Hotel Schloss Mönchstein

Salzburg, Austria. Located in a park on the northern edge of the Mönchsberg, overlooking the city of Salzburg.

Hotel Schloss MönchsteinSalzburg, Austria

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24 rooms and suites, from Tower and Castle rooms to the Maria Theresia Suite.
The Michelin-starred restaurant The Glass Garden, the Schloss Mönchstein Restaurant and the Apollo Bar.
A 300 m² spa with an outdoor infinity pool, and the Gothic Salon and Mönchstein Saal for events.
Located in a park on the northern edge of the Mönchsberg, overlooking the city of Salzburg.

11 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

c. 1350
A small tower, the Tetelheimer Turm, is reportedly first recorded near the site, named after the noble Tetelhaimer family.
1531
Virgil Fröschlmoser builds a pleasure house, farm buildings, stables and a cistern here; a chapel follows soon after.
1654
The Benedictine University of Salzburg acquires the estate and builds the “Professorenschlössl”, a retreat where professors rest from their labours.
1813
After the university’s dissolution, state official Josef Felner buys the neglected property and has it restored.
1887
Banker Karl Leitner, founder of Salzburg’s electricity works, buys the estate, then known as the Leitner Villa.
1917 – 1919
Bela Veith, financial adviser to the Romanian royal family, buys and greatly enlarges it, naming it Schloss Mönchstein; Queen Marie of Romania often visits at festival time.
1948
Adolf Brühl, with architects Hugo Hübner and Walter Baumgartner, turns the castle into a luxury hotel soon frequented by opera singers and film stars.
2005
German billionaire Hans-Peter Wild buys the hotel for €10.1 million, renovates it and adds a spa with an infinity pool.
2009
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz stay with their entourage while filming Knight and Day.
2017 – 2018
Major remodelling: The Glass Garden restaurant and Apollo Bar open in a glass-and-steel structure by architect Volkmar Burgstaller.
2020
The Glass Garden, awarded four Gault&Millau toques in 2019, earns a Michelin star.