Dec 13

Dec 13 "Mozart’s Last Castle" Near Vienna, Austria

Country Living, Europe, For Sale, Historic, Market Watch, Notable

Known as ‘Mozart’s Last Castle’, Schloss Stuppach near Vienna, Austria is accepting bids until December 14, 2023 in an online auction arranged by Michaela Orisich of Austria Sotheby’s International Realty and Concierge Auctions.

Previously listed for €12,000,000 with a pre-sale estimate of €3,950,000–€9,995,000, the historic residence is a part of Sotheby’s Realty ‘Exceptional Global Properties’ sale with Concierge Auctions during New York Luxury Week.

The Austrian castle has a rich history hosting illustrious guests from across Europe, including Emperor Napoleon, composer Franz Schubert, Pope Pius VI, Princess Isabella of Parma and Emperor Franz Stephan von Lothringen.

The 900-year old castle is known as Mozart’s Last Castle because it was here he composed “Requiem in D minor,” commissioned for Count Franz Anton Walsegg to honor his late wife Anna Countess von Walsegg which died at the castle on Valentine’s Day 1791.

The manuscript would be his final work and was completed by his student after his death in 1791. It remained at Schloss Stuppach until 1830 when it entered the Austrian National Library and it is one of the most valuable manuscripts in the world.

Built in 1130 and modified in the 15th and 17th centuries, Schloss Stuppach boasts 50 rooms spread across 27,000 sq ft with 4 bedrooms, 3+5 bathrooms, with historically significant structures like the “Requiem” chapel, the Jardinière and a dungeon.

The current owners purchased Schloss Stuppach in the 90s and restored and transformed the castle into a mecca for Mozart and classical music lovers that has hosted over 160 top-talent concerts and 12,000 attendees from around the world.

Now a world-class attraction and event center for music performances and lectures, the Austrian castle comes with independent business areas such as a club salon, an experience theater, a concert program and a castle shop.

One of the few castles in Lower Austria that’s still in private hands, Schloss Stuppach is set in the small mountain town of Gloggnitz in Lower Austria, a convenient distance from Austria’s capital, Vienna.