Schloss Fuschl

by Kathy Kelly

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Schloss Fuschl

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Kathy Kelly

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CNN handpicked 20 of Europe's most beautiful hotels, and Schloss Fuschl was one of them. My husband and I stayed at this 15th century hunting lodge a few years back. Situated on Lake Fuschl, the lodge is just a few miles from Salzburg, Austria.

Built as a hunting lodge for the Archbishops of Salzburg in 1450, the property enjoyed nearly 400 years of aristocratic use until the Habsburgs dissolved the clerical principality of Salzburg. In 1833 the castle passed to the Imperial government, which let it fall into ruins.

Then, in 1938 the Nazis seized Schloss Fuschl, converting it into a residence for German foreign minister von Ribbentrop. After the war, a widespread rumor claimed that crates of gold were hidden in the bottom of the lake. Despite special instruments combing the lake bottom, nothing has ever been found.

Lake Fuschl is one of Austria's most beautiful and pristine lakes. It came into being at the end of the last Ice Age when the glaciers melted and masses of water were left over.

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September 26th, 2015

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