Villa Landauer

Old name: „Erbisches Grieblhaus“, including farmstead and garden

A partial list of owners:

1744: Sophie Ehrmann v. Falkenau W., court clerk at a so-called Pflegegericht

1796: Franz Kellner, tanner

1797 Michael Putz, salt mine worker

1810 Johann Putz, warehouse worker

1814 Karl Ahammer, carpenter

1837 Baron Josef von Wanka, cavalry captain in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy

1840 Countess Flora Wrbna, member of the Order of the Starry Cross and a court lady

1857 Princess Jablonowska

1858 Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria

1871 millionaire Adolf Landauer purchased the villa for the vast amount of 34,000 Gulden

1914 private scholar Dr. Georg Landauer was sole owner

During the Austrio-Hungarian monarchy, many famous people visited the well-known villa.

1938 the owner of the villa was expropriated and in 1939 the administrative division Reichsgau Upper Danube was the new owner. Dr. Georg Landauer and his family were able to leave Bad Ischl for England. In 1943, Landauer died in Tunbridge Wells.

1948 the villa was given back to Dr. Adolf Landauer

The architectural style of the villa is very interesting. Many years after its construction, the villa was reconstructed in Tudor style and which is still visible today. Worth seeing is the staircase in the villa.

The villa is now the private property of the Landauer’s heirs, who make great efforts to keep the unique building in good condition.

(Sources: F.X. Mannert, Kurt Eckel, Haidinger’s Chronicle of Houses)