Altkettenhof Castle

Altkettenhof Castle

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Altkettenhof Castle

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Location: Schwechat, Vienna Surroundings, Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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Intertronic und Sonja 🎄🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

December 23, 2022

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Altkettenhof Castle was rebuilt as the family seat of Anton Dreher II at the beginning of the 20th century. The location of this building, which is still imposing today, can look back on a long history.

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Intertronic und Sonja 🎄🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

December 23, 2022

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In 1957, as a result of the suppression of the popular uprising in Hungary the previous year, Altkettenhof was used to accommodate 1,000 Hungarian refugees.

In 1960, the tourist office and the district court finally moved into the castle. After the traffic office moved to the building of the Federal Police Commissariat at Wiener Straße 13 in 1963, the vacated rooms were now used to accommodate the school of justice. This was officially opened in the spring of 1964.

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May 18, 2026

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Destroyed during the second Turkish siege, the castle was rebuilt in a baroque style by Count Otto Christoph von Volkra.

In the mid-18th century, Count Heinrich Kajetan von Blümegen, a state minister, became the new lord of the castle. Blümegen, who also owned estates in Moravia, had the "Kettenhofer Zitz- und Kattunfabrik" established in 1766. (See Chap. IX.1)

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