Schloss Matzen, also known as Burg Matzen, is located on a low promontory in the Tyrolean municipality of Reith im Alpbachtal. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1278. It was founded by the ducal Bavarian ministeriales Freundsberg and remained in the family's possession until 1468. After that, the owners changed quickly, but from 1734 to 1873 under Pfeiffersberg the castle began to fall into disrepair after a fire. In 1873, the Irish Fanny Reade from Mount Heaton-Grohmann bought the castle. Her son, William Adolf Baillie Grohman in particular, discovered his love for South Tyrol. During the Second World War, the castle served as a storage facility for exhibits from the Ferdinandeum State Museum and the Tyrolean State Library. In 1957, the castle was sold again, this time by Michael Baillie Grohman to the American architect Ernest J. Kump. In 2007, there was another change of ownership, the building was sold to a German investor and, after a two-and-a-half-year conversion phase, it was renovated and converted into a high-quality hotel complex for around 10 million euros. The farmyard directly next to the castle dates from the first half of the 16th century and is now the Matzen Inn. It is also a listed building.
The English-style landscape garden from the 19th century was created from a marshy Innauer forest. The 15-hectare park includes areas in the municipalities of Brixlegg and Reith im Alpbachtal, with the eastern part of the municipality of Brixlegg being protected as a natural monument in 1961 and the western part of the municipality of Reith in 1972. Due to changes in the municipal boundaries, most of the facility now belongs to Reith, with the exception of a small plot. The park is one of the most important garden architecture monuments in Austria. It includes four artificial ponds, wide lawns and around 40 different species of trees.