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Esterházy
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Highlights
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The Princely House of Esterházy
The Esterházy Princes established one of the foremost noble dynasties of Europe
and have shaped European history for centuries.
With its palaces and castles, Esterházy has become one of the leading
purveyors of culture in Burgenland and a major event platform in Austria.
The Esterházy Private Foundation sees its task in salvaging and preserving the
cultural heritage and making it accessible to the public. The Esterházy Princes
established a tradition lasting more than four centuries, not only as magnanimous
patrons and passionate art collectors, but also as brilliant business managers,
thus shaping the image of the entire region. Esterházy still plays a key role today
as patron, promoter and sponsor of the art and culture scene.
The castles and palaces in Eisenstadt, Forchtenstein, Lackenbach, Land-
see, Hungarian Fertöd and the St. Margarethen Roman quarry are among the
best known Esterházy properties in the Pannonian region. They attract around
500,000 visitors every year and have become an integral part of the region’s
cultural life.
The Esterházy agenda in all its operations today has the objective of
enhancing its image as a modern commercial and cultural enterprise, in which
tradition plays a major role. The area of operations is diverse and based on the
former structure of the princely domains. Today’s portfolio, besides culture,
includes forestry and nature management, real estate and viticulture. Traditional
sectors such as forestry and agriculture are run today according to modern
and sustainable principles. Esterházy is for example the largest organic farming
operation in Austria.
“Esterházy Highlights”
Group programmes: tours and packages 2010
22 Day trips
24 Admission charges
26 Access routes, parking
27 Eisenstadt Highlights
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Esterházy Palace – 2010 New
Esterházy Palace
Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt is one of the most beautiful baroque palaces
in Austria and the most notable cultural monument in Burgenland. For
visitors, the ceremonial rooms re-awaken the illustrious past and life at the
royal Esterházy court. Today, the palace continues to occupy pride of
place in the cultural calendar, and is frequently the picturesque setting for
feasts, festivals and social events.
Palace tour
Esterházy Palace
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“Haydn explosive” – exhibition in the Sala Terrena
Esterházy Palace
This exhibition is designed to demonstrate Esterházy Palace Wine Museum
once and for all that Joseph Haydn’s
(1732 –1809) biography is not at all fusty and
boring, but on the contrary proclaims him The cellar vaults of the palace are 330 years
as a superstar. Haydn did not only create new old and house the largest wine museum in
musical genres; he had a perfect, indeed Austria. 700 fascinating objects are exhibited
visionary command of all marketing methods. in this impressive collection, presenting
As the “inventor of the string quartet” and an historical and cultural overview of the rich
“virtuoso of the ensemble”, his influence on tradition of wine-growing in Burgenland.
music history has never ceased. The exhibition Among the exhibits is the largest original wine
gives visitors the chance to experience Joseph barrel in preservation and the oldest Baum-
Haydn and his epoch as a total work of art. presse in Burgenland (a typically Austrian type
Impressive sound and video animations of basket wine press).
transport you on a monumental scale into the
princely cosmos and Haydn’s world of music.
Young visitors have their own media trail
and a specially devised children’s programme. Old Austrian wine press
Wine-tasting
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Palace gardens and orangery Princely Pleasure Packages 2010
The spacious Esterházy palace gardens
surrounding the palace form a grandiose Package 1 Package 2
landscape and worthy setting for a royal
residence. Today it is a popular tourist Music with a sparkle Pomp and splendour of the Esterházy
attraction and recreation park. Situated in Princes & a splendid reception with
the centre of the gardens is the orangery, Programme sparkling wine
completed in the first half of the nineteenth
century and at the time one of the largest –– Welcome reception for guests with
and most up-to-date glass conservatory sparkling wine Programme
complexes next to Schönbrunn. Now, as then, –– Attendance at the matinee –– Admission and guided tour of the ceremonial
the orangery provides a unique setting for
events. –– Admission and guided tour of the ceremonial rooms in Esterházy Palace including the
rooms in Esterházy Palace including the world-famous Haydnsaal
world-famous Haydnsaal –– Farewell to guests with a glass of sparkling
wine at the Café Maskaron in the baroque
lasting 2 hours inner courtyard of the palace
Package price € 12 / pp
lasting 1.5 hours
Columned portico July and August every Wednesday, Package price € 11 / pp
Thursday and Friday at 11 am
The musical matinees at Esterházy Palace continue the great Marvel at the splendour of the Esterházy ceremonial rooms as
tradition of Esterházy music culture. We welcome guests with a part of our exclusive guided tour of the palace. First we will
sparkling-wine reception and then listen to the glorious sounds take a look at the best concert hall in the world for acoustics,
of music by Joseph Haydn. These short concerts provide a the Haydnsaal, and then proceed to the ceremonial rooms,
unique opportunity to experience Joseph Haydn’s music in the the Small Chinese Salon with its precious tapestries, and the
environment in which the composer himself made music and breathtaking Mirror Hall.
