The Imperial Carriage Museum (German: Kaiserliche Wagenburg) is a museum of carriages and vehicles used by the imperial household of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. It is housed in the grounds of the Schloss Schönbrunn in the Hietzing district of Vienna and is a department of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. The historic name Wagenburg derives from a form of fortification. History Towards the end of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the Imperial and Royal Court Carriage House, housed in the Imperial Court Stables (today the Museumsquartier), comprised around 640 vehicles of various types. They were used for the daily transport of several hundred people and numerous goods and objects required by the Court. The administration of the vehicles was the responsibility of the Oberststallmeisteramt, whose staff consisted of around 500 people. The inventory of the Habsburg stables also included the Imperial Saddle Room. Not only the emperor and his family were entitled to the use of court carriages, but also the dignitaries and servants, right down to the court actors and the noble boys. Accordingly, the spectrum of vehicles was wide, ranging from baroque ostentatious carriages to gala, leisure and everyday cars of the 19th and early 20th centuries to simple transport vehicles or modern automobiles. With the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the imperial fleet lost its previous function. After 1918, some of the cars continued to be used by the officials of the newly founded Republic of Austria; some vehicles had to be given to the other successor states, while others were sold to private individuals to fill the empty state coffers. The majority of the vehicles, however, were transferred to a commercial transport company, the Bundes-Fuhrwerksbetrieb. The numerous Victorias, Mylords and Coupés, which were used by the members of the Court in everyday life and were thus a characteristic part of the Viennese street scene, were lost as a result - as was the stock of utility and work vehicles. After the dissolution of the Oberststallmeisteramt in 1922, a remnant of the court vehicle fleet, which was considered historically significant and therefore worth preserving, was handed over to the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) together with some examples of modern carriage construction and the associated harnesses and liveries. Initially, 90 vehicles were involved, with a few more added in later years. In addition, there were other stocks from the tack room, such as riding saddles, horse blankets and