Schallaburg Castle

The central part of the castle was built in the German Renaissance Age, beginning around 1540, by the Losenstein dynasty.

There he also founded a Lutheran grammar school for youths of both nobility and non-nobility ('die Hohe Schule', 1574-1627).

In 1601 Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein died, resulting in rested high debts on the castle.

Aesthetically built, it has a well-decorated two-storied arcaded court with elegant cantilevered staircases and a courtyard.

The decorations are in terracotta mosaic depicting mythological figures, gods, masks and human beings and animals; a legendary mythical figurine here is known as Hundefräulein (a female human figure with a dog's head).

The exhibition showed weapons, movies, historical posters, post cards from particulars and other items from that time.