The Paschinger Schlössl on Salzburg’s Kapuzinerberg is for sale for 12.7 million euros. The estate once belonged to Stefan Zweig, who received Thomas Mann there among others. The owner is Wolfgang Porsche, chairman of the supervisory board of the carmaker, who wants to sell the property.
Artists have launched a petition to make the villa accessible to the public. Signatories include musician Hubert von Goisern, actor Harald Krassnitzer, conductor Elisabeth Fuchs, honorary president of the Jewish community of Salzburg Hanna Feingold, and Salzburg’s former SPÖ mayor Heinz Schaden. The initiators call the acquisition of the Zweig villa a “cultural duty towards future generations.” Their appeal is directed at the Austrian federal government, the Salzburg state government, and the city of Salzburg.
Porsche had acquired the estate. Recently, Porsche’s plans for an underground driveway to his property made headlines – a 500-meter tunnel that would run beneath Salzburg’s UNESCO World Heritage zone. The project was approved by a city committee in September. Activists as well as politicians from the Greens and the Communist Party of Austria opposed the project.
Source: www.spiegel.de
