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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 26

Wolfgang Porsche Lists Salzburg Villa for €12.7 Million After Backlash Over 500-Metre Private Tunnel

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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 26

Wolfgang Porsche Lists Salzburg Villa for €12.7 Million After Backlash Over 500-Metre Private Tunnel

Q: With Porsche selling Stefan Zweig's historic home, will it become another luxury mansion or the long-awaited museum?

It is far more likely to remain a luxury private residence than become the long-sought Stefan Zweig museum. The clearest reason is financial. Salzburg’s mayor has said the city cannot afford to buy the Paschinger Schlössl, even though campaigners have long wanted it turned into a museum honoring Zweig, who lived there from 1919 to 1934. The asking price is €12.7 million, up from the €8.4 million Wolfgang Porsche paid in 2020, and any buyer attracted by the approved tunnel project would also face a further multi-million-euro construction bill. The way the property is being marketed also points strongly toward a private high-end sale. Estate agents are explicitly promoting the approved 500-meter tunnel and underground garage as a rare luxury feature, despite the public backlash that led Porsche to abandon the plan. That planning permission remains valid until the end of 2028, unless city authorities revoke it, which the Greens are now demanding. There is still a symbolic case for a museum. The villa is tied not only to Zweig but also to Salzburg’s wider cultural history, and the controversy has sharpened public attention on its heritage value. But there is no funded public acquisition plan, and no indication that a foundation or private cultural donor is ready to step in. So, unless a benefactor emerges quickly or the city’s position changes, the market realities favor another wealthy private owner rather than a public museum.

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€12.7 million is the asking price for Wolfgang Porsche’s 12-room Paschinger Schlössl in Salzburg, signaling a retreat from his plan to access it through a private 500-metre tunnel.
The sale follows months of local anger over the roughly €10 million “tunnel for one,” approved last autumn to link a municipal car park to an underground eight-car garage beside the villa.
That permit, which Porsche obtained for €48,000, remains valid until the end of 2028 and is now being marketed as a selling point that could let a buyer revive the project.
Opponents say the scheme symbolized inequality in a city facing high rents and housing pressure, while Greens are urging Salzburg to revoke the approval to stop public land aiding real-estate speculation.
The 17th-century villa, bought by Porsche in 2020 for €8.4 million, was once home to writer Stefan Zweig, and campaigners had hoped the city might turn it into a museum.

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Wolfgang Porsche Lists Salzburg Villa for €12.7 Million After Backlash Over 500-Metre Private Tunnel

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