where many of his works received their very first performance. At the end, enjoy the tingle of a glass of sparkling
wine at the Café Maskaron in the grandiose baroque inner
courtyard of the palace.
Orangery
Package 3 Package 4
Leopoldine Temple Following the trail of Joseph Haydn & Superstar “Haydn explosive” &
princely wine tradition in the historic splendid reception at Esterházy Palace
Eisenstadt, the city of Haydn Esterházy wine cellar
Programme
The former royal seat of the Esterházy Programme –– Welcome reception for guests with sparkling
Princes has a great deal to offer its visitors. –– Guided tour of the city – including the palace wine and a mouth-watering sample from the
The most notable and beautiful destination for
sightseers is the magnificent baroque palace gardens – to the domain of Joseph Haydn in Henrici Gourmet Restaurant (1 item of finger
of the Esterházys with the world-famous Eisenstadt, the city of Haydn food) at the Café Maskaron in the magical
Haydnsaal and the Esterházy ceremonial rooms. –– Exclusive wine-tasting session and guided atmosphere of the palace's inner courtyard
Other city-tour highlights are the Haydn
House, the palace gardens, the Bergkirche tour of the Esterházy Palace Wine Museum –– Admission and guided tour round the “Haydn
church with its Mount Calvary, unique in the explosive” exhibition, including the world-
world, and – the very heart of the city – lasting 3 hours famous Haydnsaal
the historic district, most of it protected as a
national heritage site. The picturesque Package price € 17.50 / pp
Main street pedestrian precinct with its many small coffee lasting 1.5 hours
houses and shops attracts thousands of Follow the trail of the great genius and composer Joseph Haydn. Package price € 13.80 / pp
visitors every day to stroll around and enjoy On a guided tour through Eisenstadt, the city of Haydn, you will
the unique atmosphere of the Burgenland discover the most important sites associated with his work and
capital. life. To top off the tour, we will take you through the splendid We will welcome you in the palace’s baroque inner courtyard
vaults of the historic wine cellar in the Wine Museum. While with a glass of sparkling wine and a surprise delicacy from the
viewing the largest still-surviving wine barrel and the oldest Henrici Gourmet Restaurant. This will put you in just the right
wine press in Burgenland, you will learn much more about the mood to marvel at the world-famous Haydnsaal and learn
150 years of wine tradition fostered by the Esterházy Princes. more about the life and work of this great musical genius in our
We will also invite you to an exclusive wine-tasting “Haydn explosive” exhibition.
session to test the famous vintage wines.
Bergkirche church
Forchtenstein Castle
Castle tour including the weapons collection
Forchtenstein Castle
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The Esterházy Gallery of Ancestors The refulgent highlight of the exhibition at
Forchtenstein Castle is the largest and oldest
collection of baroque silver furniture in
The Esterházy Gallery of Ancestors Europe. Comparable pieces from other royal
presents the largest baroque dynastic gallery houses, Versailles for instance, were melted
in Central Europe. Visitors can look forward down in the course of history to stock up the
to a trip through the Esterházy family history war chests. In 2007, probably the most valu-
that is full of emotional and sensuous appeal. able holdings of the famous Esterházy Treasure
One curiosity is the only full-figure portrait Chamber in Forchtenstein Castle were put
surviving in the world of Vlad Tepes, aka on show for the first time in an exhibition in
“Count Dracula”, who along with Attila the King Louis XIV’s apartments in Versailles.
