Klinger-Mausoleum in Kollmitzdörfl, Austria

During a hike in the forest near Kollmitzdörfl, you come across a gloomy building surrounded by a small wall. Since this building has a small bell tower, one first thinks of a chapel in the forest. In reality, however, it is a mausoleum. Baron Hugo Klinger had it built for his wife in 1926. The mausoleum is reminiscent of a drama that took place in this forest in 1926. In 1916 the very rich Baron Hugo Klinger von Klingerstorff, one of Austria's largest textile manufacturers and a landowner, married Comtesse Sybille von Spiegelfeldt, who was 6 years his junior. The bride's father was the imperi

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