For almost thirty years it has been an “extraordinary example of a total work of art” and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Schönbrunn Castle with its gardens. The former summer residence of the Habsburgs, whose construction was started under Emperor Leopold I in 1695, has long since become the most important Viennese and one of the most important Austrian tourist magnets. About 2.5 million guests visit Schönbrunn Castle in Vienna-Hietzing every year; If you count the area all around, there are much more. An economic factor, which is embedded by company law in Schönbrunn Kultur- und BetriebsgmbH (SKB), which belongs to the Republic of Austria.