for Friedrich Carl von Schönborn and designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. The three-wing complex retains a formal garden, an orangery ensemble and a chapel; after damage in the 20th century it has been restored and today houses a golf club and restaurant while remaining in family ownership.

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First raised

1712

Its prime

1716

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1716

What Schloss Schönborn looked like in its prime.

A three-wing Baroque country palace with a broad central risalit topped by a curved pediment and coat of arms, flanked by lateral wings. Two-storey façade: pale ochre upper walls with green wooden shutters above a white rusticated piano nobile; a tiled hipped roof with small dormers and chimneys. A balustraded roofline punctuated by classical statues, a central columned entrance with a small balcony, and formal forecourt leading into extensive parkland and an orangery pavilion nearby.

Its story

The story of Schloss Schönborn.

Schloss Schönborn at Göllersdorf in Lower Austria was built in the early eighteenth century for Friedrich Carl von Schönborn, imperial vice-chancellor, to designs by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, replacing the medieval Mühlburg castle and incorporating elements of its structure. In 1710 his father, Melchior Friedrich, Count of Schönborn, had acquired the estates of Göllersdorf, Mühlberg and Aspersdorf from Franz Anton von Bucheim, the last Count of Puchheim and then Bishop of Wiener Neustadt — after which the buyers styled themselves Schönborn-Puchheim, later Schönborn-Buchheim.

Göllersdorf served chiefly as Friedrich Carl's summer residence: he lived in Vienna, where from 1717 to 1719 he had the Secret Court Chancellery — now Austria's Federal Chancellery — built as his official residence, before leaving for his principalities to complete the Würzburg Residence and build Werneck palace. Having no son, he passed the Austrian majorat to a cousin's son, Hugo (1739–1817).

The three-winged palace, with its formal garden, orangery ensemble and chapel, suffered significant damage and looting during the Russian occupation after the Second World War. Since restored, it now hosts a golf club and restaurant while remaining in the ownership of the Schönborn family.

Step inside

11 places to explore in 1716.

The record describes 11 distinct spots at Schloss Schönborn — including 5 interiors: sala terrena (ground-floor hall), palace chapel, library and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.

Forecourt approach and central entranceCentral risalit and balconyInner courtyard (former Mühlburg core)Outer courtyard and gateway buildingsSala terrena (ground-floor hall)Palace chapelLibraryMain staircase and piano nobileOrangery pavilion and courtyardsNorthern park and Chinese pavilion on islandSt. John Nepomuk Chapel (park edge)

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