The baroque Trautenfels Castle is today owned by the municipality of Stainach-Pürgg, and home to the Regional Landscape Museum of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, which ... read more
The History Museum of Styrian Society, part of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, contains the Cultural History Collection and the Multimedia Collection of the ... read more
The Hunting Museum and Agriculture Museum are part of The Universalmuseum Joanneum and both located in Stainz Castle (see separate page on Tripendy). read more
Schlaining Castle was first mentioned in 1271 as "castrum Zloynuk" and owned by the Counts of Güssing. In the 16th century it came into the hands of the ... read more
Pfeilburg Castle, the building of the present museum has at its core, the “Schwartzturm” (Black Tower), which dates back to the thirteenth century and is one of the ... read more
Stainz Castle was constructed in 1229 as an Augustinian monastery by Luitbold von Wildon. The monastery was secularised in 1785 under Emperor Joseph II and became the ... read more
Ottersbach castle, today the perfect wedding venue and other celebrations amidst the beautiful South-Styrian landscape, was built around 1616 by Hans Murn and expanded ... read more
Piber Castle, Bundesgestüt Piber, is since 1798 home to the famous Lipizzan stud, dedicated to breeding the Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School in ... read more
Festenburg Castle, originally a military fortress, has been in the possession of Vorau Abbey since 1616. It got its present outlook in 1700, when it was rebuilt. The ... read more
The Burg Deutschlandsberg is built on a Neolithic site and goes back to the Middle Ages. Today, owned by the municipality of Deutschlandsberg, the renovated castle serves ... read more
The Bamberger Amthof was originally built in the 13th and 14th centuries as the official residence of the representative of the bishops of Bamberg, who hold the lordship ... read more
Schloss Porcia's construction began in 1533, commissioned by Gabriel von Salamanca, and was completed in 1597 according to Italian designs. In 1662 the princes of ... read more
Castle Deutschkreutz was built in 1625 by Count Paul Nadasdy in the style of the Italian Renaissance. It was acquired by the artist Anton Lehmden in 1966 and restored by ... read more
Burg Heidenreichstein, formerly a moated castle, dates back to the 12th century and is entered through two gate buildings, each with its own drawbridge. The castle was ... read more
Castle Rosenburg, first mentioned in 1175, is one of the most impressive and probably best preserved architectural monuments in Austria. Since 1681 it is in the hands of ... read more
The castle of Greillenstein was first mentioned as a fortified castle in 1313. The present building dates from the 16th century and was for a long time was used for ... read more
The Belvedere houses a world famous art collection, which ranges from the Middle Ages, Austrian Baroque, Viennese Biedermeier, Viennese art around 1900, French ... read more
The Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg displays a stunning collection of Secular and Ecclesiastical treasures brought together by the Imperial House of Habsburg, with some ... read more
Lackenbach Palace, a former Seat of the Hungarian viceroy in the seventeenth century, is today a modern nature theme park and museum. read more