SCHLOSS SCHOENBRUNN, KULTUR - UND BETRIEBSGES G.M.B.H.

Country: Austria

Website: http://www.schoenbrunn.at

 

Schloss Schönbrunn, with its gardens and zoological garden (Tiergarten), integrated into the Palace complex (total area, c. 1.2 square kilometres), is owned by the Republic of Austria. Maria Theresa's Last Will and Testament (1780) formed the basis for administration of the Palace, whereby the Court Treasury (Staatskasse) made a distinction between the building itself and its maintenance operations. Since formation of the Republic in 1918, the Ministry of Economics, today known as the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, has been in charge of administering the Palace, and until 1992, the entire Schönbrunn complex was administered by the Schlosshauptmannschaft Schönbrunn (a local government body).