Saurau Palace

The Palais Saurau, also known as Palais Saurau-Goeß, is a large city palace located at the upper end of Sporgasse near Karmeliterplatz in the First Graz district, Innere Stadt.
The construction of Palais Saurau is believed to have taken place from 1564 to 1566. The years are indicated on a column at the entrance. The client was the Graz castle captain and baron Pankraz von Windisch-Graetz, who was gifted the land for the building by Emperor Ferdinand I in 1564. He had the palace built on the city wall near the inner Paulustor, which no longer exists today. In 1629, Baron Friedrich von Windisch-Graetz sold the building to Count Karl von Saurau, the then governor of Styria. This was because Windisch-Graetz was Protestant and had to leave Styria. The new owner gave the building its current name. Count Karl von Saurau maintained numerous estates in Styria. His descendants had the building baroque-ified in the 18th century and expanded it into a city house and administrative seat for the family.

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