Schloss Hetzendorf
Schloss Hetzendorf is a Baroque palace whose story runs through the Habsburg family—from hunting lodge to dynastic residence, and finally to modern education. It began as a hunting lodge built in 1694, and the palace was refashioned under architect Anton Ospel. In 1743, Empress Maria Theresa enlarged it for her mother, Empress Elizabeth Christine, who lived here from 1743 until her death in 1750. The entrance hall is a defining feature of the building’s interior architecture, linking its 18th-century courtly life to what came next. In 1814, Maria Carolina of Austria—Queen of Naples and a favourite sister of Marie Antoinette—died here. Later, Archduchess Maria Anna, the youngest daughter of Emperor Francis II, lived at Hetzendorf from 1835 until her death in 1858. By 1914, the palace was the birthplace of Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, daughter of Empress Zita, connecting the estate to the final years of the empire. …
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