Top 12 Castles around Schörfling am Attersee

The impressive 130-meter-long wooden bridge leads visitors directly to the picturesque Ort Castle, which sits on a small island in Lake Traunsee. With its remarkable Renaissance arcaded courtyards, the castle attracts numerous tourists year after year who want to discover the history and beauty of this place. Since 1995, the castle has belonged to the municipality of Gmunden, which maintains it with great dedication and preserves its historical splendor. The castle's history is as fascinating as it is multifaceted; in 1915, it was transferred from the estate of Johann Orth to the state forestry service. Over the centuries, Ort Castle and the Ort estate changed hands several times, resulting in an interesting cultural heritage. This eventful history makes Ort Castle a significant part of the region, captivating visitors both culturally and architecturally.

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On May 9, 2016, the castle was severely damaged by a fire in the roof truss. The renovation will take some time. Seat of power as early as the 13th century. Today's appearance after reconstruction in 1842 by Archduke Maximilian Habsburg d'Este, a grandson of Maria Theresa (burial place in the cemetery). The chateau passed to a Bourbon line by inheritance. In 1971, Prince Carlos Hugues de Bourbon donated the castle to the municipality of Altmünster. Current owner: The state of Upper Austria, which set up a hospitality vocational school here (1986). The castle park with its unique botanical specimens and the rose garden is worth seeing. The mighty castle has two courtyards and is a product of generous conversions and extensions. The front courtyard is surrounded by three wings of the castle, is also surrounded by a wide wall and is one of the treasures of the castle. In its center is a stone, octagonal well with carved coats of arms and a stone central column. The facade of the right wing is not decorative, whereas the left wing is more loosened up by supporting pillars. The two upper floors of the central wing have glazed arcades. In the middle a slender clock tower with a cornice gable. Impressive is the rear facing the lake, which has 75 windows. It also has a portico with architrave and pointed gable, based on the classic Greek model. The park, which extends to the Traunseebundesstraße, is also tailored to the imposing facade of this castle.

With the appointment of the Schaunberger as bailiffs in 1249, the name Kammer appeared for the first time with Haidfalk von Chamer (Hæidfolcho de Chamer). A castle chamber is mentioned for the first time in 1260. This "Veste Camer im Adersee", later Schloss Kammer, was expanded on a small island in the lake by the Schaunbergers to become the administrative center of the Attergau. In the "Schaunberger feud" between the Habsburg Duke Albrecht III and Count Heinrich von Schaunberg, Reinprecht II of Wallsee conquered the moated castle in 1380. On the occasion of the peace treaty of 1383, the Schaunbergers were forced to sell Kammer to the duke. The now princely Attergau estates of Attersee/Kogl, Frankenburg and Kammer were pledged. As early as 1383, the governor of Upper Austria, Heinrich IV von Wallsee, was the first pledgee. The Jörger family followed in 1483 and from 1499 it was the Lords of Polheim. In 1540, the rich Hanns Hofmann, Baron of Grüenpüchel and Strechau, bought Kammer as free property, and in 1570 Kammer was bought back by the Habsburgs. To cover debts, Emperor Rudolf II finally had to sell the dominions in 1581 to his chamberlain and ambassador to Spain, Hans Freiherr von Khevenhüller. He was made a count in 1593. His three dominions, Frankenburg, Kogl and Kammer, now formed the County of Frankenburg. The moated castle, which could only be reached via a drawbridge, was significantly enlarged between 1622 and 1649 (construction of the knight's hall). Source: www.atterwiki.at

The Seeschloss Kammer is privately owned and can only be viewed from the outside!

In this castle is the boarding school of the opposite vocational school for cooks and waiters

The Seeschloss Ort is located on a small island, which is connected to the Tuscany peninsula by a 120 m long wooden bridge. It is Gmunden's landmark. Until a few years ago, the spelling "Orth" was common. On the left side of the inner courtyard, various high water marks are drawn, according to which the flood in 1594 in the Seeschloss Ort had reached a height of 2.97 m and thus the top step of the ambulatory. The small palace chapel is dedicated to Saint James. The castle tower, behind which the much smaller church tower almost disappears, bears the year "1092". The altarpiece depicts the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, attended by James the Elder, the patron saint of the church.

Until a few years ago, the spelling "Orth" was common.