Loosdorf Castle, Loosdorf, Austria

Originally Loosdorf Castle was built as a fortress in medieval times. It was first officially mentioned in 1320, however, based on certain archived documents it was most likely built already in the 10th century. In the course of the Thirty Years' War and due to a massive fire in 1645 parts of the castle were destroyed. Afterwards the castle changed its owners frequently. In 1740 the Liechtenstein Family became the owner of the castle. Between 1760 and 1810 Emmanuel Duke of Liechtenstein executed a lot of construction and decoration works in and around the castle. Based on its long-standing history the castle shows medieval, classicistic and renaissance elements.

1834 Count Friedrich Piatti acquired Loosdorf castle and moved the family residence and their porcelain collection from Dresden to Loosdorf. They were the first Piatti's who partly lived there. Since then the castle is in the possession of the Piatti Family.

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Norbert B. (2 years ago)
ideal exhibition and event location, cultural center with very beautiful landscape surroundings

Włodzimierz Dębski (2 years ago)
Beautiful castle in private hands.

Markus Rieder (3 years ago)
Nice castle. But privately owned. Therefore hardly allowed access. Otherwise very nice green surroundings. Looks very neat. As far as I know, there is a fee to take photos there. Location is on a slight slope. A forest is right next to it. There is a pond at the foot of the slope. This is freely accessible.

Іваніцька Олеся (4 years ago)
Very nice buildings with long history...must visit!

Robert Breunhölder (8 years ago)
Very good castle tour

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