Built from local crystalline rubble, Schloss Sooß was originally a castle. After repeated renovation work, the technical school for ecological agriculture and home economics finally found its home in the …

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November 10, 2022

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In 1938 the Hoyos family was forced to sell Sooß to the German Reich. Sooß passed to the Republic of Austria in 1955 and was sold to the province of Lower Austria in 1971. The ruins are still part of the castle, which now houses a technical school.

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July 10, 2023

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