PKS-Villa Rothstein
Bad Ischl, Engleitenstraße 17
Bad Ischl, Engleitenstraße 17
In 1896 (or perhaps already in 1895), Ludwig Koch sold most pieces of the land of the properties at Engleitengut 35 and Schießlgut 36 (an overall area of 16 yokes and 1,340 Austrian klafter) for 30,000 Gulden to Eugenie Rothstein (later Princess Jablonowska; after her husband Adolf Rothstein died, she married Prince Karl-Ludwig Jablonowski). She commissioned the new, big villa (a little castle) in 1896 and Johannes Lange from Berlin was the architect. In 1897, the structural work of the stable and the glass house of the villa were finished, while construction of the villa itself was still in progress. In 1898, Rothstein (reportedly this time Eugenie’s Husband Adolf) bought the remaining plots of land from Ludwig Koch.
In the villa, some of the most influential industrialists and aristocrats met. Surrounded by forest and beautiful meadows, the impressive and historic building is located at the foot of Katrin mountain range, about 4 kilometers from the town center of Bad Ischl.
In 1918, Baron Edgar von Spiegl (1876–1931), a consul from Vienna, bought the villa.
In 1939, Spiegl was expropriated and the new owner of the villa became the National Socialist Teachers League of Bayreuth.
In 1948, the Republic of Austria became the owner of the villa. In 1949, it was returned to the Spiegl family, given to Edgar von Spiegl’s wife Lucy Georgine Leontine Spiegl-Bonyhay.
The Schauberger family bought the property from her, and they continue to be the owner of the villa. Viktor Schauberger (30 June 1885 – 25 September 1958) was a well-known water scientist and his theories are still discussed today. His son Walter Schauberger (26 July 1914 – 5 February 1994) founded the so-called Pythagoras-Kepler-Schauberger School in the villa in 1970. His legacy is administered by his son Jörg Schauberger.
