!!!Niederweiden

Niederweiden Palace, Lower Austria, Engelhartstetten, district of 
Gaenserndorf; hunting lodge built by J. B. Fischer von Erlach for 
E. R. von Starhemberg in 1693/94, purchased by Prince 
Eugène in 1725, later owned by the Habsburg family, enlarged 
under Maria Theresia. Decayed after 1945, fire in 1956, since 1980 
ongoing restoration, today used for exhibitions. Historical kitchen; 
remains of a refuge in the overgrown park.

!Literature
Prinz Eugen und das barocke Oesterreich, exhibition 
catalogue, Schlosshof und Niederweiden, 1986.


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