Novo Celje Mansion

He used some elements from the old Celje Castle for its construction, causing further deterioration of this important historical site.

He was also notable for introducing the cultivation of hops to Lower Styria, which launched a flourishing brewing industry in the Savinja Valley between Celje, Žalec, and Laško.

In the late 1920s, the mansion was bought by the local authorities, and in the 1930s it was transformed into a psychiatric hospital run by the Slovenian regional government.

Most of the costly interior decorations were removed from the manor and placed in the National Museum of Slovenia.

After the armed forces of Nazi Germany annexed Lower Styria in 1941, the 390 patients of the institution were transported to the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre near Linz, where they were killed.