Laxenburg castles
Laxenburg castles are imperial palaces and castles outside Vienna, in the town of Laxenburg owned in equal parts by Vienna and Lower Austria. The castles became a Habsburg possession in 1333 and formerly served as a summer retreat, along with Schönbrunn palace, for the imperial Habsburg dynasty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: building in Laxenburg, Austria
- Also known as: “Schloss Laxenburg” and “Schüsselgebäude”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein and Holy Cross Church.
Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein
Castle
Photo: Stefano Kro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein is a Baroque palace built in 1703 in Laxenburg, Lower Austria. Initially used as a summer residence, the palace also served as a museum, an educational institute, and a community center. Palais Kaunitz-Wittgenstein is situated 180 metres southwest of Laxenburg castles.
Holy Cross Church
Church
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Cross Church is situated 200 metres north of Laxenburg castles.
Museum Laxenburg
Museum
Photo: Funke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museum Laxenburg is situated 300 metres north of Laxenburg castles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Münchendorf and Leopoldsdorf.
Münchendorf
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Münchendorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Münchendorf is situated 4½ km south of Laxenburg castles.
Leopoldsdorf
Village
Leopoldsdorf is a municipality in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Under Nazi rule, it belonged to Greater Vienna from 1938 onwards. Leopoldsdorf is situated 5 km northeast of Laxenburg castles.
Mödling
Photo: Schletz, Public domain.
Mödling is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 15 km south of Vienna. Mödling lies in Lower Austria's industrial zone.
Laxenburg castles
- Categories: English garden and castle
- Location: Laxenburg, Mödling District, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.06674° or 48° 4′ 0″ northLongitude
16.35783° or 16° 21′ 28″ eastElevation
181 metres (594 feet)Open location code
8FWR3985+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1091902877OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Laxenburg castles” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصور لاكسنبورغ”
- Cebuano: “Schloss Laxenburg”
- Chinese: “拉克森堡宮”
- Czech: “Laxenburg”
- Dutch: “Laxenburg castles”
- Estonian: “Laxenburgi lossid”
- French: “châteaux de Laxenbourg”
- French: “Châteaux de Laxenbourg”
- German: “Gesamtanlage Schlosskomplex und Schlosspark Laxenburg”
- German: “Schloss Laxenburg”
- German: “Schlösser von Laxenburg”
- Hungarian: “Laxenburg kastély”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Laxenburg”
- Indonesian: “Kastil-kastil Laxenburg”
- Italian: “castelli di Laxenburg”
- Italian: “Castelli di Laxenburg”
- Japanese: “ラクセンブルク城”
- Japanese: “ラクセンブルク宮殿”
- Russian: “дворцы Лаксенбурга”
- Slovenian: “Gradovi Laxenburga”
- Swedish: “Schloss Laxenburg”
- Ukrainian: “Лаксенбурзькі замки”
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