Cumberland Castle

Cumberland Castle stands on a small hill above Lake Krottensee in Gmunden, built between 1882 and 1886 in neo-Gothic Windsor style as an exile seat for the House of Hanover following their loss of the Hanoverian throne to Prussian annexation. The exiled crown prince resided here until 1923, with the royal family occupying the castle through the 1930s. Following World War II, the Austrian state assumed ownership, and the castle served as a tuberculosis hospital from 1947 to 1972. Today, it operates as the "Landespflege- und Betreuungszentrum Schloss Cumberland," a provincial nursing and care center, surrounded by parkland and scenic promenade paths offering views of the lake.