Emslieb Castle

Emslieb Castle is located at Hellbrunner Allee No. 65 in Salzburg. The castle is also called Villa Strongfort and was built "in the Italian style" in 1618 by Jakob Hannibal von Hohenems, the nephew of the Archbishop and princely chief marshal, as a scaled-down version of the Pallazio Gallio in Gravedona. The Crown Grotto of the Hellbrunn Water Features, in turn, represents a greatly reduced image of Emslieb Castle. Above the entrance is the coat of arms of Hohenems, and above the central balcony is the coat of arms of Archbishop Markus Sittikus.

After his patron and uncle Markus Sittikus died in 1619, Jakob Hannibal, the nephew who was unpopular in Salzburg due to his extravagance, had to leave the state of Salzburg. In 1620, Prince-Archbishop Paris von Lodron took over the castle and gave it to the archiepiscopal councilor Thomas Perger, who was then allowed to call himself Perger von Emslieb. The Perger family owned the castle until 1710, then from 1713–1778 the Barons von Grimming were the owners, then the Bishop of Chiemsee, and from 1797–1811 Ernestine Princess Esterházy. After 1811, there was usually a rapid change of ownership.

Due to various significant alterations, the small castle has lost its original character with the rectangular central building including its hip roof and the slightly protruding dominant towers with their pyramid roofs.