Hun was declared without further ado as an
ancestor of the family.
Forchtenstein Castle
Silver furniture
Gallery of Ancestors
Cabinet
Porcelain hunter
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The Esterházy Treasure Chamber Forchtenstein Castle Packages
The treasure chamber was erected in 1642 as a
place of safekeeping for precious heirlooms, Package 1 Package 2
and is the only art and curiosity cabinet in
Europe to be found in its original location. The treasure chest of the Esterházy Princes Bulwark of the West
Programme Programme
–– Individual welcome to groups with –– Fascinating guided tour of the castle through
sparkling-wine reception the weapons collection, viewing of the
–– Exclusive guided tour of the Forchtenstein castle kitchen and the well shaft, 142 m deep
Castle highlights –– Hearty Bacchusjause – more than just a
snack! – in the historic rooms of the castle
lasting 2 hours (cold cuts with bread/bread rolls)
Package price € 14.50 / pp
lasting 2.5 hours
Door of Treasure Chamber A glass of sparkling wine will send us off on our discovery trip Package price € 13 / pp
Prince Paul Esterházy collected valuable clocks, into the historic rooms of the castle, where you will hear more
watches and automata, also exotic stuffed about the life and significance of the great Princes of Esterházy.
Our exclusive guided tour of the highlights will take Join us on our exclusive guided tour and marvel at the glories of
animals and curiosities on a large scale and the famed Forchtenstein Castle, which was taken over by the
safeguarded his treasures in the Treasure you to the inner courtyard murals, resplendent in colour, some
of which are the largest examples north of the Alps. You will see Esterházy family in the early seventeenth century and recon-
Chamber through complicated locking mecha- structed into a fortified ancestral home. We will show you
nisms. You can marvel at all this today, still in the original paintings of the Gallery of Ancestors and get an
inside view of the Treasure Chamber, erected in 1642 as a place Europe’s largest private weapons collection and the medieval
the ancestral location. castle kitchen; we will summon up impressions of courtly life
of safekeeping for the precious family heirlooms. We will lead
you on through the castle kitchen with the original cutlery and and the gourmet gastronomy of former times. The final item on
into the medieval armoury. The final item on the tour will be a the tour will be a view of the deep castle well. We will take
look into the shaft of the castle well. care of your inner fortification as well – with a Bacchusjause –
more than just a snack! – in the historic rooms of the castle.
Artificialia
Package 3
The Magic of Advent at
Naturalia Forchtenstein Castle
These precious ivory and bone artefacts of Programme
the most exquisite and delicate handicraft –– Exclusive guided winter tour of the
were made in the seventeenth century in the
workshops of the Zick family in Nuremberg and castle highlights
by Berchtesgaden artists. The works in –– Visit to the Christmas Market
Forchtenstein Castle comprise the largest still –– 1 glass of traditional mulled wine
surviving collection of turning and carving
work in ivory and bone, exciting visitors with
their wonderful craftsmanship. lasting 2 hours
Package price € 8.00 / pp
Frigate
Works of ivory
Entrance building
Esterházy Specials
The Roman quarry in St. Margarethen has been
included in the UNESCO List of World
Heritage Sites since 2001. The first European
Sculpture Symposium was held here in 1959,
and the many stone sculptures by international
artists shape the landscape surrounding the
Roman quarry in a singular and haunting way.
Ramp
Opera Festival
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The modern winery and wine estate in Trausdorf
Showroom
Esterházy Specials
The mild climate with 300 days of sun a year,
superlative soils, and above all centuries of Lackenbach Palace
experience gathered by the local wine-growers
have made Burgenland into a superior wine-
growing region. For 250 years now, the House One of the ancillary buildings of the palace
of Esterházy has devoted itself to viticulture complex accommodates an interactive nature
in Burgenland – with top sites in the centre of theme-park museum, a multi-sensory show
the wine-growing area of Neusiedler See- exploring the various habitats of forest,
Hügelland, on the south slopes of the Leitha- field, river and lake landscape from the most
berg heights, and the hilly landscape of the diverse perspectives.
Rust Hügelland.
