Schloss Fuschl

Schloss Fuschl is a castle in the gemeinde of Hof bei Salzburg, in the Land Salzburg in western Austria. It stands on a peninsula at the western end of Lake Fuschl, a glacier lake. It contains a collection of old master paintings,^[1]: 425 and a museum holding objects relating to the film Sissi, parts of which were filmed in the castle.^[2]

History

The castle was built in about 1450 by the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, who used it as a hunting lodge.^[3] In 1816 the prince-bishopric of Salzburg was dissolved and the property passed to the Austrian state. It fell into disrepair.^{[citation needed]}

By the 1930s it was owned by Gustav Edler von Remiz, who was a supporter of the Fatherland Front and was imprisoned by the Nazis in Dachau, where he died.^{[citation needed]} His property was confiscated, and Schloss Fuschl became the summer residence of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister,^[4]: 41 who used it for diplomatic receptions for Germany's allies. In 1955 the property was restored to the von Remiz family.^{[citation needed]}

It was made into a hotel in the 1950s.^[3]

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