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Arrival
Schloss Eggenberg
Opening hours
Park and Gardens: daily, 8am -7pm
Planetary Room: Tue-Sun, public holidays 10am-5pm
Arrival details
Arrival Schloss Eggenberg
BY BIKE
We have set up a bicycle storage area on the forecourt to the left of the entrance to the park, where you can safely park your bicycle during the event.
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Schloss Eggenberg is easily accessible by public transport. Take tram line 1 to the “Schloss Eggenberg” stop, followed by a 5-minute walk to the entrance of the palace park, or tram line 7 to “Eggenberger Allee”, from where it is approximately an 8-minute walk.
For the most convenient route, we recommend using the local public transport journey planner.
BY CAR
Public parking is available around Schloss Eggenberg.
Please note that it takes a few minutes to walk from the entrance of the palace park to the palace itself.
History
Schloss Eggenberg has been a UNESCO World Heritage since August 2010.
The monumental Schloss Eggenberg, embedded in a spacious park, is the most important castle complex of Styria. As it is modeled on the Spanish Escorial it is at the same time an impressive representation building and an complex allegory of the universe.
Already in the 15th century, the wealthy Eggenberg dynasty owned a large estate in the west of the city of Graz which rose to new splendour around 1600 under Ruprecht von Eggenberg, "Conqueror of the Turks", and the diplomat Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, friend and First Minister of Emperor Ferdinand II. Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, who was awarded the title of Imperial Prince and installed as Govenor of Inner Austria, commissioned the court architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis to convert the medieval building into an imperial residence.