Schloss Ort

The castle remained in the possession of the Wallsee family until 1483, when Schloss Ort passed to Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.

The castle then passed to other owners before finally being acquired by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.

1911), the tenth and last child of Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany and Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies, but on October 6, 1889 he renounced his title and connections to the Habsburg imperial house, changed his name to Johann Orth and in 1890 departed for South America with his morganatic wife on his own ship, the St.

[1] Johann Nepomuk Salvator was presumed lost at sea in 1890, and declared dead in 1911, but his actual date of death is unknown.

At present the castle is being used for a study center of the Federal Ministry for Land and Forestry (Bundesministeriums für Land- und Forstwirtschaft).