Schloss Niederweiden stands in Lower Austria's Marchfeld between Vienna and Bratislava, near the larger Schloss Hof estate. Architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach designed the compact hunting and pleasure palace for Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg at the end of the 17th century. Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired it in 1725 and integrated it into his country estates.
Later ownership by the Habsburg family connected Niederweiden with imperial life in the Marchfeld. Its modest scale is part of the appeal: instead of the ceremonial breadth of Schloss Hof, it offers the more concentrated idea of a rural retreat. Baroque rooms, service functions and landscape once worked together around hunting, entertainment and seasonal residence.
