Along with neighbor mansions Bianka and Gorica, the Herberstein Mansion is the most beautifully preserved of the three historical mansions in the Šalek Valley (Šaleška dolina). It is located between the Castle of Velenje and the Šalek Castle, slightly above the town and next to the forest. It was built in the second half of the 19th century. Its owners from the end of the century to the end of the Second World War were baron von Ritter, Josef Eder and Maria Anna von Herberstein in Proskau.
The mansion was first named after its original owner - the Ritter Mansion, after which it was called the Neu Schalleg Mansion; today, it is the Herberstein Mansion. At the end of the First World War, in 1918, the mansion became the property of countess von Herberstein in Proskau of the renowned Herberstein family, which dates back to at least 13th century. A prominent member of this family was Žiga Herberstein, the Austrian ambassador in Moscow. At the time that the countess moved to Velenje, the Herberstein family owned property in Graz, Vienna, Liebochovice, as well as on Slovenian territory, in Ptuj, Vurberk and Hrastovec.
The mansion entrance features a permanent exhibition of photographs, documents and narration to unveil the intriguing and mysterious story of the countess Maria Anna von Herberstein, the last inhabitant of the mansion until the end of the Second World War.
After the countess died, the mansion hosted several enterprises, from agricultural cooperative to retirement home for elderly, to be finally saved from ruin by Gorenje. The company provided full restoration and renovation of the building and delegated its management to the company Gorenje Gostinstvo (Gorenje Catering) incorporated for the occasion.

The building is watchfully maintained and renovated by the Gorenje Gostinstvo.

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Gorenje Gostinstvo d.o.o., Vila Herberstein, Kopališka cesta 1, 3320 Velenje, SLOVENIA
T: +386(0)3 896 1400, F: +386(0)3 896 1414, vila.herberstein@siol.net