Like in a fairy tale

How the Muchas live in their castle on Lake Wörthersee

Self-made millionaire Christian Mucha and his wife Ekaterina, here in the Knights' Hall with XL tapestry and golden tablecloth, are at home in Drasing Castle.(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

The renovation of Schloss Drasing in Krumpendorf am Wörthersee is Christian Mucha's life's work. This is also the venue for his 70th birthday party in mid-August. He himself does not know exactly how big it is. There are umpteen rooms on three levels. 

Drasing Castle was a ruin, although it is a landmark of Krumpendorf and even part of the town's coat of arms. But publisher Christian W. Mucha (69) bought it 30 years ago after coming across an advertisement based on a TV model: for a "castle" on Lake Wörthersee. He renovated it from the foundation walls to the top of the tower. It took two years just to remove the plaster and replace it with the historically prescribed swamp lime mortar. The renovation and furnishing cost tens of millions of the foundation's assets, at that time still in shillings.