Franz Joseph I built a small lodge in the imperial hunting grounds in Neuberg an der Mürz in 1869 using his own funds.

Three years later in 1886, the park around the hunting lodge was established and water pipes were built into the house.

Toward the end of the war, Ferenc Szálasi, the leader of the Arrow Cross Party, hid treasures in the lodge in order to keep them from the advancing Red Army.

The treasure included the Holy Crown of Hungary, as well as royal garments, scepters, an orb, and a sword.

[1] Many foreign guests, including the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, have been received at the lodge.