This curious and much puzzled building was built according to the designs of the architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg in the late nineties of the 18th century. The importance of the "Haus der Laune" in Laxenburg in terms of cultural history lies in the fact that an intellectual architectural caricature was created here for the first time in Austria, which in the Freiraum Natur-Garten ensured the continued existence of court jesters, which was strongly questioned in the 18th century apart from the ceremonial "ennui" (boredom) should express the desire not for rational, but for irrational freedom, which was ultimately rooted in the critical faculties of the Enlightenment.

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Location: Laxenburg, Bezirk Mödling, Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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