Augartenpalais
Palais Augarten grew out of an imperial pastime: for centuries, the forest where this stands—part of the area’s hunting grounds—belonged to Vienna’s rulers before a palace ever existed. Emperor Matthias built a hunting château here in 1614, and Emperor Ferdinand III later added Dutch-style gardens in 1649. Under Emperor Leopold I, the grounds gained a grand Baroque garden in 1677, but during the Battle of Vienna in 1683 Turkish forces used the area as a military base, and the gardens were completely destroyed by the war’s end. In 1688, the hunting château was sold to businessman Zacharias Leeb, who hired Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to build a new palace. The palace was completed in 1692, originally called “Palais Leeb.” It suffered extensive damage in World War II, and later—particularly in the 19th century—it was expanded under Emperor Franz Joseph I. …
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