Schloss Kittsee was built as a meierhof early 17th century and later in that century transformed into a palace by Johann Listy, who came from Transylvania. In the middle of the 18th century it was rebuilt as a Baroque palace by Prince Paul Anton Esterhazy, whereas at the end of the 19th century it became the home of Prince Ladislaus Batthyany-Strattmann, the ''doctor of the poor''.