Schloss Litzlberg, Historic castle on an island in Lake Attersee, Austria

Schloss Litzlberg sits on an island of roughly 6000 square meters in Lake Attersee and displays architectural features from 1896. A pier built in 1917 connects the island to the mainland, making the structure visible from the shore.

The name Lützelburg, meaning "small castle", dates from the medieval origin of the site, which was a Mondsee fief and passed to Winter von Windern around 1313. In 1498 the owner Preunhuber sold it to Martin II. von Polheim. A 1674 engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer shows a square tower with corner watchturrets, a round tower with an onion dome, a wooden bridge and a palisade in the lake. In 1780 the ruined walls were dismantled down to one corner turret and the stone used to rebuild the burnt market of Schörfling.

The name Litzlberg goes back to Lützelburg, meaning "small castle". Gustav Klimt spent several summers here and painted a series of Attersee pictures; the island, known as Böhlerinsel, has belonged to the Leitl family since 1974.

The castle and island have been private property since 1974 and can only be viewed from outside. Visitors can best see the structure from the lake or from the shoreline path.

The island is nicknamed "Böhlerinsel" after the steel industrialist Böhler, who owned it before the Linz brick manufacturer Karl Leitl bought it in 1974; it still belongs to the Leitl family. Gustav Klimt spent several summers here and painted a number of Attersee pictures.