Package 3 Package 4
The Esterházy castle cuisine and Pure Nature
princely wines at the Lackenbach Palace & the Landsee ruins
Henrici Gourmet Restaurant
Programme
Programme –– Sparkling-wine reception and guided tour of
–– 2-course Esterházy meal with an aperitif à the “Nature’s Track” museum
Esterházy Gulyas (goulash) la maison at the Henrici Gourmet Restaurant –– Admission to and tour of the most extensive
–– Private bus takes you to a wine-tasting ruins in Central Europe – the Landsee ruins
session and guided tour of the modern
The table is set! winery in Trausdorf lasting 3 hours
Package price € 11.50 / pp
lasting 3.5 hours
Package price € 33 / pp Here we willl offer nature lovers a really special experience:
after a sparkling-wine reception in Lackenbach Palace, we will
take you through the “Nature’s Track” museum. Then a bus
Hardly any noble dynasty in Europe has inspired so many chefs will take you to the most extensive castle ruins in Central
de cuisine to create exquisite dishes as that of the Esterházys. Europe. Here, far away from the tourist hiking routes, you will
Our gastronomic guided tour will start with a 2-course Ester- go on a unique guided tour of an extraordinary and magical
házy meal with aperitif at the Henrici Gourmet Restaurant in site.
the former royal palace stables. A private bus will then take you
to the modern wine estate in Trausdorf before the gates of
Eisenstadt. Here you can test the princely vintages and learn
more about the Esterházy wine tradition and today’s state-
of-the-art methods of viticulture.
Historic cutlery
Palace tour Castle tour with weapons collection With guide Tour of the Nature Museum
Adults € 7.50 Adults € 8.00 Adults € 3.50 Adults € 4.00
Reduced € 6.50 Reduced € 7.00 Reduced € 3.00 Reduced € 2.00
Families € 16.00/family Families € 21.00/family Families € 9.00/family Families € 10.00/family
Groups € 6.50 Groups € 6.00 Children aged 6 –16 € 2.00 Groups with guide € 4.00
School groups Groups without guide € 3.00
“Haydn explosive” exhibition Esterházy Treasure Chamber as class € 2.00
Adults € 8.00 (only with guide)
Reduced € 6.00 Adults € 10.00 Without guide Opening times
Families € 17.00/family Reduced € 9.00 Adults € 2.50 1 September – 30 June
Groups with guide € 7.00 Families € 28.00/family Reduced € 2.00 9 am – 4 pm
Groups without guide € 6.00 Groups € 8.00 Families € 7.00/family
Children aged 6 –16 € 1.50 1 July – 31 August
Weinmuseum Esterházy Gallery of Ancestors School groups 9 am – 5 pm
Adults € 5.00 Adults € 8.00 as class € 1.50
Reduced € 4.00 Reduced € 7.00 Address
Groups with guide € 5.00 Families € 20.00/family Museum Schloss Lackenbach
Groups without guide € 4.00 Groups € 6.00 Opening times 7322 Lackenbach
April – October: www.esterhazy.at
Palace ticket (combi-ticket) Combi-ticket: 9 am – 6 pm
Adults € 9.90 Castle tour and Treasure Chamber November – March:
Reduced € 8.50 Adults € 15.00 For groups by appointment
Families € 19.00/family Reduced € 13.50
Families € 42.00/family Address
Groups € 12.00 Römersteinbruch Betriebe GmbH
Opening times 7062 St. Margarethen
April – October: Combi-ticket: www.esterhazy.at
daily 9 am – 6pm Castle tour and Gallery of Ancestors
November – March: Adults € 13.50
For groups by appointment Reduced € 12.00
Families € 35.00/family
Adsress Groups € 10.00
Schloss Esterházy
7000 Eisenstadt Combi-ticket:
www.esterhazy.at Gallery of Ancestors and Treasure Chamber
Adults € 15.00
Reduced € 13.50
Families € 41.00/family
Groups € 12.00
Combi-ticket:
Castle tour, Treasure Chamber and
Gallery of Ancestors
Tickets
Adults € 21.00 Prices valid from 1 January to 31 December 2010.
Reduced € 18.50
Families € 55.00/family Group prices valid for 20 persons and more.
Groups € 17.00 Groups by appointment on request.
