A golf club with history

As Reich Vice Chancellor, Frederick Charles resided in the wing of the Vienna Hofburg where the German Reich Chancellery was situated. However, due to limited livingspace, he felt the need to establish his own residence. 

In 1706, he acquired two houses in Vienna's Alserstadt, along with a sizable garden, and commissioned the reconstruction of this complex according to plans by Hildebrandt, supplemented with new buildings as well. 

This led to the construction of Schönborn Palace in present-day Laudongasse in Vienna'sVIII district. The property was sold to the municipality of Vienna in 1864, and its main building has been preserved to this day. 

The Imperial and Royal Forest Academy was temporarily housed there, and presently, the Austrian Folklore Museum is located in the palace.

Built under Reich Vice Chancellor Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg, from 1712 to 1717, by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Reich Vice Chancellor Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (1674 - 1746) was a nephew of Reich Chancellor and Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Bishop of Bamberg and Archbishop of Mainz. He was appointed Reich Vice Chancellor by him in 1705,succeeding Dominik Graf von Kaunitz. 

Emperor Leopold initially refused to give his consent, but upon his death on June 16,1705, his successor, Josef I, consented to the appointment of Friedrich Karl. This was necessary as Josef I needed to secure the goodwill of the Reich Chancellor for his election as emperor. 

Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, serving as Deputy Chancellor at the Vienna Court, became a secret councilor in 1706 after his uncle Lothar Franz provided the emperor with his Mainz Dragoon regiment to combat the uprisings in Hungary.

Garden

The 13-axis garden side of the main building with its mansard roof, featuring the 3-axiscentral projection with a curved coat of arms gable and broadened by the 2-axiscorner projections, appears closed and unified. 

Internally, little remains in its original form, notably the two-story chapel with ceiling paintings and the altar painting of Saint Karl Borromäus. 

The original decoration of the castle involved painters such as Peter Freiherr von Strudel, his pupil Josef Scheubel, portraitist Franz Stampart, and Joh.Melchior Roos to a significant extent. 

The ancestral portraits are by Stampart, and the ceiling fresco in the chapel is byJonas Drentwett. Today, the site of the original gardens with water features, fountains, and statues is occupied by the 11th fairway. 

As a conclusion towards the farmyard, the charming Orangery, completed in 1717, was built. It is a large rectangular complex with two courtyards, one of which faces the castle and is semi-circular, providing a view through tall arcade buildings into the Linden alleyway behind, which was originally the access road to the castle. 

Supply

The Frotzelstal springs, channeled through the town of Obermallebarn into the pheasant garden, served to supply the water features. Due to continuous damage to the pipeline, the water features deteriorated, eventually resulting in the current form of the garden side up to the Orangery. 

The layout of the park is partially credited to Hildebrandt, but even more so to Major Welsch, the famous court architect. The 75-acre park, with its large pond, Apollo and Chinese temples, Waterliesl, and various bridges, essentially retains the shape it had when it was first created. 

Only two statues remain from those originally placed in yew niches near the water features: Flora and Pomona, which stand on the hill near the pond and at the flower bridge. Of the statues sold to the pastor of Ober-Hautzenthal in 1808,only the Apollo and several heads remain in the parish garden. 

The castle building has remained in its original form. Only in the 1950s was a balcony added in front of the large central hall, resting on iron columns, which was replaced in 1905 by a larger one supported by stone columns.

Interior Castle

The 13-axis garden side of the main building with its mansard roof, featuring the 3-axiscentral projection with a curved coat of arms gable and broadened by the 2-axiscorner projections, appears closed and unified. 

Internally, little remains in its original form, notably the two-story chapel with ceiling paintings and the altar painting of Saint Karl Borromäus. 

Theoriginal decoration of the castle involved painters such as Peter Freiherr von Strudel, his pupil Josef Scheubel, portraitist Franz Stampart, and Joh. Melchior Roos to a significant extent. 

The ancestral portraits are by Stampart, and the ceiling fresco in the chapel is byJonas Drentwett. Today, the site of the original gardens with water features,fountains, and statues is occupied by the 11th fairway. 

As aconclusion towards the farmyard, the charming Orangery, completed in 1717, was built. It is a large rectangular complex with two courtyards, one of whichfaces the castle and is semi-circular, providing a view through tall arcade buildings into the Linden alleyway behind, which was originally the access road to the castle.