Ort

A little way southwestward of Gmunden lies the parish of Ort, with Schloss Ort (17th C.) on a small island in the lake; the "Seeschloss" was once the property of Archduke Johann Salvator ("Johann Orth"), who disappeared in South America in 1891, and now houses the Forestry Office. The castle, with a beautiful arcaded courtyard, is connected - via the Toscana peninsula - with the mainland by means of a wooden bridge 130m/140yds long. The "Landschloss" (now a Federal School of Forestry) stands on the above mentioned peninsula; its four wings enclose a courtyard with a wrought iron fountain. Near the Landschloss will be found the Gmunden-Toscana Congress Center with a park.