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Vienna, Graz,
Budapest
Forchtenstein Castle Esterházy Palace By train Parking for private cars Esterházy Highlights Eisenstadt Highlights
By car By car Approx. 1-hour trip from Vienna. Short-term parking zone, 1 Esterházy Palace 1 Bergkirche church
S31 exit Forchtenstein From the south: Information on trains available: time charge: Wine Museum 2 Domkirche – Cathedral
From Vienna: –– Südautobahn (A2) Monday to Friday 8 am – 4 pm, Café Maskaron 3 Franciscan church
–– A2/A3 Südostautobahn (southbound motorway) to Two route options Saturday 8 am – 12 pm 2 Henrici Restaurant 4 Spitalskirche – hospital church
(southbound motorway, Wr. Neustadt –– from Vienna Südbahnhof Charge: € 0.50/per half-hour 3 Orangery 5 Plague Column
direction Eisenstadt, –– and S4/S31 (South Main Station) via 4 Leopoldine Temple 6 Pulverturm tower
–– then via S 31 to exit Neusiedl am See (change here) Garage car park 7 Jewish Cemetery
Forchtenstein From the west: to Eisenstadt Esterházy Palace (APCOA) 8 Liszt monument
From Graz: –– Westautobahn (westbound –– from Vienna Südbahnhof via Tel. 02682/ 67404, 6109911, 9 Haydn House
–– A2 exit Eisenstadt, motorway) (A1) to Steinhäusl/ Wulkaprodersdorf (change 10 Diocesan Museum
–– S4 to Mattersburg junction, Allander Autobahn Junction, here) to Eisenstadt Charge: 11 Austrian Jewish Museum
–– then via S31, direction –– Südautobahn (southbound € 1.80 / hour, 12 Landesgalerie
Oberpullendorf motorway) A2 to Guntrams- Train from Eisenstadt via € 1260 / daily maximum 13 Burgenland Regional Museum
–– exit Forchtenstein dorf, Wulkaprodersdorf to Sopron 14 Galerie im Haus der
–– Südostautobahn (south-east- (every hour, approx. half an Bus parking Begegnung (Gallery at the
By train bound motorway) (A3) hour’s journey) Glorietteallee (opposite entrance Community Centre)
From Vienna Südbahnhof (South to palace gardens) 15 Rathausgalerie (Town Hall/
Main Station) via Wiener Neustadt From the east: By bus Town Hall Gallery)
to Mattersburg, then change to –– Flughafenautobahn (airport Regional buses 566 or 1156 Charge: € 3.– per hour
regional bus 7993 motorway) (A4) and from Vienna Südtirolerplatz Daily maximum € 15.–
–– Bundesstrasse (Federal to Eisenstadt (Mörbisch). (free parking from the sixth
By bus Highway) B50 Approx. 1.15-hour trip, express hour onwards)
From Vienna Südtirolerplatz to bus approx. 1 hour. For details,
Forchtenstein. For detailed From the north: call Eisenstadt bus information All information subject to
information on individual buses –– Südautobahn (southbound on 02682/623 60 -11 or check alteration.
available, please check at motorway) A2 to Guntrams- at www.vor.at
www.vor.at and www.oebb.at dorf,
–– Südostautobahn (south-
Parking for buses and cars east-bound motorway) A3
Car park directly in front of castle
entrance
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HAYDN FESTSPIELE
Die besten Haydn-Interpreten zu Gast bei den Haydn Festspielen in Eisenstadt
Konzertprogramm 2010
Stabat Mater
Karfreitag, 2. April 2010
Saisoneröffnung
1. Mai 2010
Die HaydnAkademie Intendanz:
15. Mai / 5. Juni / 4. September / 2. Oktober 2010
Dr. Walter Reicher
Esterházy Streichquartett
18.-20. Juni 2010 Haydn Festspiele
Sommerakademie Schloss Esterházy
12. August 2010 7000 Eisenstadt
Internationale Haydntage office@haydnfestival.at
„Haydn & Die Jubilare“ +43 (0)2682 61866
9.-19. September 2010
Adam Fischer,
Österr.-Ung. Haydn Philharmonie,
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini,
Israel Chamber Orchester, Julian Rachlin u.v.m.