Description of the attraction
Fügen Castle has a second name - Bubenburg. It is located in the Tyrolean town of Fügen, in the Schwaz district.
The oldest part of the castle dates from around 1550. It was built by Georg von Ketschach, a native of Carinthia. He was the owner of the iron ore mines and found his last refuge under the shadow of the parish church of Fügen, consecrated in honor of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The date of his death is engraved on the gravestone - 1581. Georg von Ketschach built a residential tower with loopholes. It is located in the southeast corner of the current castle. The next owner of the Fügen castle was the equally wealthy industrialist Schneweis from Arnoldstein. He also built several ore processing plants in Fügen. In 1651, Bubenburg Castle became the property of Count Ferdinand Figuer von Friedberg, brother of the last of the Schneweis family. From 1695 to 1702, the mansion was undergoing reconstruction. A solid medieval castle turned into a luxurious baroque palace. It is this appearance that the building has preserved to our time.
In 1802, after the disappearance of the Figuere dynasty, Count Nikolaus Denhoff acquired the castle with the adjacent lands. He moved an iron processing plant closer to his new possessions. Bubenburg Castle is famous for the fact that in 1822 the Austrian Emperor Franz I and the Russian Tsar Nicholas I met here. At the same time, the famous Christmas hymn "Silent Night" was first performed in front of a high audience.
In the first half of the 20th century, Fügen Castle housed a school for boys. During the Second World War, it was occupied first by the Nazis and then by the Allies. Then an educational institution for troubled teenagers was reopened here, which included a dormitory for students.
In 2014, Fügen Castle was acquired by the city authorities. They plan to use it for various cultural events.
