Grasmayr-Villa, Protected heritage villa in Old Town, Salzburg, Austria.

The Grasmayr-Villa stands on the Karolinenhöhe of the Mönchsberg at Mönchsberg 18. Originally called Hofenburg, it was rebuilt in 1868 in English villa style by landscape painter M. Georg Gaskell. In 1917 Alois Grasmayr added a double-arm staircase bearing a marble coat of arms of Paris Lodron, and in 1930 a viewing tower topped with a rotating globe.

The property began around 1666 as a wooden structure and underwent major reconstruction in stone after a fire in 1831. A further renovation followed in the 1860s when new owners rebuilt the house following English models.

The house carries several names from its owners: Hofenburg, Arnoldsschlössl after judge Veit Arnold, and Endresvilla after Heinrich Endres. Writer and teacher Alois Grasmayr, who bought it in 1915 with his wife Magda Mautner von Markhof, gave it the name used today. In 1917 he had a marble coat of arms of Paris Lodron mounted on the new double staircase.

The villa is a private residence on the Karolinenhöhe of the Mönchsberg, at Mönchsberg 18, and is not open to visitors. The nearest public approach is the path named after the art historian Ludwig Prähauser, who lived nearby; the terrain on the hill is steep. The house remains in the hands of the Grasmayr family's descendants.

During World War II the villa provided shelter for a German artist who fled the regime and was able to continue painting there. This episode shows how private space became a refuge for persecuted people.