Bergschlößl

Bergschlößl stands in Linz as a baroque house surrounded by a public park. Johann Michael Prunner built the residence for Johann Jakob Mäderer von Ehrenreichscron in the early eighteenth century. Its three floors contain nine rooms, including the Sala Terrena with wall paintings inspired by the palace park. An Art Nouveau winter garden marks the main entrance.

The surrounding grounds began as a botanical teaching path for the Jesuit college Nordico. Today, rare trees, stone figures of Ceres, Flora, and Pan, and broad lawns preserve that eighteenth-century character. An American tulip tree and Asian yews still grow beside the terrace. A careful restoration led by Peter Riepl returned the building to use after years of neglect. The house now hosts receptions, seminars, banquets, weddings, and other gatherings. On 12 September 1784, physics professor Franz Racher launched two unmanned balloons from the park, following the Montgolfier brothers’ experiments in Paris.