Rohrau Castle, The | Visiting Waldburg-Zeil Couple # 2019

Manorial houses and their stories: This is a very special hobby-horse of moderator Karl Hohenlohe, and the audience appreciates these insights very much. In the previous three highly successful seasons, Kari Hohenlohe has already portrayed 17 palaces and villas - and being in touch with their present inhabitants, learned many fascinating and intimate details about the properties and their owners.

Clever Contents is happy to produce the fourth season of "Austria's Noble Mansions" that will be broadcast starting the autumn 2019, focusing on another five manor houses presented by our cultural expert.

The Rohrau Castle in Lower Austria | Visiting Waldburg-Zeil Couple

The small Lower Austrian town of Rohrau, located on the border with Slovakia and Burgenland, is best known as the birthplace of Joseph Haydn. The Renaissance castle near Haydn's birthplace has been owned by the Harrach family since the beginning of the 16th century. Visitors to the castle come mainly to see the Harrach family collection. It is well known for its baroque masterpieces far beyond the borders of Austria.

Kari Hohenlohe visits the present owner of the castle, the farmer Johannes Waldburg-Zeil and his wife Ursula. Johannes Waldburg-Zeil is the grandson of Stephanie Harrach, who sold the palace of the family at the Freyung after the war to save the run-down farming and the completely ruined castle in Rohrau after fleeing from the Czech Republic. Johannes Waldburg-Zeil Even grew up in Rohrau and is thus closely linked with the place and the community since his childhood.

The couple Waldburg-Zeil grants Kari Hohenlohe an insight into their diverse activities, which go far beyond agriculture, and their contribution to preserving this cultural and historical jewel in the 21st century. In addition to the museum, he visits the private workshop, the concert and event hall as well as the tower that was completely destroyed during the war and has not yet been erected. We also accompany Johannes Waldburg-Zeil climbing one of the wind turbines in its fields for the first time to experience the amazing view over the castle via the Leithaau.