Biedermeier Schlössl Lerchenhof

In 1848 young mining industrialist, Julius Emanuel Wodley, took over his parents’ operation with its furnaces and a highly modern hammer mill, located on the Gössering in Grünburg near Hermagor. He had Schloss Lerchenhof constructed for his impending marriage. However, he died at an early age, leaving his young bride behind as his sole heir.

In earlier times, larks had once nested and warbled away on this beautiful plateau at the entrance to the Gitschtal Valley, but with the increasing mining activity, they gradually withdrew to quieter areas.

It was these creatures after which Woodley named his residence. Not until 1880 did the estate come into the possession of the Steinwender Family through marriage, a neighbouring family with a very proud farming tradition.

The spacious lands which surround the palace have remained preserved and form today’s foundation for the affiliated farm, which today supplies the hotel and restaurant with products of exceptionally good quality. Through its fascinating location amid the mountain world of the Carnic and Gailtal Alps, together with the culturally attractive Three-Countries Region of Carinthia - Friuli - Slovenia, the palace is able to offer a very special setting for vacation-seekers and those guests who are merely travelling through.

20 comfortable rooms provide space for a pleasant, individualised and relaxed stay. In an especially family-style atmosphere and with the same love from the original romantic tale of the building’s founders still tangibly exuded by the building’s old walls, guests of this palace can look forward to a true pampering, to an exceptional lifestyle of ease and comfort.