Kleßheim Palace during the Third Reich Era

Schloss Kleßheim in 1940

Kleßheim Castle is located four kilometers west of the city center of the provincial capital Salzburg in the area of ​​the neighboring municipality of Wals-Siezenheim (locality Kleßheim). It is surrounded by a large castle park and the Mühlbach. There is also a golf course in the historic park of the pleasure palace. The well-known Salzburg Tourism Schools are located below the edge of the terrace behind the castle.

From 1938, Adolf Hitler used the palace for state receptions and work meetings when he was staying on his private estate, the Berghof on Obersalzberg. For this purpose, the fenced-in area was provided with entrance portals in the style of the 1930s. Hitler received Benito Mussolini, Miklós Horthy, Ion Antonescu and others here. An assassination attempt by General Hellmuth Stieff planned there did not materialize. Kleßheim Palace was the scene of gun shows and parades. At the end of the war, the presidential administration stranded here on the way to the Alpine fortress. In 1945 Kleßheim Palace was the scene of the Allies' victory celebrations, then the seat of the American military administration.

These pictures below were taken by Walter Frentz in 1943. Enjoy!

Klessheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Hermann Göring and Dr.med. Karl Brandt in the park, 1943.

Klessheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring and entourage entering the reception room, 1943.

Klessheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Interior view, reception room, 1943.

Kleßheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Interior view, dining room, 1943.

Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, visit from Benito Mussolini. Front row, left to right: Kurt Zeitzler, Benito Mussolini, Hermann Göring, and Adolf Hitler, 2nd row: Alfieri, Bastianini, Karl Otto Schmidt, and Hans-Georg von Mackensen, April 7-10, 1943.

Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. Hermann Göring with Hans Jeschonnek, 1943.

Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, Giuseppe Bastianini (center) with Wilhelm Keitel (left) and Dino Alfieri in the reception room, 1943.

Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. Albert Bormann (left) With a captain of the Luftwaffe on the terrace, 1943.

Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (left) with the Croatian dictator Ante Pavelic on the terrace, April 27, 1943.

Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. View from the terrace into the park, 1943.

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