Schloss Lanegg, Medieval tower residence in Brixlegg, Austria

Schloss Lanegg is a squat four-storey residential tower with an almost square ground plan, probably built in the late Middle Ages. A round stair tower was added in the 16th century. The basement keeps its original irregularly placed light slits, while the windows of the living floors are modern. Above the entrance door are painted coats of arms, the Imperial Eagle and the Tyrolean Eagle.

The core of the building is a late-medieval keep, first recorded in a document in 1568. From 1600 until the early 19th century it belonged to the Faber von Lanegg family, who gave the castle its name. A claim that it was the original seat of the Lords of Mehrn cannot be proven.

The name Lanegg links the tower to the Faber von Lanegg family, who held it from 1600 to the early 19th century. Above the entrance door are painted coats of arms: the Imperial Eagle and the Tyrolean Eagle. Scattered Gothic windows survive on the upper floors, while the regularly placed windows of the living floors are modern.

Schloss Lanegg stands in the cadastral district of Zimmermoos, north of the hamlet of Mehrn in the market town of Brixlegg, on Faberstraße. The building is a protected monument and a private residential tower rather than a museum, so there is no visitor entrance or interior tour; the painted coats of arms above the door, the Gothic windows and the Madonna console on the north facade are seen from the street and lane outside.

On the north facade, at second-floor level, a 16th-century Standing Madonna with Child rests on a richly profiled console. The sculpture is set into the wall of the residential tower rather than a chapel, so it is easily missed by visitors who only look at the entrance coats of arms.