Anif castle stands on an artificial pond in the eponymous town of Anif on the southern outskirts of Salzburg. The exact date of the origin of the castle is still not established. It is known that in 1520 this place has existed castle that belonged to no one Praunenekeru. But since 1530, the castle Anif constantly mentioned as the feudal allotment issued by the Archbishop of Salzburg. Later, the castle was handed over to the bishops of Chiemsee, who later used it as a summer residence until 1806. The last of the bishops broke the English park around the castle.

In 1803, during the German mediatization Archbishopric of Salzburg was converted into kyurfyurshestvo to Ferdinand III. Two years later, in 1805, under the terms of Pressburg world Electorate territories that were previously archbishopric, it became part of the Austrian Empire. So, Anif Castle and the park passed into the public domain.

Although the castle was leased from this point on, the tenants did not undertake to engage in the restoration. The situation changed when the property was sold to the great-grandson of Empress Maria Theresa, Count Alois Steppergu in 1837. He rebuilt Anif Palace between 1838 and 1848 in Neo-Gothic castle giving a modern look. Until that time, it consisted of a simple four-storey building and two-storey transition to the chapel.

After the death of the count in 1891, the castle became the property of his heiress Sophie, who married Count Ernst von de My Sons, from old French aristocratic family.

In 1918 Anif attracted public attention when the Bavarian King Ludwig III and his family and entourage fled here to escape the revolution. In the "Declaration of Anif," written 12/13 November 1918, Louis III refused to abdicate, but he freed all Bavarian officials, soldiers and officers from their oaths.

During the Second World War, the Germans were placed in the castle, and then the US subsidiary in 1945.

Today the castle Anif is in the possession of the family de Sons. Castle closed to the public.