Schloss Hof Estate

Schloss Hof and Schloss Niederweiden

Discover two enchanting and truly unique palaces in the Marchfeld region. Your choice to visit one or both of them! Schloss Hof, the bigger one of the places, is ideal for long walks around the estate and captivates visitors with its animal kingdom and petting zoo.  

Schloss Niederweiden is a delightful hunting lodge with an original Barouque kitchen, telling the history of its former occupants. Nowadays it features cooking events and tastings for groups.  

The Location Ticket Schloss Hof Estate offers entry to both palaces.

Schloss Hof Estate - Highlights

Welcome to Austria’s largest rural palatial complex — a place where history becomes a living experience.

Your guests discover three unique worlds at the Schloss Hof Estate: The resplendent palace apartments show how emperor and princes lived—a lifestyle full of brilliance, elegance and imperial grandeur. The artistically planned Baroque Garden captures the creative spirit of the eighteenth century—terraces, fountains and glorious flowers. And on the estate farm visitors take a time trip into the everyday life of past ages: with historically and authentically recreated artisan workshops, theme gardens and rare, old Austrian animal breeds in historical stables.

An all-round experience uniting history, nature and culture — an authentic, living and multifaceted presentation.

• Duration: 120 min

The Hidden Sides of Schloss Hof

Secret passages, historical cellars and mysterious nooks and crannies—this exclusive guided tour opens doors that otherwise remain shut.

Your guests experience Schloss Hof from its hidden side: They step down into the subterranean vaults, explore secret passages and discover rooms that were once reserved for the Baroque aristocracy. A special highlight is the Baroque jewel of the estate—the lovingly preserved chapel with its sacristy, which is still used as ethereally atmospheric setting for weddings. The tour is rounded off in elegant style with a glass of vintage regional wine—served in an entrancing atmosphere and in view of the beauty of the palace.

An experience for all the senses—authentic, exclusive, unforgettable.

• Duration: 60 min

Baroque Country Life at the Estate Farm

Living history—nature, animals & handicrafts as in the days of the Baroque

A trip to the Schloss Hof Estate is a time trip into a world of the past—full of surprises, encounters and experiences for all age groups. Your guests are transported into the fascinating world of the flora and fauna of the eighteenth century: they roam through authentically and historically recreated craft workshops, discover Prince Eugene of Savoy’s historical plant collection and explore lovingly designed theme gardens, just as they served everyday life in the Baroque era. On the estate farm they encounter rare, old Austrian animal breeds, including the famous white Baroque donkeys and exotic Bactrian camels—a spectacular experience and not just for children.

Two interactive adventure paths with play stations challenge them to wonderment, to join in and to acquire insights—ideal for families, school classes and comprehensive generation groups. And to round things off with relish, our own schnapps distillery awaits the visitors. Here, visitors are not only shown how schnapps — plum brandy — used to be distilled, but they can taste it as well. We have an alcohol-free alternative at hand for children and young people.

• Duration: 60 min
   

Prince Eugene of Savoy’s Garden: A Masterpiece of Art and Nature 

On seven terraces Prince Eugene of Savoy commissioned one of the largest and most beautiful landscape gardens of the Baroque era. Your stroll takes you past blooming broderie beds, artistic sculptures and mighty fountains, and to one of the most beautiful orangeries in Europe and its gardens with Mediterranean plants.

• Duration: 60 min

The Niederweiden Hunting Lodge: A jewel of Baroque architecture 

In 1755 Maria Theresa purchased both, the resplendent complex of Schloss Hof Estate and its estate and the small – yet stately – hunting lodge of Niederweiden. Around 1765, she commissioned radical remodelling and extensions. Schloss Niederweiden, a jewel of Baroque architecture, is particularly enchanting, with the joie de vivre of a French chateau de plaisir and the charm of a noble villa in Upper Italy

• Duration: 60 min

Witches' Brews and Flower Beds: A trip of discovery through the gardens of the Schloss Hof Estate

There are seven terraces to wander through at your leisure in the Baroque Garden of Schloss Hof, past around 35,000 flowers and cascades, and at the same time you can find out all kinds of interesting information about stone sculptures, broderie horticulture and fountains.

A tour through the idyllic estate farm brings you to a multitude of visual delights in the shrub beds and rose and herb gardens, where secrets of the ancient lore of herbs are revealed. As a charming final touch you receive your own, specially composed fragrant sachet in the Potting Plant Nursery – a waft of Schloss Hof fragrance to take home with you..

• Duration: 90 min
   

A Relaxing Day in the Marchfeld

What about chilling out on a trip into the countryside where you can visit the palaces of Prince Eugene and Maria Theresa? Enjoy a relaxing day in the Marchfeld region. In the morning you can view Schloss Niederweiden including the historical Game Kitchen from the time of Prince Eugene, have lunch in one of the two restaurants in the Schloss Hof Estate and in the afternoon step into the fascinating world of the Baroque.

The estate farm with its world of animals and themed gardens, the Orangery, the State Rooms in the Palace and a Baroque Garden on seven terraces await with all the thrills of new discoveries. And you can also finish off this wonderful day trip with a guided tour through the Palace or the garden at the Schloss Hof Estate.

• Duration: All-day tour

Special Exhibition – Eugene of Savoy: The Man behind the Prince

15 March - 2 November 2025

The special exhibition 2025 is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Schloss Hof Estate as designed by Prince Eugene of Savoy.

SCHLOSS HOF Estate

Eugene – Networker and Collector

The exhibition section in Schloss Hof spotlights the behind the ballistic rise of Prince Eugene as one of the most influential personalities of the Austrian Baroque epoch. It vividly illustrates the multifaceted aspects of this brilliant networker and manic collector, the hub of an élite circle of friends and artists.t.

SCHLOSS NIEDERWEIDEN

Eugene – Architecture Patron and Visionary

In Schloss Niederweiden, which is itself a jewel of Baroque architecture, the focus is on the Prince’s top architectural achievements. Schloss Hof and its spectacular gardens – Eugene’s last major development project – is presented as an expression of the aristocratic lifestyle and the epoch’s joie de vivre.