Schloss Neuwaldegg

Neuwaldegg Palace is a Baroque estate with an expansive English landscape garden in Vienna's 17th district, Hernals. The history of the property goes back to 1535, when it was first documented as a country estate. After its destruction during the Second Turkish Siege in 1683, the present palace was built between 1692 and 1697, probably based on designs by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Originally known as the Strattmann Garden Palace, it was later acquired by Field Marshal Franz Moritz Count Lacy, who expanded the grounds into one of the largest parks in Austria. He laid out the country's first English landscape garden, which is still defined today by the Schwarzenbergallee, the Marswiese meadow, and the Neoclassical Moritzruhe temple. The Baroque terraced garden with its Zwergerlgalerie (gallery of dwarf figures) was simplified but kept its historic character. After passing through various owners, including the Schwarzenberg family and the Archdiocese of Vienna, the palace served for a time as an educational center and as the home of a conservatory. Today the listed ensemble is privately owned and forms part of the Hernals–Vienna Woods landscape protection area.