Schloss Wilhelminenberg
Schloß Wilhelminenberg—“Wilhelminenberg Castle”—begins not as a grand palace, but as a hunting lodge. In 1780, Prince Dmitri Mikhailovich Galitzin, the Russian ambassador in Vienna, bought wooded land uphill of the then village of Ottakring and had a small Jagdschloss erected, quickly famous for its social gatherings. The estate’s shape changes repeatedly: by 1824 the original building lay in disrepair, and ownership moved to Prince Julius de Montléart and his wife Princess Maria Christina of Saxony. In 1838, two side wings were added. Later, after Julius’ son Moritz de Montléart acquired the property, the castle was named “Wilhelminenberg” for his wife Wilhelmine, known for her charity—earning her the title the “Angel of Ottakring.” Their deaths came in 1887 and 1895, after which they were laid to rest in a neo-Gothic mausoleum near the castle. …
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