 Halbturn Castle was built between 1701 and 1711 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt as a hunting lodge for Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.His daughter, Empress Maria Theresa, had it enlarged and gave it to her daughter Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen.In 1955 it was inherited by Baron Paul Waldbott von Bassenheim, a Habsburg matrilineal descendant.