The Salzamt

The remarkable big building with its bays on all four corners,is situated between the Kirchengasse and the river Danube. In former times it was an imperial toll house. From 1639 onwards it was used for storing salt. To this very day traces of decomposing salt are to be found in its cellars. The name Salzamt is derived from its past.

The highest floods within the last 500 years are recorded on the building’s Danube frontage.